Acara19
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I had a couple questions on the subject, and Reed from VeryFishe was very helpful with my questions and answered a few already, but I will ask them again to see other people's perspectives on the topic.
I am planning on jumping into peacocks after a couple years of keeping central american cichlids.
Some of the questions I have:
1. singular male peacocks can successfully be kept alone and show color, right?
2. would a solo male peacock live a longer life if it was kept alone, since it wouldn't have the stress of fighting for dominance or breeding?
3. does background/substrate color affect the color of the fish? For example, will they color up more on white substrate due to that being more natural, or color up more on a dark substrate in an attempt to match its color? or is the dark substrate/background thing more for discus and the like...
4. how many juvenile peacocks (around the 1.5 to 3 inch rank) can grow out temporarily in a 29 gallon?
5. adding onto the last question, what is the best food for peacocks to grow and gain the most color possible?
6. how big do dragon blood peacocks get?
7. around what age or size do OB's start to get the marbling pattern?
8. if you remove all the fish except the dominant male, will he keep his color? I know a thing that tends to happen with most fish is when they can't see other fish around, they feel like there's something the absent fish are hiding from, and they will hide too, or show signs of stress, which in turn would nullify their colors, but I'm not sure with peacocks.
I am planning on jumping into peacocks after a couple years of keeping central american cichlids.
Some of the questions I have:
1. singular male peacocks can successfully be kept alone and show color, right?
2. would a solo male peacock live a longer life if it was kept alone, since it wouldn't have the stress of fighting for dominance or breeding?
3. does background/substrate color affect the color of the fish? For example, will they color up more on white substrate due to that being more natural, or color up more on a dark substrate in an attempt to match its color? or is the dark substrate/background thing more for discus and the like...
4. how many juvenile peacocks (around the 1.5 to 3 inch rank) can grow out temporarily in a 29 gallon?
5. adding onto the last question, what is the best food for peacocks to grow and gain the most color possible?
6. how big do dragon blood peacocks get?
7. around what age or size do OB's start to get the marbling pattern?
8. if you remove all the fish except the dominant male, will he keep his color? I know a thing that tends to happen with most fish is when they can't see other fish around, they feel like there's something the absent fish are hiding from, and they will hide too, or show signs of stress, which in turn would nullify their colors, but I'm not sure with peacocks.