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[dialphantom]

they make so many hybrids now a days it hard to tell

 

[polomax24]

BostonPatriot,

I think your fish is a blue acara. I don't think it is a hybrid.

 

[hippiechick]

Well, what ever it actually is, a Green Terror it ain't! Must be a hybrid. But really, what lead me to think JD was the red on the fins. And some of that barring reminds me of a JD too.

 

[craig]

Those terrors look amazing! Mine looks kinda weak compared to those. It is about three inches. I was in the pet store and saw one that had wayyyyy better color than mine that was 2" or so. Also, I saw a "electric green terror" for sale for double the price. I didn't notice too much of a difference though. Is there such a thing?

Can you guys tell if this is male or female? Will the colors get better with time?

It looks like a blue acara,aquidens pulcher. They kinda look like greenterrors,but they have shortet bodies.

 

[Nandus]

The true Green Terror that Wayne Leibel talks about in that article is the fish that Jeff Rapps has been importing. The True rivulatus is probably another fish that we haven't even seen in the pet trade yet. I saw pics of it on Alf Stalsberg's website. Jeff's fish is from Peru. A. rivulatus was described from Ecuador. I talked to Jeff Rapps about getting real GT's a few years ago. At that time, he hadn't seen them avaiable. When he did get them, they were a little pricey and he was only selling males so I decided to hold off because I had a trip planned for Peru. I just got back from there a couple weeks ago. I fished south of Lima in the Rio Canete and was able to collect 2 cichlids. They were all over the river, but were very hard to catch. I saw one that was close to a foot. It took me two trips. The second trip to the river I was able to get them. Lots of other cool fish in the river too. They are very close to the fish Jeff has been selling, but they have green and turqoise all over the flanks. I will post pics as soon as possible.

 

[hippiechick]

That would be awesome Nandus! I would love to see them!

 

[xxxdrewww]

I just got a fh from my friend because he gt kept messing it up the fh is pretty nice

theres a fake gt?

 

[hippiechick]

Its not a fake GT. There is alot of debate about whether the GT's commonly found in LFS's are truely a. rivulatus or not. My non-scientific, this is just what I think, theory is that the ones we have readily available today are just so far removed from the rare wild-caughts that they have adapted. While the colors are similar, the wild caughts have duller colors. I think that could be because of the differences in diets. Over time, the manufactured foods provide more pigmentation and perhaps that passed on to offspring. I'm not a biologist or a zoologist or an ichthycologist so I would never say this was true, just my thoughts on it.

 

[Nate_N_Nicole]

Thats probably the coolest Green Terror I"ve ever seen... Nice pic