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Blue Acara tropical fish - Breeding and General information please (Preferably own experiences)2007-11-24 23:10:20

If this is the one and only tank you can use, there are similar choices of smaller cichlid species that will make much better use of the space you have.

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I know nothing about Blue Acaras, however if you go to a site like this one - http://www.aquahobby.com/gallery/e_bluea... - not only will you get some good information from owners, you can ask their advice as well, based on their experiences!

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You can run this by fivespeed or 8 in the Corner, or Sir Ghapy, but I'd say compatibility with a Blue Acara and the fish you listed should be fine. You probably are going to want 3 females and 1 male though I THINK, not sure on that 100%. Precleaned on the rocks means they clear the surface before the female deposits eggs on it. You can also use the link on my profile to get extensive help with cichilds too. I think if you kept just those cichilds and nothing else, in terms of cichilds, you'd be fine, but where are you going to put the fry? Blue Acara are not difficult to spawn from what I've read.

JV

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They are wonderful fish, Cichlid family from America, it's fascinating to watch them preparing to breed, you should provide plenty of stones for them to choose from, they both take turns pecking at the rock surface to clean it, then the female lays the eggs, the male follows behind to fertilise them, they take turns fanning the eggs and keeping them clean, one does this while the other guards the general area.