Blue Acara At Last!

[star4]

I am recieving tonight a pair of wild caught blue acara (I cant wait!!!) only thing is I have never had wild caught fish before do they need any special treatment? I have got my quaranteen tank almost set up, it will be ready for when they get here, going to provide lots of hiding places, but if there is anything else I should know.
Thanks in advance.

 

[Wills]

You have got a wild caught fish Bailey is wild caught. Main thing to do is QT them first for a few weeks perhaps a little longer than normal and watch for any signs main issues is parasites.

 

[star4]

Thats shocked me, I would of thought from how inquisitive and friendly Bailey is she was tank bred!!, I have the quaranteen tank set up, they have been in another tank, but quaranteening them anyway, I usually do with all my fish as a precaution depending on where I get them from. They are arriving at 6ish tonight, I am counting the minutes lol

 

[star4]

Finally after month and months of looking I finally have blue acara they are gorgous, they are male and female, Male is very stressed at the moment, but the female is looking great. If I can borrow the camera again I will attempt to get pics.

 

[minxfishy]

Congrats, cant wait to see them

 

[star4]

Well I have the camera for the day, but each time I go near the tank they dissapear! they are really skittish? I am contemplating putting some of the Ellioti babies in to see if their boldness will ease the stress on the acara, but it could make them worse??

 

[markandhisfish]

my w/c acara was a total sod to photograph. she was bold as brass even if you approached the tank. unless you had a camera then she would hide as soon as she saw it.

 

[snowflake311]

Yeah mine are not shy. Let them adjust before you go adding other fish to the tank I don't think the other fish will help.. They will warm up to you in a few days then you will see them every time they see you. We can wait for the photos.

They are nice fish. Glad you found some.

 

[star4]

The male has ventured out a little the female just peeps her head out from under the bogwood occasionally, will see if I can borrow the camera again in a few days time once they are more settled. Decided against adding any other fish till I am sure they are ok.

 

[ardler_ink]

I managed to get a male wild caught blue acara (he's intensely coloured!) and a tank bred female. The male is typical of wild caught specimens, really bright colouration, he has bright orange colouration to the tips of his dorsal fin, whereas the female is typical of tank bred blue acaras, dark coloured with white tips to her dorsal. They had only bred once in the 8 months ive had the female, with only 6 babies surviving! They grew extremely fast, well outgrowing my Nicaraguensis babies. Now the young are ready to be bred themselves, they have a mixture of the dorsal fin colouration of both parents!!! Really cool.

On 2nd April they bred again, approx 200 eggs. The fry are free swimming now and there are well over 100 of them. I will grow them on and pick the best 20 or 30 babies for my line breeding project. As the last batch (6 young) have grown into the most colourfull tank bred blue acaras ive ever seen in the trade, im really looking forward to growing on the new batch. Here in Scotland, the blue acras seem to all be the same in the shops, so i hope that ive bred a batch of fish that can be appreciated by cichlid lovers.