Photo: A very young (about four months old) male Canary OB Peacock. By the way, while the grid behind him shows one-inch squares, he is not six inches long. He's at the front of the aquarium and the grid is at the back. He's actually only four inches long, barely large enough to reliably determine ... Read More
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Non-Gold Dragon Blood Peacock
The photo is of two Non-Gold Dragon Blood Peacock Males. A couple of days ago, I released a blog on Dragon Blood Peacock cichlids (see: http://goliadfarms.com/dragon-blood-peacock-cichlid/), which I had written months ago and had failed to post. This blog is an update on the genetics of the ... Read More
Dragon Blood Peacock Cichlid
Photo is of a Dragon Blood Peacock Cichlid male, one of our breeders. A while back, we processed two breeding vats of dragon blood peacocks. This is a strain we got from www.livefishdirect.com in November 2012. The photo shows a typical male of this strain. We grew the fish to maturity and set ... Read More
Our Peacock Cichlids
Photo: Male Skyblue OB Peacock with male Blue OB Dolphin in background. Below is a reprint of the feature article from our May newsletter. If you'd like to subscribe to the monthly newsletter go to: http://goliadfarms.com/blog/ and enter your email address under the Subscribe section to the ... Read More
Skyblue OB Peacock Cichlid
The photo is of a young (about 3.5 - 4 months old) male Skyblue OB Peacock Cichlid. This is a domestic (commercial) strain we developed around 2005 from a couple of males that appeared in our Gold OB Peacocks. I gave those two males about 40 Gold OB females. I then mated the resulting females ... Read More
Gold OB Peacock Cichlid
The photo is of a young (about 3.5 months old) male Gold OB Peacock Cichlid. This is a domestic (commercial) strain we developed starting in 2003 from fish we acquired from a Florida fish farm. From those original fish we have developed several color varieties. In our Gold OB line, we are able to ... Read More
Blue OB Peacock Cichlid
The top photo is of a young (about 4 months old) male Blue OB Peacock Cichlid. The bottom photo is a young female, probably the male’s half-sister, of the same age. This is a domestic (commercial) strain we developed starting in 2003 from fish we acquired from a Florida fish farm. From those ... Read More