The ELECTRIC BLUE ACARA * A PERFECT Cichlid * The Andinoacara pulcher Profile Video
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The Electric Blue Acara (Andinoacara pulcher) is quickly becoming one of my favorite cichlids. The reasons are many and I talk about each of them in this fish profile video: The Electric Blue Acara!
Have you kept an Electric Blue Acara? What was your experience keeping this fish. What food did he or she enjoy the most? What tank mates were best, or didn't work out well?Please share any tips you might have since I'm relatively new to keeping these beautiful fish! We all learn from each other, so share your tips in the comments below.
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Good timing! I have 6 babies in my quarantine tank. They will Go in my new 125 South American cichlids tank. I had them for about a month. they are growing fast. They eat like little pigs and they are very un-afraid of me. They wag their tails like puppies when they are hungry. Love ‘em
I absolutely love my electric blue acara...so beautiful, great behavior...
coming back to this older video. Such a gem of a recomendation.
Your fish are so beautiful thank you for this-
Tank and fish look awesome good job my friend
They are really beautiful fish! The Geophagus Red Tapajos Red Top are also "perfect" cichlids as well in terms of temperament, yours are still very young but wait a little bit to see them color up and grow their gorgeous fin threads and you'll see how beautiful Geophagus can also be.
Great looking south american cichlid that puts on some decent size.
these fish are one of the hobbies best kept secrets imo
Got some a month ago, they have a wonderful disposition, and are beautiful to look at.
They are beautiful! They could be on my radar. I have been hesitant to get into Cichlids. I like Tanganyika Cichlids but I am in the process of buying a group of five VC 10's. I don't want to worry about aggression any more than I have to. Thanks Ben see you on Sat. 10 am Mountain Time.
Absolutely they are the Perfect Cichlid!! Wont start anything, but wont back down easily either. Love my EBA, and I recommend all fishkeepers keep at least 1 of them. Love the video! 👊🏾
Does your EBA jump out of your tank?
@@coolwater411 No!! 🤞🏾. Lol.
Hey, can i mix them with severum? Do they go well?. Because I don't need an aggressive tank. What other peaceful varieties do you suggest?
They are nice looking fish. Wish I can keep fish like these.
Wow since 3 days ago I've been thinking of getting this fish and then I open RUclips and see this video haha.
Super cool cichlid for sure!
Great video great pets animals fish aquarium
Love my 3 EBA’s very chill and active. I just put a polar parrot in with mine. It’s like mini flower horn
I had a couple in my early phase of fish keeping. Loved them. Saw some more at my LFS this past week and plan on going back to get a couple of them.
Same!
I had 4 that were unlike any I’ve seen since, such a deep blue!
I re-homed them and ever since I regretted it.
Last week I just bought 2 more, not as amazing as the first batch but still! Absolutely my favourite fish.
I got myself three of these beauties the other week. And like you said they are one of my favourites. Two have paired up and I have now got free swimming young. And they at the moment have not shown any real aggression as of this moment.
Love my EBAs! I keep mine with severum as well. Mine don’t care for brine shrimp but love bloodworms and Vitabites.
I have an EBA in a 75 Gal with a few assorted Rainbow fish and some Corys and one Bolivian Ram. They all get along great, all very peaceful. The EBA is a beautiful fish!
Lately my EBA only little aggressive during feeding time but nothing major, such a cool calm fish
Ben, I have 6 electric blue acara. Awesome fish! I really like their temperament. Mine recognize when I walk up to the tank and will let me hand fees them.
Hi Ben….I picked up 2 EBA’s…put them in my 75g..with rainbow fish…all doing well👍
I love them one of mine jumped out the back of the aquarium dryer up on floor
I love Acara, I have two pairs of normal blue Acara, they’re in a 20 gal tanks sharing with bristle nose plecos with absolutely no problems and both species breed successfully
I currently have a 75 gallon planted tank with 5 EBAs. So far I don't have any issues with them. I've been contemplating add some rainbow cichlids, but still doing my research to make sure they are compatible.
Have had my 2 for 3 months now. Definitely my favorite fish. Always begging for a food, active, eat out of my hand and love the syringe when I feed froze foods.
I love mine hes chilled. He gets along with my angel fish , rainbow sharks , high fin tetras. He's getting big.
Hello Ben. Thanks for this species profile! They are one of my favs. I have several breeding pairs and currently have 25 fry. My experience has been like yours. They get along with all of their tankmates and are beautiful to watch. The fry are my fav...they look like tiny versions of their parents pretty quickly. They scoot all around the tank under the watchful eyes of mom and dad. They are awesome fish!
Hello darling.
Can you help me, and him, know how to identify male to female. I've looked at fins, head shape etc. It seems more difficult... I have 3 in one tank, one of them has been more isolated and I wonder if it's for breeding reasons though I haven't seen any breeding activity, yet. I hope I do. Favorite fish at this point. Hands down
@@klypz85 Hello. The males are generally larger and have a longer trail on their tail fin. Their heads are darker and have more of a pronounced hump. If one is isolating, it could be because others have paired up, it could be protecting fry or a potential breeding spot. 😊
Removed eba from my Cichlid tank that we’re getting picked on and put them in my community tank the colors came back they were an absolute awesome fish
Good evening from Rapid City South Dakota.. I have kept EBA for many many years and have had multiple pairs that Have spawned for me. In fact I have a tank Full of juveniles that measure about 2 to 3" that I'm trying to give away. I keep them in a 75 gallon tank with large angel fish and they get along famously. Contrary to what some people think they do not uproot plants as I have a tank full of Amazon and crypts. They do indeed get a little protective when they are spawning but after the spawns they are gentle giants. Just for the record EBAs are indeed from South America. While acaras are native species, the electric blue acaras curs are hybrids and do not occur in their natural habitat
Just got 10 of them, an inch length each,, 14.50 USD aprox all 10, amazing colors.
I love my EBA. I have him in with Oscars, a Jack Dempsey, Synodonis, Silver Dollars, Red Dragon, Thai Sun Catfish and a turtle all in a 150 gallon. Other than the Oscars sparing with each other, it's a peaceful tank!
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EXCELLENT Choice :)
Another terrific compatible cichlid are the Firemouths.
Interesting. I keep going back and forth with adding a Firemouth. I have geos, EBAs, and a severum. You think it would be better to add the Firemouth after the others have almost fully grown?
Have the same fish 🐟 plus have the same omega seamaster different colour blue on a rubber strap. It's a great watch
I have 4 of them no agression, no fights, but they can fight and they are strong
I bought 4 Electric Blue Acaras with the aim of getting a breeding pair and that happened rather quickly. Twice eggs have been laid on live plant leaves, but both times all were gone before wrigglers appeared, which is normal I suppose, it is a learning process protecting from other tank mates and caring for their eggs. The other two are smaller, a male and probably a female and the male has fought the alpha male a few times over the big female, who seems happy with that and allows both to dance for her. I was going to sell the two smaller one's but was advised not to let the smaller male go, as he will keep the alpha on his toes and doing his duty for his partner.
Got 5 of these @1" from Roger at Hung Ming in SF. They were my first expensive cichlid. Put them in 60 liter with some black angel growouts This was 2013
Anyway in 6 months had mated pair that spawned in that tank Fell in love with the
female as she ferociously defended her wigglers
Put them in 125 with big plecos foot long
P.joselimai and some others that I'd rehome with HM. Never spawned them again but gave them to Roger when I left bay area. He said he made a special effort to find them a good home Was keeping them with G.winemilleri school at end Most beautiful easy cichlid ever kept. Probably a morph from Trinidad population of A pulcher. Ideal community fish Nowadays would put in 75 with Apistos, Laetacara or red head Tapajos
Nice brother shouting you out now not posted yet 👍
I have 4 EBAs in a 200 gal tank with some severums and a chocolate cichlid. The chocolate is about 5 inches and the EBAs are around 2-3 inches. So far the chocolate just ignores the EBAs. It does pick on the severums a little, however. The severums are closer in size to the chocolate
I'm getting two for my 45 gallon planted hexagon. I'm planning on getting a school of tetras also.
They will look great together
The only issue I ever had with EBAs was when there were two females and one male. The male chose one female over the other than ousted the neglected female. The male would constantly harass and chase away the ousted female. My solution to this was I rehomed the male and kept the two females since I do not want breeding. Other than that my two females are in a 75 gal with skirt tetras, buenos aires tetras, red tail shark, apistogramma cacatuoide and a pearl gourami. All are fine but the two EBAs are the tank bosses. Btw Ben, you have a male and a female :)
Ben -thank you for your amazon store!! I finally was able to find a heater that doesn't sound like it'll set my house out fire, blowup in my tank, boil my fish or start a nuclear disaster.
🤣 good to hear. Will you be plugging it into a controller?
@@BenOchart 😁 I got the AQQA submersible 100w aquarium heater that you recommended
I bought 2 a week ago ... the larger one(only 2inches) has eatin 2 of my cardinal tetras already
I have 4- 3 1/2 to 4 inch inch EBA with 12 inch Vieja Synspilum and 14 inch giant gouramis in my 500. I moved them to the 500 when the EBA started breeding in my 200 and became disruptive. No problems with the much larger fish in the 500 gallon and I enjoy them there a lot
Hi, What do we do when they're breeding and if we have only one tank?
@@rathishm9120 You can remove the spawn for example if they lay the eggs on a rock. You still have the pre spawn aggression but it will end when the eggs are gone - until they spawn again LOL
Would a blood parrot be ok with a EBA?
i have several.. they are jumpers...lost one a few months ago...forget to close the gap after a water change...ive had to relocate a male for bullying....
I have a pair and turns out that it was a male and female. they spawned once. they are the best. Other than that, as you have said no problems with them whatsoever. I give them red wigglers and they love them.
Ive keep two pairs in a 55 gal & in 125gallon. The male ended up killing the female in bouth set ups the 125 & 55 gallon tanks...still keep a sole male in a 55 gallon
Would I have problems if I got this fish I have 3 german rams not sure if they mix well
Just got some Blue acara. I'm new to the hobby about a year now. Few tanks and 1 African cichlid tank. My local pet shop told me to add the acaras to my Africans cichlid tank. It does not work. One was over night attacked, ripped fins, etc. The other one seems ok but hanging on for life looks like it. Luckily due to my research over the past year I have a hospital/quarantine tank. They are both in there and seems to be already in a better state of mind. I should have done my own research as I now come across not to add to my African cichlid tank but rather to some of my other aquariums.
My Electric blue acaras is about 2 inches. Please tell everyone not to add it to a african cichlid tank
How about Eliotti cichlid?
Dgn pemahaman baru, saya akan coba pelihara elektrik blue acara.
Saya pernah adopsi 4 ekor.... Tetapi karena kekurang pahaman ku, mereka mati dlm 2 minggu.
Tubuh mereka berangsur angsur kehilangan warna biru nya menjelang sekarat dan mati.
Punya dugaan mengapa mereka mati?
Hi I was wondering can they be solo? Is a 47 gallon large enough for an adult? and petstores here only sell the males so would having 2 males in this tank size cause problems thank you! luv your videos
Thank you. Yes, they can be alone.
Thanks. How would these do along with zebras?
Zebras are fast schooling fish and if you put 5 or 6 in with a few electric blue acaras I would predict that they would do fine.
Do they dig alot? I have gravel and I'm thinking about doing a species only tank in my 125g with a large school of corydoras. Maybe 5 electric blue acaras or 7. Thoughts?
I haven’t noticed them digging much. 7 would be amazing looking.
Could these work w Bolivian rams in a 75 gal?
I’ve never had them together
I'm for sure there is definitely a male cause he is bulky im not 2 sure about the other one. I have 3 and I think all of mine are females I can't seem to find a male anywhere near me at the petstores. I feed mine shrimp pellets and a smaller kind of pellets and I mix seachem vitality and Boyd vita-chem vitamins and twice a week I feed the the Xtreme krill flakes.
Nothing bigger than them especially when little. I’ve got one in fish rehab because he was almost like apollo creed and the other to in a plastic storage bin until I get a new tank. They were not labeled correctly at the pet store. I’m newer to the cichlid game and didn’t pull my phone out and make sure they what they were suppose to be. Awesome fish though. Hopefully when the little guy recovers his brain handles the butt kicking better than rocky’s brain after he took on the Russian.
“Electric blue” is just a recent color morph of the blue acara (Andinoacara pulcher), which naturally has blue spangles instead of blue all over. It’s not clear whether the electric blue morph arose from artificial selection, or forced hybridization with “electric blue” ram cichlids (Mikrogeophagus ramirezi), and it may have some health problems due to inbreeding. Better to say that the perfect cichlid is the blue acara, and not necessarily its “electric blue” color sport.
My electric blue JD didn’t last long and I found out that it was common with that hybrid.
Not any help in anyway but I keep a Blue Acara with a Jack Dempsey. I've had them together for around 6 or 7 months. There's never been an issue between these 2. They are juvies and the JD is probably an inch bigger than the Acara, but they're the best of mates. The JD has killed 2 plecos in this time, one that was the same size as him and one that was larger. So I think it's just the Blue Acara and the JD in this tank for now. The Blue Acara has never shown any aggression at all and neither has the JD toward the Blue Acara.
Kills plecos! That’s amazing. Plecos are like armor plated.
If they can stay together they will really compliment each other’s color.
Look like two males. They’re about the same size. Are they about three inches ? Would be showing breading colors by now. From my experience.
Just under 3”. Thanks!
Tank size best for 3 acara?
Permanent home? 55 to 75 would be fine unless throw in a lot more fish.
are those plants real? I read where acara's can uproot plants What do you think?
My 2 don't bother my plants at all. I have water sprite, elodea, and crypts all planted.
Mine are artificial
Not a acara but electric blue jack Dempsey I have I feed him cichlid pellets a an blood worms
I have 2 males got them very young almost 2 yrs ago, hoped to get a pair didn’t work out that way! Raised up with a chocolate cichlid and now 2 severums! I found my EBA to be nasty at times countless unprovoked attacks on the chocolate as a juvenile leaving scars, with sneaky dive bomb attacks to the top of the head. Same things with the severums! Outside my Africans cichlid and Brichardi there the meanest cichlid I’ve ever kept!
Lest I'm wrong and I'm never wrong, you Sir, have a Male and a Female..
One of EBA likes to pick on my geophagus brasiliensis during feeding time. He is lucky the geo let's him get away with it.
My electric accaras eat other fishes and now larger accara is trying to eat smaller one
Tell me what to do now
Try feeding a little more so he’s not looking for more food. You might have a killer and if you do the only solution is to get rid of him.
Not a perfect fit with rainbow fish?
They look to me like a boy and a girl... you probably know all too well by now if that's true 😁
Ben, looks like 2 Males.
Thank you😀👍🏻
Males have larger pointy fins, looks like you have one male for sure.
Thanks!
I've had them before never ever again don't mix them with african cichlids cause they will fight and kill when they get bigger a friend of mine added 3 in his african cichlid tank woke up to 4 dead fish they are evil but beautiful
Good advice, but not something I would ever do😀👍🏻
@@BenOchart oh I know u wouldn't mix them I've watched alot of your videos bud so I know how much u care about your fish I've seen ppl posting videos with african cichlids and mix jaguars inside and think its funny because they fight I hate tht with a passion keep it bud I've learned alot from u
IMO the perfect fish is veiltail koi. In 3 decades as a fishkeeper and keeping many fish species, is my favourite fish.
Sorry, I forget... koi isn't a cichlid 😀😄
Never owned a koi but I think they are very nice.
@@BenOchart butterfly koi show off in aquariums. I'm keeping one in my 29 gallon. Watching the side-view and flowing fins is like a comet goldfish. But butterfly koi have way more colours and patterns.
Koi don't overgrow the aquarium.
@@alejandrolisdero4531 If you loved your Koi that much you wouldn't keep it in a 30 gallon.
Chocolates get big but even more friendly than the Acara
I have a chocolate... great fish, biggest fish in my 125... everyone thinks he's an Oscar cos he's so big...
Good to know. I really love the chocolate and keep going back and forth on adding 1 to my 75 with geos and a severum. I'm afraid it will get too big and aggressive.
@@papasmerf6453 Severums are more aggressive than Chocolates. Mine is in with Angelfish as well.
Quite a peaceful fish that teared my cardinal school apart one day, while leaving my blue rams heavily bruised. Stop spreading misinformation about this hybrid.
Cool stuff Sír,
Well you might not notice any fights and aggression between your two Boys’ 🤔😆👍 but once you get more than two Boys, when Ladies comes in , AcaraLove is up… they are fairly territorial. 🤪😳🫤 Certainly way less like any other cichlids but are cichlids though
I just keep one big Acara now, so he (or she) is mellow at the moment.