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I went to the lfs in search of a male blue acara for my female (http://www.fishprofiles.com/files/forums/Cichlid%20Central/56904.html?200503231511). Three employees said this was a male acara but after getting home and the bag in the tank I really think it's a green terror.

Any opinions?







Last edited by Theresa_M at 24-Mar-2005 13:34[/font][/font]

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This is really frustrating...the colors of the tank make the fish look almost green/gold in pics, but looking at it in person it could actually be an acara

My female is in another tank but originally she was in this one; here's an example of how her coloring turned out in pics when she was in this tank.


Theresa_M attached this image:


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There is water at the bottom of the ocean

Now I would say Acara.....
But I'm no expert with SA/CA cichlids. I'm more African

I say it looks like an acara too

I'm thinking you've got a green terror Theresa, unless what we have is not a blue acara? LOL with these guys it can be hard to tell sometimes


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Ya that a green terror. one distinguishing mark is the white on the end of the fins.

yup, what you've got there is a lovely male green terror

Daka<<<<

to be technical it's a Silver Saum...and a very nice one at that. Great flaring shot!

Cheer up Theresa, those are white saum and they hard quite hard to find.GT is not a bad fish, compare with a blue acara I prefer GT because they are more active. I have a pair of green terrors and they are the bomb! Heck they bred quite a few times. Heres some pics of the GT family.

http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y48/Aquatic_dynasty/gt1.jpg
http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y48/Aquatic_dynasty/gt2.jpg
http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y48/Aquatic_dynasty/gt3.jpg
http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y48/Aquatic_dynasty/fisheggs.jpg

]"Breeding the Green Terror is somewhat difficult"

Breeding Green terror is not hard at all, My PH in the tank is 8.0, water stay moderate at 75 F and they are breeding fine.They bred at 4", I fed them Hikari cichlid pellet and an occasional blood worms. Extremely Territorial while breeding. Attack my 18" arowana all the time. The male do a kind of a dance where he just wiggle his whole body, the female tag alone and sometime chase him away. Once the female are ready to lay eggs they either find a clean flat rock or something a gravel pit. They lay about 300 hazle transparent eggs. The parent has excellent parenting, they attack the divider when any fish came near.Lastly ,the really hard part is just finding a compatible mate. I just pick out a pretty male for the female and they pair up real well.

Deffinatly not a Aq. Pulcher, looks to be a White-Edged Riv. Sp. Green Terror, as has green between the body scales, so not the true Riv. as they have Opposite body colouring, IE: green body scales, and grey in between, and a lot more rare. GT's are great fish, as long as he has enough space. I have mine with a Blue Acara, which he dominated for a while, but now are ok.

Theresa.M
Here is a link, explaining the difference of a Green Terror and a Blue Acara. Thanks to Mongabay. [link=http://fish.mongabay.com/acaras.htm ]http://fish.mongabay.com/acaras.htm [/link]