Electric blue Acaras. Male protecting the fry?

Colin_T said:

A pH of 7.5 is fine for the peacock.
What is the GH of the water?
Your water supply company can tell you the GH and KH or you can check their website. Find out what the test is measured in too (ppm, dGH or something else).

If your water company can't help, take a glass of tap water to a pet shop and get them to test it. Write the results down in numbers at the time and find out what unit the test is measured in (ppm, dGH, etc).

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If fish are rubbing against objects in the tank, there is either a water quality issue or an external protozoan infection (white spot, velvet, costia, etc).

Post pictures and video of the fish so we can check them for disease.

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Floridapierce78 said:

I have a API test strips, according to these it says 120ppm

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Colin_T said:

Picture of the peacock cichlid?

If the peacock cichlid is an Aulonocara species, it comes from Lake Malawi in Africa and needs water with a GH around 300ppm and a pH around 7.6-8.0.

Blue acaras come from softer water with a pH closer to 7.0.

Severums are usually from softer water again with a pH below 7.0.

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Floridapierce78 said:

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Colin_T said:

A GH of 120ppm is too soft for peacock cichlids (Aulonocara sp). The other cichlids will be fine but the peacock needs a GH around 300ppm. Time to get another tank

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Floridapierce78 said:

I have this one, it's a 36 gallon. Is it big enough?

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emeraldking said:

The male could have become over protective...

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Floridapierce78 said:

Well, we got another brood. And as soon as the fry started swimming. Dad ran mom off again. What is going on?

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emeraldking said:

Got to agree with Colin...

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