Electric blue Acaras. Male protecting the fry?

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A pH of 7.5 is fine for the peacock.
What is the GH of the water?
Your water supply company can tell you the GH and KH or you can check their website. Find out what the test is measured in too (ppm, dGH or something else).

If your water company can't help, take a glass of tap water to a pet shop and get them to test it. Write the results down in numbers at the time and find out what unit the test is measured in (ppm, dGH, etc).

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If fish are rubbing against objects in the tank, there is either a water quality issue or an external protozoan infection (white spot, velvet, costia, etc).

Post pictures and video of the fish so we can check them for disease.
I have a API test strips, according to these it says 120ppm
 
I have a API test strips, according to these it says 120ppm

Picture of the peacock cichlid?

If the peacock cichlid is an Aulonocara species, it comes from Lake Malawi in Africa and needs water with a GH around 300ppm and a pH around 7.6-8.0.

Blue acaras come from softer water with a pH closer to 7.0.

Severums are usually from softer water again with a pH below 7.0.
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A GH of 120ppm is too soft for peacock cichlids (Aulonocara sp). The other cichlids will be fine but the peacock needs a GH around 300ppm. Time to get another tank :)
 
A GH of 120ppm is too soft for peacock cichlids (Aulonocara sp). The other cichlids will be fine but the peacock needs a GH around 300ppm. Time to get another tank :)
I have this one, it's a 36 gallon. Is it big enough?
 

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Got to agree with Colin...
We'll you guys were right. We removed the male with the fry once everyone started eating them while dad was trying to mate with mom again. Dad still doing a wonderful job. I will post pics. We have between 10 and 15 left. I'm starting to worry when will dad start eating them?
 

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