Tankful Thursday Ep 8 - How to Breed and Keep Electric Blue Acaras
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- Опубликовано: 6 июл 2016
- Welcome back for Tankful Thursday Episode 8! How to Breed and Keep Electric Blue Acaras.
I'll be going over the temperament, behavior, sizes, and other specifications about keeping the fish. If you have any questions that I didn't cover, please let me know.
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I currently have one in a 60 gallon and was hoping to have a species tank with them in my 60 but would you not recommend that? How many could I keep in the 60 if they are the only fish in there? Or would it be best to keep other smaller species with my single EBA instead?
I have two and I noticed on one of them there tube is out big time. What sex do you think it is the one with the tube sticking out?
thanks vito, im try to breeding those beutiful fish. if you can more videos its very welcome. thanks, and good job!
+MinorSwing82 Thank you and good luck!
Thank you Vito.
You're welcome!
I have these,rams,and peacocks. The Acaras are now my favorite but are super aggressive when breeding. I had 1 male and 4 females they killed the weakest female . Moved them to another bigger tank with more places to hide then killed another female. Went to clean the tank glass and they started attacking my hand that when I notice I had two bunches of frys on each side of the tank. My male is stud lol at on 3” females a lill smaller
I live in the Gaithersburg MD area, I remember meeting you at the big fish deal event this year.
+misa sequeira Hey, nice that you live close lol. I'll let you know when I have some more.
misa sequeira I'm also in Gaithersburg MD! But my female EBA jumped out of the tank :(
@@keotommy I just saw this Tommy, that sucks :( I love those fish.
im thinking of keeping these with my angle fish
I love that fish bowl! Can I ask where you got it and about how many gallons it holds? Thanks.
+hibiscusfreak I made it. It holds about 3.5 gallons.
That was a great video they are incredible fish indeed 🤗🤗🤗🤗
Thanks! :)
I guess it's quite off topic but does anyone know of a good site to stream newly released series online ?
@Adam Onyx i use FlixZone. You can find it by googling =)
@Reid Skyler definitely, have been using FlixZone for since march myself =)
@Reid Skyler thank you, I went there and it seems like they got a lot of movies there =) I really appreciate it!!
You can put egg crate on top to keep the fish from jumping out and it won't diffuse your light that bad. Did you ever have problems with them eating plants.
I chose to use glass lids on my tanks now :) I didn't like the look of an egg crate. I didn't have any problem with them eating my plants. I kept them well fed so they had no reason to munch.
Very good video Vito.. they are really pretty fish. Great info thanks for sharing. I really love your bowl.. did you do the "how you made the bowl" video yet?
Thanks! I wasn't able to make that bowl video just yet but I'm working on it! :)
Great I'm really looking forward to it. I can't imagine how you do it..
How long can you keep mom and dad in the tank with fry if it’s just them and no other fish ? Thanks
So you don't have inbreeding between the kids and parents, I would remove them once the blue color starts coming in.
hey I just had some breed in a community 125 tank with a pleco and rainbow fish. So I took the rock out and put in in a 5 gallon with good media and a airstone at 78 degrees. Do you think this is a good plan?
If you have a mechanical filter, make sure the outlet is covered with something so the small ones don't get sucked in. Air sponge filters are recommended.
If the parents aren't with them, you'll have to have small enough food for them to eat as when they hatch they are very small.
As long as you keep the water clean this all sounds great.
@@FeraAcademy thanks man appreciate the fast reply. No filter is running at the time. Only filter media in there with them with airstone until they start swimming. I will run it eventually with a guard on it. Thanks bud👍🏼
So my acarra have layed eggs so should i remove the eggs or let them hatch they are in a comunty fihs tank of 1.50 meters.
Sorry, I just saw this. If the parents do a good job protecting the fry, them absolutely leave them. A lot of breeders choose to separate them because when hatched, they can easily be sucked into normal filters (sponge filters are fine). That all depends on your preference for how you want to breed them.
Subbing your channel. good vid!
Thanks Steve!
How agressive are they towards the discus?
I've noticed while the Acaras are breeding, they will fend off an area of the tank from the discus, but nothing drastic. They get along well and I haven't yet had any issues. My largest is about 4.5" so they aren't fully grown yet. I'm hoping this behavior is consistent as they age. Overall, they are very peaceful and I haven't had any aggression issues with any other species....yet. I've kept them with Discus, Apistos, Angels, Rummynose, Cardinal Tetras, Sterbai Cories, and maybe a couple of other fish I can't remember. As they grow, I probably wouldn't keep them with smaller tetras because they'd be an easy meal.
How would these do in a tank with Clown Loaches?
Eve Puckett bad
Great, what is the tds of water breeding pls?
If I remember correctly we had a gH of around 120-150. They do like softer water but I had bought them bred in local water that was similar to what I was breeding them in.
@@FeraAcademy thank you for reply great job
great looking tank! I was wondering where i could get a nice looking pair like the one you have. Do you sell EB acara?
+misa sequeira I do but my other male just jumped out of the tank so I don't have any extras. Maybe in a couple of months I'll have another batch.
alright that would be great, thank you. keep up the good work.
how can i sex the electric blue acara i only have 2 at the moment but plan on getting alot more to put in my 150 gallon soon wish i would of bought all 6 my lfs had but at $20 a pop i regretfully only got 2 plz do more videos of these guys in the future they are truely amazing
You can see the sexual dimorphism easier when the fish are ready to breed. The female will exhibit an almost navy blue head while the male will get patches of the dark blue throughout his body. Males tend to be bigger and I've noticed their fins seem to be longer as well. As I study them more I'll eventually put out a more detailed video on these guys. I just need more time to study them. Have a look at when they were breeding about 2 months before this video (you can really see the difference): ruclips.net/video/9-KLBqxHue8/видео.html
alright thank u very much for the info ill check out the other video not planning on breeding just yet anyway just really hard to find info on these beautiful fish i subbed so i wont miss any updates now lol
How do you know male for female
Look at their vents. The shape of the fish and fins can also differ. The easiest way to tell was during breeding the male would turn dark blue. I wish I had made a more detailed video but you can't tell until they get their color. Then, you can easily see.
Do they dig
No
well my acaras eat guppys and these other fishes neons etc xDD
@Roy Domann ?
They do get big lol, mine weren't big enough yet to get the rummynose.
These fish are not gonna get up to 7 inches, you don’t need to get 8 of them you can get 1 if you like they’ll be fine and you don’t have to get a big giant tank you can get a 40 gal, 30 gal, or bigger. If you want more than 1 recommend to get at least a 40 gal and up. I repeat you do NOT need to get a big giant tank and you do NOT need to get a whole bunch of them they can live by themselves just fine if that’s what you want
How not to have your Tank that unclean
they will eat other fish
Yes, they are good community fish.