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RED PEACOCK! How Do you sex these guys?
RED PEACOCK! How Do you sex these guys?
RED PEACOCK
posted by: R Kizel

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Mar 21st, 2008
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bip_ 4u » posted 2008/03/19 - 07:04
***kylie *** » posted 2008/03/19 - 08:34
fourdell kidson » posted 2008/03/19 - 16:58
Roger Hopper » posted 2008/03/19 - 22:54
Nice you Kizel.. thanks for the pic, now ship the fish..
Christie & Joe » posted 2008/03/19 - 22:56
Juan Damelines » posted 2008/03/19 - 23:21
R Kizel » posted 2008/03/21 - 17:05  
Roger u still on ?
R Kizel » posted 2008/03/21 - 17:15  
ANY BODY!? my nitrate and nitrite got a lil high today does anybody know if there is anything i can do or is this the "peak" and i should just ride it out the tank is about 2 weeks old
Frank Donato » posted 2008/03/21 - 17:24  
Nitrate is okay, nitrite is bad. Do a small water change (10% or so) so you dont disrupt the cycle too much, but get some of that nitrite out. It could be the peak, could go higher, and nitrite is dangerous.
Frank Donato » posted 2008/03/21 - 17:29  
To clarify: nitrate is okay at low levels, and is the final biproduct of the nitrogen cycle, so use nitrate levels to help you understand how often you need to do water changes. Nitrite is dangerous even at low levels, and once your tank is cycled, should remain at zero.
R Kizel » posted 2008/03/21 - 17:35  
so do a lil water change?
Alex Odesit » posted 2008/03/21 - 17:42  
Nitrate up to 30-40 ppm is acceptable and not dangers for the most fresh water fish (not good for salt). Even on the test kit from Tetra I own, min value on the chart color is I believe 30-40 ppm.
If you had exceed that, do 20 to 30 % (less wont work aggressive) water change and what most important vacuum the gravel. If your filter old, you should clean it as well. But make sure when you clean the filter, you don't wash good bacteria completely out. Use bucket with water from your tank and just slightly clean your filter media, so it's not clog.
Alex Odesit » posted 2008/03/21 - 17:47  
Nitrite and Ammonia, thats what you need to keep at 0.
R Kizel » posted 2008/03/21 - 17:52  
But i was told there will be qa peak at a couple weeks or nitrate
Alex Odesit » posted 2008/03/21 - 17:58  
Who told you? LFS? Don't take for granted.
If it is a new aquarium, it will peak, and you need to perform water change & gravel vacuum more often and more aggressive to keep in at the safe level. Period.

Frank Donato » posted 2008/03/21 - 18:13  
Alex, sounds to me like his tank isnt cycled "tank is about 2 weeks ol" - so I was suggesting small changes during the cycle, rather than large aggressive changes, which may just re-start the cycle from the beginning, no?
karrie edwards » posted 2008/03/21 - 18:16
Alex Odesit » posted 2008/03/21 - 18:26  
Frank, in my experience with new non-cycle tanks 20%-30% water works better, since it is not enough bacteria to brake down fish waist.
When I set up my last 210 gal tank, I had to do water change daily, since I had to use medicine to treat some of my new fish (at that time from LFS)and the chemicals disturb newly developed nitrifying bacteria.
I use to do all testing before and after the water change daily for several weeks. 20-30% works def better then 10%.
20-30% wont hurt bacteria, but only help, removing access of what it can't brake down yet and choke on it.
50% of water change will be too much IMO (some people do), not only for bacteria, but also Ph spike. Every water change brings Ph up slightly, but 50% will be too much. For already stressed fish.
Frank, I am not trying to prove you wrong and post after you, just share my hard earned experience and trying to not let you guys to do unnecessary or wrong steps. Of course it's up to you, if you like to take a different approach:)
p.s. don’t use any chemical addictives to rise or bring down water chemical parameters, it will screw up all test reading for very long time
Alex Odesit » posted 2008/03/21 - 18:31  
also good idea to cut off on feeding, until all levels are back to normal and estabilished.
Frank Donato » posted 2008/03/21 - 18:40  
No worries Alex, I've learned allot from you and others here, so I don't see it as "proving wrong", but teaching. Plus, now Kizel has lots of useful reading material concerning his new fish tank :)
Frank Donato » posted 2008/03/21 - 18:41
PLus, I was only off by 10% :)
Nathan Sederholm » posted 2008/03/21 - 18:44
Alex Odesit » posted 2008/03/21 - 18:45  
Plus Frank, you were first to come and help!:)
Good man.
Happy Easter, I am outtie here.
lee howe » posted 2008/03/21 - 23:03
That looks like a nice tak setup Rob.

To identify your peacocks,the male will be a vibrant colorful fish and the females will be a dull color/ brownish or grayish..
lee howe » posted 2008/03/21 - 23:05  
Rob I have a picture from just a few days ago of our male and female Nyassae Peacocks. take a look at my profile and you can really see the difference in male female when the mature..

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lee howe, 2008-07-20 05:35

really reminds me of the Hybrid Demasoni I bought at Lfs when i first got i
***kylie ***, 2008-07-20 04:50

for sure great bargain...
***kylie ***, 2008-07-20 04:46

i go labeotropheus fuelleborni..
***kylie ***, 2008-07-20 04:45

melanochromis of some type.. i go interuptus maybe..
dave heupel, 2008-07-20 04:20

some kind of pseudotropheus. the vertical stripes kinda look like a demas
dave heupel, 2008-07-20 04:16

thats a labeotropheus trewavasae. nice fish!