Oh I Am Givig Up !

[star4]

I am I really am, I am never going to get a blue acara

Someone was advertising blue acara, I asked for a pic, they sent one and they looked exactly like the texas I already have. I mailed back saying thanks but those are texas not blue acara and they mailed back...

"scientific name is - aequidens pulchear
common name is - blue acara

sorry to inform u but blue acara are texas cichlids its just the part of the lake they have come from they are texas blue acara as i got them from a pure breed"

Sorry just wanted a winge!

 

[bae1994]

http/www.aquarist-classifieds.co.uk/php/...il58_143079.php
http/www.aquarist-classifieds.co.uk/php/...il51_142964.php

theres two see if there any good

 

[england]

texas cichlids are north american and blue acara's come from colombia,woooow thats one huge lake....
just bare with it, i shall have a look around and keep my eyes peeled...post the pic here or mail it to me aswell

 

[star4]

Cheers Bae for those mate. The first one is the person that I got my lot from, and been confirmed by the good folks on here as texas, I have mailed the second one but hasnt sent me a pic yet

 

[england]

http/www.aquarist-classifieds.co.uk/php/...il58_145864.php

http/www.aquarist-classifieds.co.uk/php/...il58_141881.php

 

[star4]

Nelly thanks, the first one I wasnt after a breeding pair, the second one they had all gone.
Sorry I am being a pain lol.

I have scanned the AC site for weeks now this is where the blue texas acara exist lol

 

[england]

picky picky, i see the odd ones alot in lfs's but never when you want one eh.....i caught alot wilst in colombia, stunning when there "wild"

I shall keep my eyes peeled, have you tried ebay?

iam wondering if Amerce knows of any for sale up that way?

 

[bae1994]

here you go

http/newmarket-tropical-fish.co.uk/index...p;products_id=8

 

[england]

here you go

[URL="http/newmarket-tropical-fish.co.uk/index...p;products_id=8"]http/newmarket-tropical-fish.co.uk/index...p;products_id=8[/URL]

it says sold out

 

[bae1994]

oh yeah whoops

 

[star4]

I wish I read the other posts before I got all excited would have saved my face dropping at the sold out bit

have kept that link though just in case, thanks Bae

 

[Davo86]

Nelly thanks, the first one I wasnt after a breeding pair, the second one they had all gone.
Sorry I am being a pain lol.

I have scanned the AC site for weeks now this is where the blue texas acara exist lol

I know its not exactly what your after but if you don't mind a trip down the m54, I'm pretty sure Coxwell aquatics still have a few 2-3" Aequidens coeruleopunctatus, These are simply a blue acara variant found in Panama

http/www.lem.net/alf/Aecoeru5.jpg
This pic isn't mine (and IMO doesn't really do them justice) but shows the breeding colours of the species, funnily enough mine shows these colours whenever it is around my JD, at other times it is much prettier with bright green spangling and a bright orange red tint to its dorsal fin

Aequidens pulcher from Venezuela
Aequidens coeruleopunctatus from Panama
Aequidens latifrons from Columbia
Aequidens sapayensis from Ecuador

 

[star4]

I did try Ebay Nelly ended up with an ugly looking little blue doll thing lol



Davo your naughty, thats really nice. I will look them up see where they are, thanks very much.


I just hope when I do finally get one it doesnt turn out to be a green terror!

 

[Cichlid_Crazy]

I feel bad for you because all of my LFS's have them in regularly...usually Latifrons (the gold top fins) and Pulcher (Silver top fins)...always cheap to around £2.95 per fish.

 

[Davo86]

I'll try and put up some pics of mine tomorrow, if he decides to stay still long enough

Oh and if all else fails, I can order in a load of A.Pulcher in at work, if you don't mind travelling to Shrewsbury to collect that is