My Blue Acara growth and development

[Jexnell]

In this thread I will be posting about my new Blue Acuras, thier tankmates and the changes overtime.

-The tank
The tank is a 125gal long glass tank, 6ftX18inX20in. I got it for a steal of a deal tank, glass lids,2 three foot T8 lights, and near profesional made homemade stand all for $400.

-Filtration
To start it has an FX4. I plan on getting another as they grow. I seeded it wirh a bag of biorings that ran for about a year on my Oscar's tank, I also let it run for a month on said Oscar's tank.
-Other equipment
There is an Ehiem 400 airpump. Ehiem/Jager 250watt heater
2 three foot T8 lights
A 2ft long Fluval Aquasky LED (I use this mostly just for the blue lights at night)
-The Fish
4 cb Blue Acuras
20cb Serpae tetras
10 wild Leopard corys
This is the initial stocking, may add either snails or bushynose pleco when the algea get growing.
-Decor
I used Carbisea Instant Aquarium Tahitian moon black sand. Big piece of driftwood that ain't fully soaked so have to keep it weighed down still.
3d looking rock ledge background put on via Seaview mounting solution.

And a special thanks to Vancouver_98683 for helping me get Toni's tank moved and set back up then new tank moved to its spot, and setup.

 

[Jexnell]

 

[Jexnell]

We have FISH!

These are right after hitting the water. Watched them for 10 minutes them turned off the lights for a settle down time.


After settling down I got this

 

[Jexnell]

 

[Vancouver_98683]

Everything is coming along nicely! Love the new set up and fish.

 

[mattison187]

Very nice Jexnell ! So nice to see someone keeping original pulcher, not the electric blues. One of the prettiest and community friendly cichlid in our hobby.

 

[MrsE88]

Very beautiful tank and fish

 

[Jexnell]

So I took a four hour nap, guess I was a little tired from yesterday......

Anyways when I wake of course first thing I did was check on the new fish.
The tetras are pretty much settled in now. Thier red coloring is coming out for sure.
Corys are doing there thing, sooo many spots and little whiskers. It's cool looking when they move around in mass.
And finally the Acuras have all darkend up, no longer can I tell the male by who is darkest.
Ok see the left one, it's dorsal fin goes straight back, where as the right one it has hump like rise on the end of it. I think he is the male, rest of them don't have this.
See I circled it here

 

[Jexnell]

Caught them all grouped up

 

[tlindsey]

So I took a four hour nap, guess I was a little tired from yesterday......

Anyways when I wake of course first thing I did was check on the new fish.
The tetras are pretty much settled in now. Thier red coloring is coming out for sure.View attachment 1328772 View attachment 1328773
Corys are doing there thing, sooo many spots and little whiskers. It's cool looking when they move around in mass.View attachment 1328776 View attachment 1328777 View attachment 1328778
And finally the Acuras have all darkend up, no longer can I tell the male by who is darkest.View attachment 1328779
Ok see the left one, it's dorsal fin goes straight back, where as the right one it has hump like rise on the end of it. I think he is the male, rest of them don't have this.View attachment 1328780
See I circled it here View attachment 1328781 View attachment 1328782 View attachment 1328783

Great looking setup and plenty of activity. It would be awesome if that is the only male .