{"id":42561,"date":"2026-06-25T00:22:36","date_gmt":"2026-06-24T22:22:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mytankscape.com\/shop\/yellow-sunshine-peacock-2\/"},"modified":"2026-10-19T01:42:20","modified_gmt":"2026-10-18T22:42:20","slug":"yellow-sunshine-peacock","status":"publish","type":"product","link":"https:\/\/mytankscape.com\/en\/shop\/yellow-sunshine-peacock\/","title":{"rendered":"Yellow Sunshine Peacock"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"mts-care-guide\">\n<h3>African Peacock Cichlid (Aulonocara) \u2013 Care Guide<\/h3>\n<p>Peacock Cichlids (<em>Aulonocara<\/em> spp.) from Lake Malawi are among Africa&#8217;s most colourful freshwater fish. Males display extraordinary hues \u2014 electric blue, orange, yellow, and red depending on species. Relatively peaceful for African cichlids, Peacocks are the ideal starter species for aquarists interested in the African rift lake hobby.<\/p>\n<table>\n<tr>\n<th>Temperature<\/th>\n<td>24\u201327 \u00b0C<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<th>pH<\/th>\n<td>7.5\u20138.5<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<th>Hardness<\/th>\n<td>10\u201320 dGH (hard alkaline water)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<th>Min. Tank Size<\/th>\n<td>190 L (50 gal)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<th>Care Level<\/th>\n<td>Intermediate<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<th>Temperament<\/th>\n<td>Semi-Aggressive (males territorial, especially during breeding)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<th>Diet<\/th>\n<td>Omnivore \u2014 quality cichlid pellets, bloodworms, brine shrimp, krill, occasional Spirulina<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<th>Compatibility<\/th>\n<td>Other Aulonocara, Synodontis catfish, Yellow Lab, Yellow Tail Acei. Avoid Mbuna or small peaceful fish.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n<p>Sandy substrate + rocky caves replicate Lake Malawi. Keep 1 male with 3\u20134 females. African cichlid salt maintains chemistry. Weekly 25\u201330% water changes. Mouthbrooders \u2014 females hold fry 3\u20134 weeks. Males develop full colour at 6\u201312 months.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>African Peacock Cichlid (Aulonocara) \u2013 Care Guide Peacock Cichlids (Aulonocara spp.) from Lake Malawi are among Africa&#8217;s most colourful freshwater<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":44859,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"wpai_generated_summary":""},"product_brand":[],"product_cat":[319,303],"product_tag":[],"class_list":["post-42561","product","type-product","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","product_cat-freshwater-aquariums","product_cat-live-fishes","first","outofstock","shipping-taxable","purchasable","product-type-simple"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_likes_enabled":false,"jetpack-related-posts":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mytankscape.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product\/42561","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mytankscape.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mytankscape.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/product"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mytankscape.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=42561"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/mytankscape.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product\/42561\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mytankscape.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/44859"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mytankscape.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=42561"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"product_brand","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mytankscape.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product_brand?post=42561"},{"taxonomy":"product_cat","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mytankscape.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product_cat?post=42561"},{"taxonomy":"product_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mytankscape.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product_tag?post=42561"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}