There are a lot of varieties of African Cichlids but certainly "Peacocks" continue to be a favorite for many of us. What inspired this video is that I'm often asked about stocking a medium sized cichlid tank, like a 60 gallon. The question is usually something like this, "I just got a 60 gallon tank and want African Cichlids. What do you suggest?"
Well, there are many choices, but with a tank that size I always end up recommending Peacocks, or those African cichlids in the "Aulonocara" family. Why? Well, apart from being beautiful, they tend to get along fairly well (but like all cichlids, they do have their moments of aggressive behavior) and they don't get so large, like some haps, and end up forcing you to either get a larger tank or re-home the fish.
Here, in this video, I talk about what would be my five fish recommendations.
Fish featured in this video include:
Lemon Jake Peacock (Aulonocara freibergi)
Flavescent peacock (Aulonocara stuartgranti), also known as Grant's peacock
Ruby Red Peacock "Roter Kaiser" (Aulonocara Rubescens)
Yellow Benga Sunshine Peacock (Auloncara baenschi)
Blue Neon Peacock (Aulonocara Stuartgranti Hai Reef)
Bi-Color 500 Peacock (Aulonocara maulana)
Some fish vendors mentioned in this video include:
Trevor O'Shea and The Wonder of Cichlids
Imperial Tropicals
The Cichlid Shack
Live Fish Direct
Thank you for stopping by and please be sure to let me know in the comments below what your favorite peacocks are.
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Thank you Phil "Mr, Chips" Griffiths for the video logo at the end.
Opening Music, a clip from "Name" performed by the Goo Goo Dolls.
If you've read this far ... you know what I think ... YOU ROCK!
