Horse snapper
As a type of three-lake cichlid, the threadfin snapper has the most beautiful and rich appearance among all the three-lake cichlid species. Unlike the Tanhu cichlids, most species of threadfin cichlids are male and female. Male fish are more beautiful in appearance, while female fish are much more attractive. This has also given rise to a group of aquarists who specialize in raising pure male tanks when raising horse snapper species. However, in this way, the fun of growth is lost, and it is simply a waste of time. lose.
1. White-headed Peacock
The mature male white-headed peacock fish has a dark blue body and face. White from mouth to dorsal fin. In terms of character, they are very gentle, and it is difficult to develop color in a mixed environment, so you need to prepare an aquarium to raise them alone, or it is easier to develop color if they are raised together with female fish. The quality of hair color is closely related to its feeding environment and feeding environment. What makes more sense is that if the female fish holds eggs, it will help the male fish's hair color.
It is recommended to put an extra white-headed peacock-spotted female fish in the aquarium, which can increase the sexual maturity and coloration of the male fish. As the male fish grows and develops and reaches the secondary maturity stage, its original silver body experience gradually turns into silver-black color. At the same time, it turns yellowish-white from the mouth to the dorsal fin. Finally, the silver-black color on the body will gradually turn into dark blue, and the mouth will turn into dark blue. The yellow-white color of the dorsal fin also turns into bluish-white, and the pelvic fin will also be extended. The hair color of the white-headed peacock only waxes and wanes compared to other fish belonging to the Aul genus, and the color changes during the hair color period are also relatively slow, and the color changes do not occur dramatically in a short period of time. However, these color changes of the white-headed peacock are also special. She is beautiful, and her facial expressions are also very profound and connotative.
2. OB Peacock
OB peacock is very unique, you can easily see the complicated spots on its body. Artificially bred fish species like the OB peacock are often regarded as artificial improvementsThe product has been greatly disliked and disliked by many African cichlid enthusiasts who cherish natural and natural products. The most important reason is that if artificial improvement and "manufacturing" of fish species are allowed, it may cause the pure genetic lineage of nature to be damaged. However, this statement is very unfair to ordinary developers. Fair.
There has always been uncertainty about whether artificial discovery of new species should be done naturally, but what is unambiguous is that Using this method, a series of special species have been invented, such as Luohan fish, blood parrot, etc. Its remaining active principles are worth confirming.
3. Super Western Fire Crown
When the Super Western Fire Crested male fish reaches adulthood, the fish's body will glow with a beautiful fluorescent blue, the light blue dorsal fin is as dazzling as firelight, and the anal fin There may be multiple yellow egg spots. Females and immature males are dry silvery gray with three large black spots on their sides, which is characteristic of this genus. The anal fins also have yellow egg spots on some individuals.
Super Western Firecrest lives in the submerged rocks of Lake Malawi. The males during the growth period are extremely aggressive. Sexually, it will drive away all other fish that come close to the territory. The common Malawi cichlids build their growth nests into the surface of a crater, and then lay and fertilize their eggs inside. However, the Super Western Fire Crown lays eggs and fertilizes in the central layer of the lake. This custom is unique among horse bream. Super Western Fire Crown is easy to grow, has a sexual maturity period of 9 months, and will lay eggs all year round, but it is relatively concentrated from December to April. The number of eggs laid each time is 10-20, which is relatively small. However, the size of the eggs is relatively large, up to 4mm, and they hatch in 3-4 weeks.
4. African Phoenix
The African Phoenix has a black stripe on its dorsal fin. The female fish still maintains this body color as an adult, while the male fish has a dark blue-black color, with a light blue stripe emitting metallic light on the side of the body from the rear edge of the gill cover to the end of the tail peduncle. The color of the female fish is more popular than that of the male fish, and is composed of translucent black, white and yellow colors in parallel. As for the male fish, it is an inconspicuous brown color instead of golden yellow.
The male African Phoenix fish will only show the behavior of defending the area when the female fish appears. However, once the female fish appears, The fish will be disappointed and leave, and the male fish will also leave Qi Qi who has defended it.Guard range. Regarding other male fish, the male fish of the African Phoenix will be extremely aggressive and even try to kill all males of the rock-dwelling species of the genus Melanochromis. They should not be housed with other rock-dwelling species of the genus Melanochromis due to the risk of hybridization. The basic color of the African Phoenix is translucent yellow with a black horizontal stripe on it. After maturity, the male fish's abdomen becomes more dark brown.
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