Blue Acara Care and Breeding Guide - Awesome Vibrant Feature Fish!
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- Опубликовано: 7 дек 2020
- Hey all,
Today I want to talk about my Blue Acaras.
Acaras are an awesome medium sized dwarf cichlid.
For the most part these fish are very peaceful and plant safe so they can be a great feature fish for those planted tanks.
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People in my area in michigan mistake the Acara for green terror quite often. Poor guys get sold as an aggressive fish and then get eaten or beat up because Acara are much more docile than green terrors. I think it's the bright blue lines around the mouth and the orange edging that makes them look so much alike.
Because most people don't realize blue acara and electric blue are slightly different. They sale them all as the same.
True. My other malawi cichlids half the size of acara were trying to attack the poor guy, until he was set in the tank. Now nobody bothers him.
“Get the Barry White & candles going”.. 😂🤣😂
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awesome spotlight mate :) thanks for the upload
Great fish. Gentle for Cichlids and seem not to bother other fish far as I have seen.
Good guide bud. 👍
I keep mine with rainbowfish, redline barbs, and dojo loaches. They all get along. 125 gal. 74°-76° 3 marineland emperor 400's and an fx6( overkill, i know) bi-weekly 50% water changes. They just spawned 3 days ago, after only having them for a little over a month. With any luck, we'll have a few little wigglers soon.
Great video blake
Beautiful Fish, great choice for a spotlight
I agree!
Brilliant video and info, thanQ....
Beautiful blake
I've got a 125L planted tank with a few amanoshrimp and otocinclus in there (no other stock would be added) , how many if any electric blue acara's do you think I could keep in there?
One of my favourite..
Another gorgeous fish and a really nice spotlight! They have great personalities and can really be little stinkers..😂 but not in a bad way 🐟😁 great tips on how to handle changing up the scapes or adding plants!! Thanks for the care guide! I never realized what size they got! Thanks for the information! You know I love learning with you! I hope you're having a wonderful day!!💚🙏🌿🐟🙏
I've been glad to see you past couple of streams when you joined in! I know it's really late for you or during the day so we really appreciate you Blake! Much love my friend! ❤️🤗
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@@BlakesAquatics oh no did we 😂
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@@marypaigeflynn4512 sunday evening yeah its ok though
Awesome video. Got a pair of regular blue acara who are paired up, hoping to supply my LFS with some as they're quite rare to find here in Aussie
Did that work out for you so far?
@@dynestis2875 It did. Over 750 fry taken to my fish store and they all sold quickly. I have moved the pair on now however.
I would add to that that they are great jumpers so be aware of that
Great video!👍just a quick question I have a 200L planted tank with 2 pearl gouramis and 2 male Kribensis. Will one electric acara be suitable in that tank set up. Thank you
The kribs may attack an acar if they are a pair, that would be my main concern
nice fish
these are my favorite fish! i know some chichlids can be aggressive, but i have these chichlids with angelfish and tetras and no problems!
Blue or electric blue? I have regular blues and I think they started nipping on my angels.
Great video.
Thanks!
I've seen some other videos of people having them in with mollies. What are your thoughts on that? I have a 125g tank with 50 mollies/platies/variatus, one bristlenose pleco and three mystery snails. Do you think I could add an electric blue acara as a centerpiece fish in my tank? Or possibly somewhere between 3 and 5 of them. Thoughts??
Yeah I think so, an adult would be fine but theyd absolutely demolish any fry or juvies
Wow was literally going to do a species spotlight on these guys tonight lol mine just laid
Hahaha psychic. Still do one i reckon, ours are quite different styles
Go ahead breno we still be watching
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Wonderful!
Great info, thanks! Just got a school of these beautiful fish. Have you noticed a whitening of the forehead? One of mine turned up like that this morning. Some folks are saying it's a breeding coloration, and it doesn't look like the speckles of ich. There's no difference in appetite, if anything it's hungrier. My water parameters are 0 ammonia, 0 nitrite, 60ppm nitrate (planted tank, I keep the levels under 80ppm) superhard water with a ph around 7.
if its a brighter white stripe then yes showing off breeding colour. hope they are still going well.
@@BlakesAquatics Thanks for the well wishes! I've already split off two into the 125. They went from Barry white and candles to death metal and firebombs, lol!! I'm not sure my sex ratio is right in the remaining 4, but the 100 gallon has calmed down. They are so gorgeous I just purchased 7 hybrids of the two color variants.
Thank you for supply me with these informative subject Blue Acara.
I will adopt one Blue Acara with one Firemouth. Can I put them together in 150 L tank?
Yes should worl
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Hi, i've got a tank of 100gallons and i'm planning on putting a community of African ciclids (Labidochromis Caeruleus, Pseudotropheus Elegans, Maylandia Estherae, Pseudotropheus Demasoni) there. Thing is can i add an Electric Bue Acara there? I know they're from different places but can it be done?
I personally wouldnt but many have.
The acara prefers lower ph though so whilst i may be resilient enough to live in that environment it may not have very high quality of life
@@BlakesAquatics ok. thank you for the answer
I like original blue acara much more than electric variant. What is your experience with blue acaras and angel fish? My tank is 666l I have 6 angels and 5 juvenile acaras but I think they are starting to nip on my angels.
I have found it to be a good pairing until one species or another pairs up. That is a good size tank so best bet would be a heap of caves and spawning sites and heaps of line of sight blocks
I have 3 electrics with 2 angels. Never had an issue and they are both breeding. They both do their own thing
Can the Blue Acara be in with Green Terror ? Thanks
I think one of each would be ok in a big tank with hiding spots
I'm assuming they'll be OK with corys and BN plecos? Other than that I'd guess platys, praecox rainbows, angelfish and powder blue dwarf guarami are all OK? What about a pair of kribensis in that tank too?
All of those fish would be ok, i personally wouldnt recommend kribs and having 2 cichlids inhabit the bottom of the tank can be problematic
@@BlakesAquatics ok thanks so much
Can I keep a pair of electric blue acara in a 105L tank?
Yes
Can I put one of these fish with goldfishes, Kois and angel fishes?
I wouldnt
I think my 2 Acaras mated? I cant see the eggs but all the behavior is there. Hope this works out.
Good luck
Well I'm getting ready for batch number 3. First 2 didn't make it.
Neither did batch 3. The dad is a prick. Keeps eating fry.
I have my pair in a 55 with a pleco an some kulhi loaches. Do you think I have them in too big of a tank for reproducing?
Yes, I love my acaras, my blues have free swimmers, and suspect my neon pair, is a pair of males hahaha
Where did you get them from? I can’t find them anywhere...
@@falieshalott1437 ive found in a few different independent stores, east coast.. northern nsw to Sunshine Coast ive seen them and i have 2 spawns in a grow out... only the normal blue.. not the noen or electric blues
Was wondering if can get one of these for guppy population control ?
Yes but they may control the population a little too well
can one electric blue acara live alone in a tank with no other fish?
Yes 👍
can i put 1 acara and 1 dwarf gourami in a 105l tank
@@rishabroshan6549 i wouldn't, the acara would probably attack the gourami
@@BlakesAquatics ok thanks, but is it fine to have 1 acara in a 105l tank
@@rishabroshan6549 absolutely
My acara fish just ate one of my guppy fish
You wouldn't believe how many "care" videos I've been through! Everyone forgets the basics!
Except me hopefully?
Can I keep a single electric blue acara in a 26 gallon
Yes absolutely
And like can I have other fish with him or her in a 26 gallon
Yeah i reckon you have some room to add tank mates for sure. Did you have anything in mind?
Like a paradise gourami
Because I read that they are fine with gourami
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Electric blues and blue acara are not dwarf cichlids, no educated descriptions lists them as dwarf cichlids.
All suddenly, there are hundreds of babies shown up with the female parenting them, but there are also the male and a third blue acara in the same tank preying these babies?
i separate the babies from the parents as soon as they become free swimming. best of luck
@@BlakesAquatics yes, I did that, but they are all slowly disappearing, no idea on why?
@@testpptestppvz2555 make sure they are eating, could be they are just starving out
@@BlakesAquatics i fed them the first bits?