My 5 Top Picks - The Best Peacocks to Start Your African Cichlid Aquarium!

#peacockcichlids #bestfirstafricancichlids #bestpeacockstostartwith #africancichlids #africanpeacocks #cichlids #benochart #5bestpeacocks What peacocks would I select as my top picks when starting an African Cichlid aquarium? If I wanted an all African cichlid peacock tank, which fish would be my 5 top picks? One of you asked for my suggestions on stocking a new 150 gallon with African cichlid peacocks. Here are my suggestions. I hope that you enjoy this video and certainly share in the comments any fish that you think should have been on the list. Don’t miss the short bonus video at the end. Always be learning and don’t ever forget that YOU ROCK! Please smash that sub button. It tells YouTube that you’re enjoying the channel and encourages YouTube to share the channel with other fish keepers. It will also help to push the channel over 40,000 subs! Thank you!!! Some of you have asked for a way to support the channel. I thank you for asking. Here are a couple ways you can help to keep the content coming: - Become a member of the “Garage Gang“ by becoming a Patreon member here: - Use this link when visiting Amazon for any of your Amazon purchases (fish or non-fish related): Any qualified purchase after using that link to get to Amazon will provide the channel with a small percentage. You still get the best price on all goods, so it’s a true win-win! - Visit my TeeSpring store (listed under every one of my videos) and consider purchasing some channel merchandise. The store offers coffee mugs, tees, hoodies and other cool stuff. All purchases pay the channel a small percentage. Use “LIVESTREAM“ for a 10% discount at check-out. - Watch, like, share, sub and hit that bell. Growing the channel is truly the best way to show support and I thank those of you who have done this. Live Streaming Join me and a great group of fish keepers on Saturday’s at 11am Central (that’s 9am Pacific / Noon Eastern) for The Cichlids & Coffee live stream. It’s a great hour of fish fun and gets into everything from setting up a tank, proper filtration, fish selection and everything in between. I hope to see you there. A big shout-out to my channel sponsor THE CICHLID SHACK, provider of top quality fish and fish keeping food and supplies. Visit the shack at and use “shackattack10“ for a 10% discount on all products (including food) and use “shackattack15“ for a 15% discount on all fish purchases over $100. Thank you to key vendors that have helped with my new fish room including: Aquarium Co-Op, a top provider of both products and knowledge for all types of fish keepers. Elite Cichlids, providing the best looking artificial plants available. Sicce, a top quality manufacturer of aquarium pumps and filters. Hygger, maker of a variety of aquarium products such as tanks, lights, pumps and heaters. JC & P, providers of lights, rocks and other quality aquarium products. Underwater Galleries, makers of the most beautiful ceramic caves available. Xpertmatic, maker of good quality hang-inside filters and air pumps. Many of their products are listed in my Amazon Affiliate store at: Use this link for JC&P LED lights and the other aquarium products they offer: ?sca_ref= For a behind the scenes look and access to photos and videos not posted anywhere else, please follow on Instagram at: If you’re looking for a very helpful, knowledgeable and supportive group, check out: Ben O’Cichlid on Facebook. Cichlid is in the name but all types of fish keepers are welcome. Be sure to answer all the join-in questions or the group moderators will not let you in. It’s how we keep the trolls out. Thank you for the on-going support and encouragement!