African Cichlid | Yellow Sunshine Peacock

Scientific Name: Aulonocara Baenschi 

Common Name: Yellow Sunshine Peacock

Adult Size: 5 inches

Life Expectancy: 10 Years

Habitat: East African Lake Malawi 

Minimum Tank Size: 50 Gallons

Ideal Tank Conditions:  

• Temperature Range:  78°F
• pH Range: 7.0-8.0
• Hardness Range: 10-25°

Temperament:  Semi aggressive. Generally peaceful but may become territorial, particularly while spawning. 

Diet & Nutrition:  Carnivorous - prefers live foods such as blood worms, snails or brine shrimp, but will generally accept frozen, flake or pellet foods.

Breeding & Spawning: Peacock Cichlids are ovophile mouthbrooders that form a matriarch family. The pair should be conditioned separately on mosquito larvae, bloodworms, and crustaceans. The water should have a pH from 8.0-8.2, a water hardness 10-18 dH, and a warmer temperature of 79-84F . The female spawns a small number of eggs on the rocky bottom. These are fertilized by way of the dummy-egg method. The young should be raised on newly hatched Artemia and fine-grade flake foods.

Gender: Males are larger and much more colorful

Compatible Tank Mates: See Compatibility Chart