Watch My Butterfly Peacock Bass Grow From 3 to 14 Inches

A look at the growth of my Cichla Ocellaris Peacock Bass. This fish is currently 14", but the species can grow up to 30"!!!
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[@CichlidBros]

Lol at the flagtail at 0:55. Awesome video though, amazing to see the changes over time!

[@troyholler]

Cichlid Bros lmao, best part of the video

[@dwsdarius]

Thanks, lol yes that fish is beautiful but poops all day

[@CichlidBros]

DWSDARIUS FISH TANKS 😂😂😂

[@chrispatterson3110]

The 350 is definitely one of the best tanks on youtube

[@dwsdarius]

Thank You!

[@ronderfulaquariums2978]

That jewel is a JEWEL INDEED absolutely stunning fish

[@dwsdarius]

Thank You!

[@ktdancey]

It was like he knew he was on camera and modeled for you! Awesome video!!!

[@dwsdarius]

Thanks!

[@opgaquatics5609]

Sees notification, stops doing physics homework to watch this video.

[@dwsdarius]

Lol, luckily its not a long video!

[@Tackleberry657]

Great video on the growth rate of your peacock bass. Keep up the great work. I enjoy your videos on the fish in your fishroom.

[@dwsdarius]

Thank You!

[@Lflower1Stars]

So cute to see him grow....beautiful fish....

[@dwsdarius]

Thank YoU!

[@MicksFishUk]

Wicked video mate 👍🏻😁

[@cichlidkingaquatics5988]

Loved it little brother!!!

[@dwsdarius]

Thank You!

[@UnlceDon]

Hey thanks for the info, just bought one butterfly PB yest. Gives me confidence when i see ur video.. bcos it was actually quite timid and its still like less than 3 months from birth

[@dwsdarius]

Yes the normally get confident around 7-8 inches

[@UnlceDon]

@@dwsdarius good news, it has settled down in my tank.. and it has esten good food. Hehe.. Im curious is it ok to mix it with azul cichla - both juvenile

[@giocasanova6894]

Great video! I'm growing a little peacock and he's getting big now and stuffing more minnows in his belly haha.

[@dwsdarius]

Thanks...I remember those days!

[@COOPERSCICHILDS]

SICK BRUH YOU ROCK!👍🏿👊🏿🤙🏿

[@dwsdarius]

Thank You!

[@invain143]

Just liked and subscribed!

[@dwsdarius]

Thanks!

[@sflagg0817]

Makes me want to add one in my 125, suggestions on tank mates, now I just have a labichromis I just rehomed my large Buttikoferi.

[@drummking15]

My dad gave me his 37 gallon aquarium. Im still learning more and more. This a list of what I want to get. What's your thoughts? [1 or 3] Precos [1] Yellow lab Cichlid, 2 Bosemani Rainbow, 2 Turquoise Rainbow Red tail shark [1], Rosy barbs 2 Male 4 female Amazon sword, Aponogeton crispus 20 power filter w/ Customized with Pre filter cylinder and Coarse sponge pad [Possible small sponge filter] Food API Stress coat Bio balls Small gravel

[@dwsdarius]

Hello, a few thinks to consider: firstly with pleco's you want to make sure you get a smaller species like bristle nose pleco's because common pleco's can grow over a foot and will be too large for a 37 gallon. Yellow labs are cool, but they won't get a long well with the other fish you want. They also need higher ph levels than the other fish, so perhaps you can scratch out the yellow lab and maybe substitute with a yellow convict cichlid or a rainbow cichlid (so that you still get the yellow color). Red tail sharks can be very territorial so they may not do good with those tank mates, and lastly with filtration its always a good idea to double or triple you gallon per hour rotation...so in a 37 gallon tank you'd do best with a filter the runs 100-150 gallons per hour

[@drummking15]

@@dwsdarius Well I found out today at my local Petsmart they dont carry any rainbow fish. So I am going to try and come up with some more ideas. I want a center piece fish with a schooling fish and 3 bottom dwellers

[@theaquaticbeast9843]

What's the first song used please? Also amazing fish I wish I could keep some monster fish

[@joennykorea6197]

What I throw with in there to feed them

[@cichlidstrainhunter3607]

Nice sir 👍🏽

[@dwsdarius]

Thank you!

[@darksidemoto3693]

Didn't realize you have peacocks......I'm building a 350gallon and getting one soon.....I want an Azul and monoculus!

[@brieatz]

What did you feed them as juveniles? Mine will only eat feeder guppies. please help

[@AquaFreak]

Nice video bro

[@dwsdarius]

Thanks!

[@trevenrobbins4960]

The peacock bass fish’s color will color up more with dark substrate

[@dtizzle30]

Awesome Peacock man! Have you ever had Umbee? I just pick up 5 to grow out. I'll hit you up in 6 months to see if you want one.

[@dwsdarius]

Thanks, never kept an umbee before...they're beautiful though!

[@dtizzle30]

@@dwsdarius yeah they are. When they are big enough to sex I'll contact you and see if you want a nice male or female. I live in east PA so not too far away.

[@anujkumarbiswas3438]

Awesome video bro....what did you feed him when he was 2-3inch??

[@dwsdarius]

He ate rosy red minnows, sometimes I hat to cut them down to size for him

[@jobanhang6968]

Where can I get the big tub at the end of the video where you put your fish in?

[@dwsdarius]

I ordered that tank online from fishtanksdirect.com

[@wyattgolden6870]

When did you convert to frozen food? And what was your process?

[@dwsdarius]

Once mine was about 6 inches are started to train mine to eat raw. The trick is to try to make the food like like its alive, I tossed pieces of shrimp in front of my filter ouput and circulation pumps (where ever you have good water flow) and the current carries the shrimp making it look a live. It took a few tries but eventually he was hooked

[@davidschmidt8391]

What size tank did you have him in during the first stage?

[@dwsdarius]

55 gallon

[@moninindo4287]

Can you help me my pbass monoc always dark color?

[@dwsdarius]

Time and hierarchy are what effect the amount of color a peacock bass show. Once a peacock bass reaches 13-14 inches or when ever they obtain dominance (could be even when they are small like 8 inches) they will color up

[@moninindo4287]

@@dwsdariussize of my pbass 8 inches but still dark color,even in the tail..there tank mate green arow.about 19 inches in length and albino tinfoil.does affect the color of my pbass?thanks

[@joennykorea6197]

What do I fed them I feed mine shrimp raw they get big on that and fkakes

[@dwsdarius]

Mine primarily eat smelt, a type of raw fish. I also feed hikari massivore delight

[@imsanil1240]

Does it interect with you?

[@dwsdarius]

Now it does, but at the time of this video is was pretty shy. With these fish the best interactions come when you keep them alone as the only fish in the tank, when you keep them with multiple fish it takes longer for them to trust you because the entire tank has to trust you as a whole

[@luigigreen9823]

Hey man you ever thought of getting a big Jaguar cichlid for you tank?

[@dwsdarius]

I have a growing male, but my peacock bass are like kittens... I'm not sure how they would handle the aggression of a Jaguar

[@luigigreen9823]

@@dwsdarius that's crazy because I've heard from anglers in the wild the peacock bass are very aggressive! You could have such a beast of a jaguar in that awesome big tank!

[@dwsdarius]

@@luigigreen9823 They are big eaters, but not big fighters. I have a female jag with them with no problems, maybe I'll give my male a try once he's big enough. I know when I tried to add my male festae a while back he being smaller than them chased them non stop

[@Withtychannel]

What size is your tank again?

[@dwsdarius]

360 gallons, but I just say 350 gallons considering the space taken by the décor

[@seth1571]

Is he bigger than the azul yet?

[@dwsdarius]

He will be soon, he's 15" today the Azul is still 16". He eats like a pig and is a lot more aggressive so I think in a month he'll be higher ranking and probably equal or larger in size

[@ImGallant]

Its a female ?

[@dwsdarius]

Yes I believe so

[@Sasuke64401]

Your ocellaris is not a ocellaris its a mono

[@mariotar988]

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