If you are looking to breed peacock cichlids:
1. You need several size grow tanks.
2. Pick a type of Peacock you wish to breed. Not from an assorted Peacock tank.
3. Buy a group to grow out of that species. You will then hopefully get a mix of male and females.
4. Sell some of the extra males and try to keep a ratio of two males to six females.
5. Even better if you could source the fish from different places to hopefully get a different gene pool.
6. Grow the different gene pools in different tanks.
7. To avoid hybridization, you could try Peacock species, Hap species, Peaceful Mbuna like a Yellow Lab or Rusty, and maybe a mellow Victorian cichlid say Ruby Green, Christmas Fulu, in a 150 this may work.
8. You will need to research to get other peaceful species also bearing in mind size of the fish.
9. Do research on breeding
10. Ask what size a pet shop would take the fry off your hands. Probably two inches.
There will be other hobbyists to also chime in and add, give a thumbs up, or a thumbs down.
My observation is that you have been buying fish without doing research, and not going to cichlid specialists. The Auratus as has been mentioned is very aggressive and the males are even worse.
Good luck.
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