I adopted a 4in red shoulder peacock

[dsun]

I adopted a 4in red shoulder peacock from my dad's tank, his is overcrowded and his tank is too small for this red shoulder. I assumed it is a male due to the coloration and from my amateur venting experience it was a o o.

Now that i introduced it to my tank. My Ruby crystal was trying to mate with it. They were doing the courtship dance. The ruby was shaking its butt and going around in a circle while this red shoulder followed in circle, are they mating or displaying dominance?

I noticed the coloration of the anal fin of the red shoulder is brown and its not as pointed as my male ruby, the dorsal fin too. Could this be a case of hormoned female that turned to a male?

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The red shoulder is chasing the ruby around now, the Ruby was the hyper dominant male, now i see his fin clamped (only one with clamped fin)as if hes a dog with his tail between his legs...the ruby keeps following the red shoulder and when the red has had enough he chases the ruby off.

 

[JraGold]

That is just a test/show of dominance.

 

[bmarine]

Agreed.

 

[dsun]

thanks

looks like the ruby mellowed out a bit, but still wants to show that hes boss, no one really messes with the new guy being the biggest and he is really chill. I hope he brings peace to my tank as the ruby was chasing everyone around before

Is it true that he is not a true red shoulder because his anal fin is not all blue? I read somewhere that pure red shoulders are all blue except the shoulder area. Mine has a orangy color on his anal fin, does this mean he could be more hybrid?

 

[bettaowner]

Nice cichlid. The coloration looks nice