Watch My Peacock Bass Grow Into 12" Beast!!!

Hey everyone, its been quite the experience growing my two Cichla Azul peacock bass the past 16 months! While they did grow a bit slower than I expected, it still was and is amazing watching them grow in size, color and personality!
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[@justkaiiv6050]

What a beast I pick up 2 of them at 2” and I’m so excited to see them grow

[@mjgur1991]

Beautiful set up and gorgeous fish man. Just got myself 2 Azuls today! So excited to see them grow after watching your video! 😊

[@dwsdarius]

Thankyou, they definitely are awesome!

[@aquariumcichlids1884]

Soo stunning amazing aquarium and fish !! And beautiful to see them grow

[@dwsdarius]

Thank you

[@litoloco4fish]

Great videos man!!! I love fish keeping and watching fish I can’t own !!! I grew up with these fish in the wild here in America we can keep them as pets.. you need big tanks great job Darius

[@dwsdarius]

Thank you, yes in Florida they are everywhere...awesome fish!

[@TheFishBeast]

Incredible setup bro! Beautiful tank and Cichla!

[@dwsdarius]

Thank you!

[@pj2854]

Awsome azuls.. That's crazy how slow they are growing mine got over 24" in 16 months. They made me build my indoor pond a year early..

[@dwsdarius]

Wow, yes mine are growing slow but I think its a blessing that they except prepared foods and rather pellets over fish

[@richardp4977]

Another great video glad to see everyone is happy again new fish beautiful will be ordering my flagtails this week if I can stay out of trouble with the wife I got some points built up wish me luck thanks for telling me about the wet spot

[@dwsdarius]

Thank you, yes the flagtail is becoming one of my top fish!

[@tonym5736]

Awsome stuff every thing looks great and i growing really healthy and well good job

[@dwsdarius]

Thank you!

[@MrLazyman123]

This sounds like something i can do, will try.. and surely drop a note with what happens

[@daveyant3812]

great video from a great fish keeper!

[@dwsdarius]

Thank you!

[@clearwaterbeachhomesearchm5957]

I'm so glad red devil has chilled and you still have him

[@dwsdarius]

Yes its amazing how calm he is!

[@nwanaturalwildafrica7117]

Very Beautiful Fish... Amazing 👍👍👍👍😎

[@dwsdarius]

Thank you

[@RVVideosShowtime]

Peacock bass fish looks very beautiful and all fish 🐠 👌 👍

[@dwsdarius]

Thank you!

[@Brantov]

Interesting fish, Very nice.

[@dwsdarius]

Thank you

[@chrispatterson3110]

You need a sofa in front of that tank my friend,just when I got my 125 set up just the way I like it you set up this unbelievable tank,great tank great video

[@dwsdarius]

Thanks, yeah this is one of those tanks where I say I'm gonna take a quick look...and always end up spending hours staring!

[@justinrvarga7236]

I love Peacock Bass. This Sunday I’m getting my two mono’ and one xingu. About 4 inches. Will be ok in my 6ft tank as a grow out until my 12footer is set up in December Jan

[@dwsdarius]

Yes The Peacock bass inspired me to get this tank...definitely amazing fish

[@justinrvarga7236]

The size and shape of your flagtail is different to the ones I have. Interesting.

[@kevenlozoya2147]

So cool

[@dwsdarius]

Thank you

[@christopherfitch7705]

Very nice peacock bass they are a team

[@dwsdarius]

Thanks, actually they are Azul, check out some of my recent videos to see how they look

[@jasonmull4994]

Nice P's. Mine has grown to 16" in the first 14m I've had her. Different type of peacock of course.

[@dwsdarius]

Thanks, yes these don't really have as big as of an appetite as I've seen on some others

[@johnstrassner8061]

I had a ruff go, lost all 3 a month in to what looks to have been Epistylis including a jaguar catfish. Feeder fish and blood worms are off my feeding list this next go around. Any recommendations for feeding them at 2” and what schedule as well as and prevention treatments, water temp, ph ect. I’m at 7.5 ph and 7 hardness and 71 deg water temp. Any advice would be appreciated as I lost 400$ in fish this last go around.

[@grock31]

I see you picked up your Lima. Awesome bro. Looking forward to seeing it mature. Hey Dee are you attending the A.E this year?

[@dwsdarius]

Thank you, yes hopefully he grows quick! I was thinking about it, its right in my backyard

[@ronderfulaquariums2978]

WOW THEY GREW THAT MUCH

[@dwsdarius]

Yes, and hopefully they reach their full size in this tank

[@thomasrubio9956]

Awesome dude! What's cracking with your betta?😊🐠🐟👍

[@dwsdarius]

Thank you, with my 125g planted I decided to mix the fish from my 75g planted, 55 planted and 20g planted which had my betta....my ghost knife seemed very docile in my 75g...but when they were mixed together first all 30 of my harlequin rasbora disappeared, then I found the betta killed. Definitely the worst part of this upgrade, but I'll be making a video soon showing the lost

[@richardrobinson1697]

MINE GREW FROM TWO INCHES TO 18 INCHES IN 18 MONTHS. WENT FROM BEING BULLIED TO BEING THE BULLY! AN EATING MACHINE!😂

[@MrLazyman123]

Hi, when You first got them - what were you feeding them.. I have two baby peacock bass and they are not feeding on pellets - I had to give them small guppies and platys.. tell me which Pellets feed to be given to them.

[@dwsdarius]

Mine originally ate blood worms so it was easier to switch them over to hikari sinking cichlid gold and then to hikari massivore delight when they were big enough. If yours already had the taste of live fish, no doubt it'll be hard to get them on pellets. The goal is to get them to notice the pellet, by making the pellet look like prey....dropping it in front of the filter output of circulation pumps may give the pellet movement which could attract their attention which hopefully will make them bite

[@tanganyikatas727]

I had the same issue and my last resort was too starve my two until they took the pellets, hard to watch for around 3 or 4 weeks but every day they showed more and more interest in the pellets and once they had consumed 1 it was game on. He’s now grown about 2-3 cm witching 2 weeks feeding 3 times a day with big water changes

[@MrLazyman123]

4x4 Tasmania basically I am a soft hearted person can’t see them hungry for such a long time but will try

[@b.gerber4836]

What do u feed them? I have 2 at around 1.5 inches.. dont seem to eat anything

[@dwsdarius]

Mine where pellet trained from day one so I was lucky. But most other juvies that I picked up at that size only eat live minnows...some eat blood worms

[@badger3044]

Those are pretty awesome I love all the spots on them when they were midsize, I have a 5 in kelberi who will not eat any advice and trying to get him to eat he's only been in my tank 5 days but no luck with eating

[@dwsdarius]

Try a live feeder just to make sure its picky eating and not sick...then maybe try raw foods (I use smelt which works great), then eventually I put pellets inside of the smelt and now mine eat pellets. Definitely takes time though

[@badger3044]

@@dwsdarius I will try that thanks for the advice DWS appreciate it Tank on my friend

[@badger3044]

I haven't tried the feeder fish yet I'm still holding off only because if he does devour that feeder fish then I'm afraid that's all he will eat and yes I could cut those in half and you know stuff them with pellets and try to train him that way I've had him for almost two weeks now and he hasn't eaten a single thing he's in a 220 gallon tank and he's about 5 in and I have a freshwater motoro stingray with about a 9-inch disc the stingray pays him no mind she either cruises all over the sand on the bottom for foraging for food or she's up and down all over the glass he pretty much has the run of the 220 to the middle and high ground all over food will fall right in front of his face and he won't even try to get it how long can these things go without eating

[@badger3044]

I don't know about the kelberi peacock bass but I had a Vieja Regani, that went like almost three months without eating at least it went three months without me watching it and I watched it a lot and I never saw it eat for like I say almost the first three months I had it and then all of a sudden he started taking food maybe he survived on tiny little shavings scraps that I didn't witness but like I say I watched him pretty close and this thing never ate for like almost 3 months

[@dwsdarius]

If you can, contact the people you bought the pbass from and see what they fed him. Most likely I'd say they fed live fish. So using frozen fish could work, if you put food in and he races to it but doesn't grab it...it means he's hungry but he's only use to live foods. If it does that I'd try to add the raw fish where there is a lot of water movement so that the raw fish appears to be alive...that could work too

[@adiwira8829]

kelberi dont have that pearl marking on their body u can see the difference, azul may more look like pinima or temensis on their baby size

[@justinrvarga7236]

I’ve gotta 6ft tank that’s kinda a holding tank with 1 1ft big Pacu a small ghost knife, flagtail and tinfoil barb. I’m gonna get my three peacock bass very soon and keep them in there for a few months. Do you think there could be aggression problems??? There’s plenty of hiding spots.

[@dwsdarius]

Most of those fish aren't known for aggression...just a competition among the bass towards each other but nothing too serious

[@justinrvarga7236]

That’s really interesting. The whole tank is getting along really well. I think peacocks have become my favourite cichlid thus far ☺️. The monos eat everything but the xingu won’t go near the pellets 😐. I’m thinking about making my own fish food. I’m tempted to try and get another Oscar but the ones I got have been aggressive

[@justinrvarga7236]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/rp2nfYGYo9xnhtU The fish are doing really well but in 6 months to a year I’m gonna upgrade to a bigger set up.

[@qwertyq4073]

Will you be showing off the other fish of this tank?

[@dwsdarius]

So far I only have growth video for 3 of the fish in this tank, the others were too shy growing up for me to record them

[@wyattbryan3654]

What did u feed them when the were fry?

[@dwsdarius]

Luckily mine readily excepted hikari cichlid gold pellets

[@EM20230]

How big was that tank and also what size tank can pass for ONE azul bass

[@dwsdarius]

The final tank is a 350 gallon tank. Azul can reach 30 inches but in captivity they may just grow to 25 inches or so, so I'd say for one 180 gallon is the minimum

[@EM20230]

DWSDARIUS FISH TANKS nice 👍🏼 how many are u keeping in that 350? Might do something similar

[@puppay]

What do you feed them? Lives bait? Pellets? both?

[@dwsdarius]

They eat mainly hikari massivore delight pellets with frozen smelt fish occasionally

[@puppay]

@@dwsdarius How did you get them on pellets? I'm guessing you were feeding them pellets since they were fry? My peacock bass is spoiled and won't touch pellets or even worms. Feeding live bait is getting costly

[@gerodevans2541]

Can I start two peacocks in a 60 then switch them to a 125 in a year ?

[@dwsdarius]

This pair grew rather slow...my last one grew 10in in one year...so they'll outgrow a 60 gallon fast. Also a 125g is still too small for them as adults can reach 28 inches...which I've seen in person!

[@dwsdarius]

BTW...these are approximately 1/3 full potential size

[@ericduncan7421]

DWSDARIUS FISH TANKS what size tank is that? And they look amazing. I have an azul about 7-8 inches right now.

[@andikasm]

What a food your pbass?

[@dwsdarius]

Hikari massivore delight and occasionally shrimp and raw tilapia

[@slymetube]

So the result not blue color in their fin? I cant wait my azul after seeing this video haha

[@dwsdarius]

No not yet anyway

[@slymetube]

not yet ? oh okay bro... thanks for reply