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	Peacock ID
Racso Mega Fish Some Assembly Required Posts: 1163 Kudos: 1442 Votes: 35 Registered: 19-Feb-2002	Ok, when I was first getting fish for my aquarium, Danielle wanted me to get this little brown and silver little cichlid. He was the smallest fish in the store tank and we kinda felt sorry for it so we got. Well, we don't know what it is. It was in the tank with the other Malawis, and now that its about an inch long, I can see it is a peacock, but I don't know what kind. It has a silver body, with one dark band that runs from just behind the eye to the base of the tail. There are also a few dark spots on the top of his body around the base of the dorsal. I'm thinking it is a red empress (odd name seeing as how it is silver ), and I have looked online for info on them. I have found a bunch of data on them, none very helpful as they say that the fish grows anywhere between 3 and 13 inches! Thanks in advance for any help.
Posted 26-Jan-2006 11:20
jacquie loves discus Enthusiast Posts: 207 Kudos: 306 Votes: 0 Registered: 26-Mar-2004	could you get any pictures of it on just it will help alot i think it may not be a peacock but i wont be sure until i see a picture even a link with a picture would help.
Posted 26-Jan-2006 11:20
nano reefer Fish Addict Posts: 716 Kudos: 570 Votes: 3 Registered: 29-Feb-2004	yeah i agree with my mum on this one its maybe a malawi blue dolphin as when they are wee they look like peacocks and they are silver.
Posted 26-Jan-2006 11:20
acei Big Fish Posts: 316 Kudos: 291 Votes: 1 Registered: 18-Mar-2004	you are going to have to let him/her grow up quite a bit before you can tell what he is. most likely a peacock, but dont rule out a copadichromis. they look a lot like peacocks when young.
Posted 26-Jan-2006 11:20
Racso Mega Fish Some Assembly Required Posts: 1163 Kudos: 1442 Votes: 35 Registered: 19-Feb-2002	this is the best picture i could get of it, hope it shows all the need details: Fish
Posted 26-Jan-2006 11:20
AndyCLS Fish Addict Posts: 590 Kudos: 1584 Votes: 107 Registered: 13-Mar-2003	based on what I've seen in the Cichlid Forum photo gallery, I'd say that you've got a juvenile Red Empress.
Posted 26-Jan-2006 11:20
AussieTom Small Fry Posts: 1 Kudos: 0 Votes: 0 Registered: 03-Jun-2004	Hi I would have to say that you have a nice Juvanile "Protomelas taeniolatus/Red Empress" there here is a pic of the male http://perso.club-internet.fr/burnel/Mal/Ptaeniolatus_namalenje.jpg [span class="edited"][Edited by AussieTom 2004-07-22 05:58][/span] [span class="edited"][Edited by AussieTom 2004-07-22 06:01][/span]
Posted 26-Jan-2006 11:20


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