Red Shoulder Peacock

By H. Blair Howell
 

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Common Name: Red Shoulder Peacock
 
Latin Name: Aulonocara hansbaenschi
 
Origin: Lake Malawi
 
Temperature: 75 - 82
 
Ease Of Keeping: Fairly easy
 
Aggressivness: Fairly non-agressive
 
Size:4 - 5 inches
 
Tank Size:30 gallons
 
Food: feed a good quality flake
 
Spawn: Maternal mouth brooder
 
Comments: As with most peacocks this is a fairly calm cichlid, not overly agressive. Tank should have lots of rocks for hiding places as well as areas of open spaces. This peacock is also known as Aulonocara stuartgranti Chiofu