Blue acara - Aequidens pulcher

Contributed by: phenomenon619»2»

On: September 8, 2006, 9:31 pm

The Blue Acara is a beautiful addition to a South American Cichlid tank. I’ve had mine for 3 months now and it’s about 4" and gets more and more colorful by the week! This fish is peaceful for the most part and doesn’t really bother anything in my tank. I suggest one for anyone with a love for South American Cichlids.

Contributed by: simon»2»

On: January 22, 2008, 11:30 pm

I was thinking about getting a pair of blue acaras for a four foot tank. I am going to keep them in a planted aquarium and would like to know of some possible tank mates that would not be bullied and would not eat plants. I like silver dollars but have heard that they are plant eaters. Any help would be great.

Contributed by: admin»783»

On: January 23, 2008, 12:22 am

@simon: You’ll need some species which are of similar sized like Acaras. Heros severus for example. On the other hand, a 4 foot aquarium might not be big enough when they’ll be adults.

Contributed by: Deborah»4»

On: June 23, 2008, 12:34 am

I have 4 blue acaras in a 4’6" tank with 2 nicaraguans and 3 clown loaches. They were all introduced to the tank as babies together along with a siamese fighting fish. I have no aggression problems. There are sometimes a few chases but nothing hurtful.

Contributed by: numpty»2»

On: December 31, 2008, 2:03 am

I bought 2 blue acaras about a month ago hoping they would pair up. They were 2 males I think, or maybe they just don’t like each other. The female/less dominant was always being chased and nipped out of the way. I planned on taking one back to the shop to try and find a pair which would live together.

Before taking the fish back I introduced what are definitely a pair of rainbow cichlids and the introduction of these fish seems to have helped the battered acara as all 4 cichlids now look in fine condition, the bully acaras attention seems to be diverted and I don’t see him nipping fins any more.

Contributed by: D. Martin»3»

On: February 10, 2009, 9:43 am

I own a Blue Acara at 3 1/2 inches. I got him several months ago. He is housed with a small Firemouth and a small Rainbow cichlid, plus (2) Jaguar Catfish. He's very peaceful and I never seen him attack any fish. When it comes to eating time he's pushy, he uses his size advantage but doesn't attack other fish. He's the dominant fish in my tank and its because of his size.

He looks really great, his colors and fins are very nice. He's just a Gentle Giant. I also had a Yellow Acara that was smaller that tried to bully him and I had to separate the Yellow. All in all, Blue Acara is a nice medium sized cichlid that looks great and works good in a community set up. Although since it's a cichlid, don't trust it will smaller fish, they could wind up in its belly.