Ruby Red Peacock Cichlid Female

This highly popular species features a bright red body with a dazzling metallic blue color on the lower portion of its face.

Ruby red peacock cichlid female.

Ruby red peacock female breeding lalomun. We recommend placing them with the blue dragon blood or star sapphire. Young eureka red peacock cichlids duration. Even so these fish are quite attractive.

Red ruby peacock origin. This is not a redfish despite the name. The aulonocara rubescens or ruby red peacock is another variant of this cichlid which was line bred from the aulonocara sp. Males at 2 show a hint of a yellow flush which darkens to a red ruby body as they reach sexual maturity.

The ruby red peacock cichlid is sexually dimorphic which means that the males display bright colors and the females remain a dull grey brown color. They are really a bright orange fish. This is my 5 female ruby red peacock cichlid holding. The german red peacock has been line breed in germany to get it s red color.

My uncle s newcchristmas breeding female looks even better than some males out there and no it is not hormone enhance. Female ruby red peacock. The ruby red peacock is native to lake malawi africa and are members of the peacock family of cichlids. They have a similar temperament to other peacocks and should be placed with other peacocks or haps.

They are not the rare red strain that may have been available in the hobby years ago. Ruby red is a line bred fish from the chipoka group of peacocks. I am going to strip her on wednesday knowing that she will not hold beyond 4 days. The bluepeacock cichlid aulonocara nyassae a metallic blue to a bright yellow and during breeding season its color will become even more enhanced.

It also develops a metallic blue color on most of its face. Like all other types of peacock its female counterpart is a gray color. Cannon x hang 3 446 views. The ruby red peacock is not a.

Aulonocara rubescens common name. Both in its natural appearance and in color forms developed even further through captive breeding these are some of the most sought after cichlids originating from lake malawi africa. Grade 5 11 votes list posted in cichlids. When buying one you might see them referred to under other names such as ruby red and rubin red.

Males are known for their bright orange shoulders with some orange on the body. This is an ideal fish for an all male peacock and hap cichlid show tank. 1 11 18 ruby red peacock update duration. Bought it from thailand and it has here for about 3 weeks and doing fine in my uncles 72 gallon tank.

The male ruby red peacock develops a bright red color as it matures which covers most of it s body.