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[JackMack]

Need help regarding ID with the fish pictured below.

 

 

 

Cheers

[dazzabozza]

Post up an in tank shot too if u can.

Doesn't look like a peacock going by that pic. Head shape looks wrong.

[Kleinz]

need pic swimming so we can see fins.

[JackMack]

They're hiding in the limestone so it's a pain to take a photo.
They look like this, both have a white tip running along their dorsal fin.

These appear to have a red tinge which mine don't.

 

Cheers

Managed to get a photo.

 

 

 

 

[dazzabozza]

Latest pic def shows more of a peacock shape.

I don't think you're going to get much of an I.D other than "blue peacock" for the time being. Once they settle and colour up we might be able to limit it to a few possibilities but even then it'll come down to what it resembles rather than being an exact match. There are many wild species as well as line bred man made variants. Peacocks are a bit of a mess in the hobby and commercially due to incorrect labeling, easy hybridisation etc.

The tall wall stripe on the dorsal is quite unique. Also keep an eye out for the colour of the belly. I had a fish that reminds of yours a little - http://www.perthcich...showtopic=20186