At my LFS there is a fish that came in as blue acara but is being sold as green terror, and I wanted to know what's the easiest way to distinguish the two before they sell it to someone as the wrong fish... I'm not allowed to take pictures, I already tried
Blue acara or green terror
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forgot to mention they're only like 2 or 3 inch.. if that... (I can tell the difference when full grown, but finding it difficult at this young age)
Someone feel free to correct me if I'm wrong but I think an easy way to tell is: that a blue acara wouldn't have an orange strip on its caudal fin, where as a green terror would. Although I'm not sure if that shows on a green terror of that maturity.
Easy.
Blue acara below.
Green terror below.
Notice how the blue acara has no orange on its tail, but the green terror does.
Blue acara below.
Green terror below.
Notice how the blue acara has no orange on its tail, but the green terror does.
i have seen BA with the orange strip, though im not sure if they were pure or breeded with GTs...lol I know when they are both young it can be very hard to tell them apart 