My 85 gallon Peacock tank (update 12-27-13)

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Figure its time to post a picture or two.  These first are just cell phone pictures.

These are from a few weeks ago or so.

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This one is a little more recent.

And also a picture of our faded out Frontosa.  I sure hope it grows out of this. 

And the bushy nose.

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A few more.

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Lastly... an 18 second video clip.

[Steve]

Nice Ken. At first I thought that was one big piece of wood, but I'm guessing it is multiple pieces? Looks good.

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Yeah,  there are about 6 pieces of different sizes.  That way I can switch things up.

[Super Turtleman]

Should be fun watching them color up.   

[Regalblue]

Looks nice

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A few more pictures.

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The Christmas Fulu was showing off for someone.  Always has color, but not usually this much.

Ignore the flakes floating in the tank, just fed them.

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The calvus.

[Rob S]

Nice tank

[WES]

Nice tank, but just as a "heads up", the fish you have shown as your christmas fulu is definitely not xystichromis phytophagus. If I had to guess I would say it is a hybrid. Looks to be a cross between Hap. Sp. 44 and something else, maybe some type of nyererei. Unfortunately I seen several fish labeled as christmas fulu at the last mca auction that were likely hybrids as well.
 Here are a couple pics of what a christmas fulu should look like.

[jcunningham0295]

Looks like an Haplochromis sp. "#44" thickskin to me.  Not a Christmas fulu.

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That's OK.  I kinda thought it was a cross when I got it.  I'm not breeding anything in this tank, so as long as it looks good... I am OK with it. 

I do try not to buy crosses, but this one will slip.

Thanks for the info.