Sunshine peacock
Cichlids · AulonocaraCR
- 25–29°C
- pH 7.5–9!
- Gentle
- 5 in
- Bottom
- Mixed
- Semi-agg.!
- 5+ group
Predator. Eats any fish that fits in its mouth.
Sunshine peacock
Aulonocara baenschi
Lake Malawi: western shore sand-rock zones at Usisya, Nkhomo Reef, Benga, Maleri Is., Chipoka · lake
- Temperature
- 25–29°C
- pH
- 7.5–9
- Adult size
- 5 in · 12 cm
- Flow
- Gentle
- Swims
- Bottom
- Temperament
- Semi-aggressive
- Diet
- Omnivore
- Group
- 5+
- Status in the wild
- Critically endangered
Predator. Eats any fish that fits in its mouth.
Hard water. Needs hard, alkaline water, like its rift lake.
savethelittlefish.org/species/sunshine-peacock/