Walked into my lfs and had a impulse buy, smh. Does anyone know why she does not have the yellow on dorsal fin that you usually see on electric blue acara?
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- Thread starter j-lor
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It may be just too young for the dorsal "edge" to develop.
And because they are line-bred, inbreeding (especially if attempting more and more blue) may be deselecting for the natural colors most Andinoacara display.
Although its really not possible to determine age in a photo, a full grown EB Acara, may reach 6"-7".
But there are many factors that determine how fast a fish in an aquarium grows to just guess (too many tank mates during grow out, frequency of water change schedule, (or not) that remove growth inhibiting hormones during the growout phase, and/or deleterious nutrient buildup, also to do with water changes)
And because they are line-bred, inbreeding (especially if attempting more and more blue) may be deselecting for the natural colors most Andinoacara display.
Although its really not possible to determine age in a photo, a full grown EB Acara, may reach 6"-7".
But there are many factors that determine how fast a fish in an aquarium grows to just guess (too many tank mates during grow out, frequency of water change schedule, (or not) that remove growth inhibiting hormones during the growout phase, and/or deleterious nutrient buildup, also to do with water changes)
Younger ones would be less likely to have the color.
As
duanes
mentioned, with so many color mutations, it’s not impossible for there to not be any yellow.I do see a white edge to the fin, that may develop into the gold.