Malawi Peacock – Dragonblood Peacock Cichlid

Description

Malawi Peacock – Dragonblood Peacock Cichlid

PH Range – 7.5 – 8.5
Water Type – Hard

The Dragon Blood Peacock Cichlid is a mouth-brooder hybrid from the Aulonocara Species (Peacock Cichlid) from Lake Malawi. Peacock Cichlids are generally found living near rocky shoreline transitions into more sandy substrate of the lake bottom. Dragon Blood Peacock Cichlids feed by sifting through sand substrate by pushing the sand through their gills and extracting small invertebrates hidden in the sand. The Dragon Blood Peacock Cichlid lives in small groups of a single male and a small group of females. Once they have established their territory, such as a large rock or Wood structure they will aggressively defend it from similarly sized fish.

Dragonblood Peacock Cichlids make a good addition to most any community Lake Malawi aquarium as they will get along with most other Lake Malawi species. However, they are peaceful enough to keep with similar species provided that the aquarium is large enough to provide multiple territories for each group of fish.