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Pics and Video => Fish pics => Topic started by: nismo_sky28 on August 21, 2012, 07:50:32 AM

Title: blue dragon blood peacock
Post by: nismo_sky28 on August 21, 2012, 07:50:32 AM

A few pics of my blue dragon blood male. Sorry about the phone quality pics and the water spots on the glass

Title: Re: blue dragon blood peacock
Post by: jkeeler on August 21, 2012, 08:40:23 AM

Thanks for posting.  I was wondering what mine would like eventually.

Title: Re: blue dragon blood peacock
Post by: nismo_sky28 on August 21, 2012, 09:22:36 AM

You'll probably get a little more variance in fry as they grow out than natural occurring species until the line has been bred enough to get dominant characters but very nice red peacocks nonetheless

Title: Re: blue dragon blood peacock
Post by: Steven A Measel on August 26, 2012, 04:40:01 PM

Thanks , Nismo now I know what to call mine, good pics

Title: Re: blue dragon blood peacock
Post by: beach on November 08, 2012, 09:52:44 PM

nice looking fish!!

Title: Re: blue dragon blood peacock
Post by: jkeeler on January 19, 2013, 11:17:38 PM

Do you think your blue Dragon looks like Aulonocara sp. “tangerine”?  (possible another trade name??)

http://www.cichlid-forum.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/Aulonocara.jpg

Title: Re: blue dragon blood peacock
Post by: nismo_sky28 on January 21, 2013, 10:13:31 AM

I was wondering that myself awhile back. It's hard to tell with all the different trade names for the same fish when it comes to the accepted hybrids. For example dragonblood, sunburst, strawberry and firefish. My main male has similar dorsal coloration with the white blaze over the black stripe but his body is a bright red fading to orange and yellow around the fins. I have some juvies from a completely different bloodline growing out now to compare  to my