Gold Sapphire Peacock 5-6cm

GOLD SAPPHIRE PEACOCK

Difficulty:Intermediate

Max Growth Size:14 cm

Temperament:Territorial, keep with Rift Lake Cichlids

Preferred Water Parameters:

Temperature:23-27 degrees celsius

pH Level:7.5-8.5

General Hardness:Hard Range:

Africa: Lake Malawi

Diet: Carnivorous.  Carnivorous. Dry foods and frozen foods. Reproduction: Mouthbrooder: after spawning, the females incubate the eggs in their mouth until the fry are free-swimming. Males will mate with multiple females. The fry are easily raised with first foods such as baby brine shrimp.

Bred instore Additional Comments:

COLOURATION: Adult males blue on the face and gill plate. Orange – gold body with spectacular sapphire blue reflection to scales. Blue, orange and gold colouration extending into fins. Females and juveniles brownish with vertical bars. SEXUAL DIMORPHISM: Males grow larger, are much deeper through the body and have much longer fins.