Information on red empress and calico peacock

[TSUSnakeguy]

I just bought one of each of these to add to my cichlid tank. Both are young but I was just wanting to hear from folks that have owned them before and your experience with them. It is my understanding that the calico is a hybrid, which I am ok with because the are still pretty fish. But I did not find a ton of info on them. I also am not great with all the scientific names used in the cichlid world so I am still learning. I am attaching a pic of the peacock I already have. What is the difference between all the peacocks? Are they just subspecies?

 

[Andrew McFadden]

Welcome to AA!

Have a male red empress he is kind of a wuss when it comes to haps IMO. Here is a link for it
http://www.cichlid-forum.com/profiles/species.php?id=1369

Never kept the other one. For the names Aulonocara would be a Genus the family of fish that they are classified under ( kinda like your last name). Their name like Protomelas taeniolatus ( red empress) would be the species name.


I think I got that right lol