How do you know if a peacock is holding eggs?

I have a single peacock in a tank with a 10 red zebras and 6 msobo. I didn't know whether it was a male or female (thought it was a male because it has a lot of the spots on the bottom fin) When I look at the peacock it mouth seems to be a lot wider then normal and glimpses within the mouth appears to be yellow round eggs. She is also not eating anything. A couple of questions: 1) Will a peacock hold eggs that are not fertilized? 2) Can a peacock have its eggs fertilized from a zebra or msobo?

They can and will hybridize with zebras. So she probably spawned with one of them.

kill em!!!! lol
take her out of the tank bro!!! not good HYBRIDZ!!!!

they can hybridize so you so you have a hybrid. do not worry about the babies.


how to tell male from female is by color or by venting. how big is it?

Try feeding, If it eats, it's not holding. I think most fertilized eggs are a bone(off white color). I never kept peacocks with mbuna species so I not sure but there's hybrids all over the place.

I wasn't really trying to breed these cichlids. I had them all in my community 55 Gal. The peacock was the last remaining peacock that I had so I just threw her in the community tank.

David Holey Rock, I am going to be around the Richardson area on Thursday this week. Are you available on Thursday for at around 2 PM for me to come by and take a look at some of your cichlids as well as your rocks? I want a couple more of different species just to throw into my community tank.

Nitty, I've tried feeding it several times yesterday and today and the peacock will not eat. Also, her mouth seems to be really big as compared to before.

It's holding. Peacocks want eat for 3 weeks when holding.