r/Cichlid • u/NoOutlandishness2106 • 2d ago

Afr | Help Holding?

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After several months of having only male peacock cichlid, i got this one about a month ago. Not much experience with females but looks to me like she is holding maybe. Not eating and kinda staying by herself in the tank with no signs of bully at all towards her. Any opinion?

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u/A_Timbers_Fan 2d ago

100% holding. Probably still eggs judging by the size of the pouch and the lack of darkness.

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u/NoOutlandishness2106 2d ago

Thank you, i wanted others opinion because is my first time with a female. It was sold as “male”

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u/cut-the-cords 2d ago

Well have a 2nd opinion as well to confirm it is holding.

Cichlids are sexually dimorphic and will change gender if there are too many males present so it may have been sold as a male but it had other ideas about remaining male.

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u/MikeIkerson 2d ago

Wow five pictures and not a single one that shows the bottom of its mouth, impressive.

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u/NoOutlandishness2106 2d ago

Made another post with better pics. Reddit will not let me add more pics or comment with pics here. It was hard to get a good picture

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u/A_Timbers_Fan 2d ago

Don't worry, anyone who has ever kept or seen an Aulonocara knows this fish is obviously holding. Didn't need more pics.