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A wild-morph acara in a home aquarium. The blue acara normally grows to around 13 cm (5.1 in), but can reach up to 16 cm (6.3 in). [3] The body is compact and stocky, while the fins are long and flowing, with a rounder head than on similar cichlids. The main body colour can vary from browns to blues to black due to local diversity.
Remove affected eggs. Use methylene blue to medicate the hatching tank. Lymphocystis: Viral: All: Cauliflower-like growths and white areas around the eyes: Vaccines may be available Iridovirus dwarf gourami disease: Viral: Gouramis, angelfish, Ramirez dwarf cichlids and others: loss of appetite. Darkening in color. Enlarged abdomen ...
Cichlasoma bimaculatum is a generalist omnivore with scavenger like qualities, consuming small crustaceans and insect larvae in addition to small fishes. The black acara provide more competition for the native sunfish within spawning areas and have the ability to impact both invertebrate and plant communities through predation. [3]
Blue dolphin cichlid, lumphead cichlid: Cyrtocara moorii: 25 cm (9.8 in) Afra cichlid, dogtooth cichild: Cynotilapia afra: 10 cm (3.9 in) Malawi eyebiter: Dimidiochromis compressiceps: 23 cm (9.1 in) Rusty cichlid, lavender cichild: Iodotropheus sprengerae: 10 cm (3.9 in) Electric yellow cichlid: Labidochromis caeruleus: 20 cm (7.9 in)
The electric blue hap is a popular aquarium fish due to its colouration. It should be kept in tanks of no less than 150 litres. A semi aggressive fish, only one male is recommended per tank; however if large numbers are kept in a spacious enough environment, it is possible to keep more than one. Tank mates must be selected carefully.
Electric blue crayfish (Procambarus alleni) Electric blue gecko (Lygodactylus williamsi) Electric blue tarantula (Chilobrachys natanicharum) Sciaenochromis, a genus of haplochromine cichlid fish whose males are electric blue, including: Electric blue hap (Sciaenochromis ahli) Electric blue kande (Sciaenochromis psammophilu)
This fish is an mbuna cichlid that lives in alkaline water with the PH of 7 to 9. It is a tropical fish and lives in temperatures from 22 to 28 °C (72 to 82 °F). The hardness of the water range from 10-20. They are very aggressive and are only kept with other similarly aggressive African cichlids, with one male to two or more females.
The saddle cichlid shows significant variation in colour and thus variation is geographic. In the western parts of its range, in Ecuador and Peru they develop striking red or orange colouration on the lower jaw, the head and the forward portion of the belly while Brazilian specimens are more of an overall grey or blue or green colouration. [2]