MarkLB Posted September 5, 2007 Report Share Posted September 5, 2007 Hi all. I bought these fish as Aulonocara Nyassae from a private seller when they were unsexable.I got four of them and have ended up with three males and 1 female. The female has recently released 17 fry which I have in a nursery tank. I've recently posted in regard to the fact that I've been sold certain fish as Johanni which have been identified as probable hybrids :-? Never mind...still a good looking fish , but I'd like to get the forums opinion on these Aulonocara just to see if I've got a pure fish. One of the males. The female...holding Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ryanjury Posted September 5, 2007 Report Share Posted September 5, 2007 Nice looking fish man, I have no idea what they are really.. I dont think Aulonocara Nyassae is used anymore? It is my understanding that all peacocks used to be listed under this (which is why our import list only lists this as an allowed import)... This is the cichlid-forum link to nyassae http://www.cichlid-forum.com/profiles/s ... hp?id=1386 Doesn't really tell you much! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MarkLB Posted September 5, 2007 Author Report Share Posted September 5, 2007 I've looked at cichlid-forum.com and theres not much to go on there. I've got Axelrods Atlas and there is one pic of a male that looks like mine but the other pics look a bit different to mine. The pic of a female looks like mine. Pg 724 and 759 if you have it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ryanjury Posted September 5, 2007 Report Share Posted September 5, 2007 I dont have it sorry I think its out of date isn't it? I dont know at all because I dont have it! It could almost be a maleri red of some sort? But it has alot of blue in its tail.. Either way its cool And awesome pics too! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
herefishiefishie Posted September 5, 2007 Report Share Posted September 5, 2007 Maybe best to pm Afrikan. She has an assortment of peacocks. Therefore maybe able to ID them for you. Looks very much like the maleri golds we get here in Aussie. An old school peacock. Frenchy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MarkLB Posted September 5, 2007 Author Report Share Posted September 5, 2007 I think its out of date isn't it? And awesome pics too! I think the one I have is the latest , 2004. I think they update it every 2 years. Cheers. Photography is becoming another hobby of mine. Cameras these days make it so easy. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smidey Posted September 5, 2007 Report Share Posted September 5, 2007 comparing pics of the cichlid forum i think it is a aulonacara baenschi, it looks very much like the pic link below & phot "male1" in the photo list http://www.cichlid-forum.com/profiles/s ... php?id=632 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MarkLB Posted September 5, 2007 Author Report Share Posted September 5, 2007 i think it is a aulonacara baenschi Very similar Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
herefishiefishie Posted September 5, 2007 Report Share Posted September 5, 2007 Aulonocara baenschi have a different shaped head to the one pictured. To me the one pictured is a type of stuartgranti or jacob friebergi. Frenchy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
peanuts Posted September 5, 2007 Report Share Posted September 5, 2007 hey guys to me it looks like a stuartgranti maleri "sunshine" theres a few of these doing the rounds at the moment,but of course we cant use the varient. http://www.cichlid-forum.com/profiles/s ... hp?id=1408 try picture 4 have a look see what you think glenn Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ryanjury Posted September 5, 2007 Report Share Posted September 5, 2007 not baenshi, I did think of those peacock males that you had that time Glenn when I first saw them, I think theres someone selling them on trademe at the moment? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MarkLB Posted September 5, 2007 Author Report Share Posted September 5, 2007 try picture 4 have a look see what you think Pic 5 too. I'll could try for a few more pics of all 3 boys if anyone thinks it'll help. ??They all look similar to the posted pic but one is a little darker that the others. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
peanuts Posted September 5, 2007 Report Share Posted September 5, 2007 how big is he?,the bigger he gets the better he looks they are one of my favs ill get some more one day(glenn says as he crosses all his fingers and all his toes) one lonely male just dosn't cut it Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
herefishiefishie Posted September 5, 2007 Report Share Posted September 5, 2007 :lol: Peanuts, you picked the same as me. Maleri golds, sunshines, same thing here. Frenchy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MarkLB Posted September 5, 2007 Author Report Share Posted September 5, 2007 how big is he? The boys are around 8cm excluding tail , the girl is 5\6cm. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Afrikan Posted September 5, 2007 Report Share Posted September 5, 2007 Heya Looks like Maleri variant to me too 8) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MarkLB Posted September 6, 2007 Author Report Share Posted September 6, 2007 Question answered Thanks to everyone for their input. If we put it to a vote Stuartgranti Maleri would be the winner. Sweet. Cheers ppl. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ryanjury Posted September 6, 2007 Report Share Posted September 6, 2007 Awesome man they're nice fish Let me know when you have some babies to pass on if you will ship, have tried to convince the other person in Chch with them to ship them but they wont! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
herefishiefishie Posted September 6, 2007 Report Share Posted September 6, 2007 The problem is you bought them as something else. All we have done is suggest what we think it looks like. A lot of peacock species are similar therefore, we can't be 100% sure if they are pure. All you can really do is call it by a common name. Something like maleri golds, sunshine peacocks. That is all Frenchy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MarkLB Posted September 6, 2007 Author Report Share Posted September 6, 2007 Fair call Frenchy. 8) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tropheus Posted September 7, 2007 Report Share Posted September 7, 2007 Hi Seems we have purchased the same peacocks from the same person. I obtained 12 (no name) as fry. Now fully grown with 8 females and 4 males. At one point I had all 8 females holding The only thing that disturbs me is that 3 of the males are yellow but one of the males turned out orange. All females are identical. :-? Not to happy about that. (Colour in males that is) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MarkLB Posted September 7, 2007 Author Report Share Posted September 7, 2007 Seems we have purchased the same peacocks from the same person. Hi. did you buy your fish in ChCh about a year ago? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tropheus Posted September 7, 2007 Report Share Posted September 7, 2007 Thats about the time and place. The males do look pretty awesome but still it pisses me off. The best Aul. stock I have and breed are originaly from OOA tanks and these guys breed true ALL the time. Especially the Aulonocara stuartgranti Hansbaenschi (red shoulder). Not like the royal blues that are around that spit out albino's. Still have these guys which I am selling. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
herefishiefishie Posted September 7, 2007 Report Share Posted September 7, 2007 . Not like the royal blues that are around that spit out albino's. Still have these guys which I am selling. Albinos are natural. Just means your male & female carry the albino gene. Therefore if that is the only problem they are breeding true. If you don't like albinos, fair enough. As for the variance in yellow to orange in the peacocks. How much of a difference are you talking about? If they are maleri golds per say, they throw the odd variance in colour. Line breeding Aulonocara sp. "Stuartgranti Chipoka", gave us the eureka reds, rubin reds etc. Chipoka's themselves vary from a deep yellow to a dark orange. Frenchy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tropheus Posted September 8, 2007 Report Share Posted September 8, 2007 Yeah, alot of colour difference. The orange one has no yellow at all and the yellows no orange. It's not a deep orange as my Rubescens, but more pale. As for the albino's, do they not have to have pink eyes to be classified as a albino?. The royal blue albinos eyes where black not like my albino peacocks which I have had now for a number of years. Which I do like. Have breed these little fellows a few times now and have breed true. The fry that I obtained from the Royal Blues had about 7 odd albino's which all have died now. They always hang around the bottom of the tank and never grew as large as the rest. They all seemed (albino's) to have trouble swimming. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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