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	blue acara or green terror
greenmonkey51 Fish Master Posts: 1571 Kudos: 1692 Votes: 5 Registered: 28-Jan-2004	how can you tell the difference between the two
Posted 26-Jan-2006 12:01
lunker101 Fish Addict Posts: 521 Kudos: 284 Votes: 2 Registered: 19-Aug-2003	I believe that green terrors have orange on their caudal fin and the acaras do not. But it should be rather easy to tell the differance between full-grown specimens.
Posted 26-Jan-2006 12:01
littlechris Hobbyist Posts: 82 Kudos: 162 Votes: 0 Registered: 22-Apr-2004	Hit the nail on the head with that one, but can be hard to tell sometimes (especially if fish have been confined to small lfs tanks) would suggest checking profiles for photo comparison
Posted 26-Jan-2006 12:01
DragonFish Fish Addict Posts: 518 Kudos: 220 Votes: 3 Registered: 10-Jul-2003	I don't think my GT look like any of the pictures of blue acaras I have seen. My GT doesn't have any of those verticle strips.
Posted 26-Jan-2006 12:01
cichlidae Enthusiast Posts: 294 Kudos: 191 Votes: 1 Registered: 18-Sep-2002	I have these fish in the same tank and i can definatley tell the difference. My blue acara has yellow on the top of it's fins and the GT has more of a greenish facial marking..
Posted 26-Jan-2006 12:01
nano reefer Fish Addict Posts: 716 Kudos: 570 Votes: 3 Registered: 29-Feb-2004	Hey Because they are both differant colours and greent's have got a more stuk out face that a blue acara.
Posted 26-Jan-2006 12:01
greenmonkey51 Fish Master Posts: 1571 Kudos: 1692 Votes: 5 Registered: 28-Jan-2004	no orange on the caudal fin. so thanks
Posted 26-Jan-2006 12:01


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