identifying my new peacocks

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oceanway
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identifying my new peacocks

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Got 5 of 'em, including picclys. Pointed fins, so I'm guessing all males.
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@oceanway, 5 males, huh. Pointed fins, that's a good call.
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from left to right,
first row: looks like fred, then barney, and dino on the end
second row, got a mr slate and bam bam lookalike
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I'm guessing these are sub-adults, but I could be wrong. Pic 2 looks like Aulonocara nyassae to me, and pic 4 seems like Aulonocara baenschi. Honestly, I'm not super familiar with Malawi cichlids, so take my ID's for what they're worth.
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ladster wrote: Sat Apr 26, 2025 6:20 am I'm guessing these are sub-adults, but I could be wrong. Pic 2 looks like Aulonocara nyassae to me, and pic 4 seems like Aulonocara baenschi. Honestly, I'm not super familiar with Malawi cichlids, so take my ID's for what they're worth.
No juveniles here, they're around 2-2.5 inches. Piccly 3 is a real firecracker, super aggressive. My other peacocks will chase each other, I have a dominant male in the tank, but this guy's on another level - he's actually biting at my other fish, darting at them, and full-on fighting.
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