New zebra acara tank?

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Buphy

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So I'm thinking about setting up another tank (shh!! Don't tell my wife!) and my first thought is a heavy planted tank with zebra acara and tetras. Few questions I do have...

1) Max size of zebra acara? Would a 40 breeder be ok for a pair?
2) Do zebra acara do well with plants or are they like most cichlids and rip up everything?
3) Any recommendation on dither? In my mind zebra don't get too large or overly aggressive so they should be fine with most tetras?
4) I haven't figured out filtration at all but this tank will be replacing my bedside table... so relatively quiet.

Thanks for reading, look forward to y'all's responses!
 
Which species is the zebra acara? I've never heard of these before. Is it metae?
 
Seen them labeled as ivanacara adoteka and nannacara adoteka.
 
Maybe ivanocara?
 
I've never heard them called "zebra acara" they're cool little fish.
They look mean lol.
 
I run 2 fluval U4s on one of my 125 gallons and the word is silent. So that's what it's competing with...
 
A forty should be fine. I haven't kept them but I did plan to add them to a discus set up a up hold back and did plenty of research. A rio negro endemic, I'd imagine captive raised ones would be easier to acclimate. I see decent deals on aquabid from breeders. The males seem to grow much larger than females calling somewhere around four inches. Mixed with some negro tetras like rummies or hatchets and some corydoras adolfoi and you got yourself a Biotope. Given that they are rio negro endemics, you may want to keep water on the warmer side and pH some th of neutral.

Canisters will be quiet. I'd go with a nice canister if I were to keep it by the bed side.

peathenster peathenster bred some. Maybe he can chime in?
 
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mrrobxc said:
A forty should be fine. I haven't kept them but I did plan to add them to a discus set up a up hold back and did plenty of research. A rio negro endemic, I'd imagine captive raised ones would be easier to acclimate. I see decent deals on aquabid from breeders. The males seem to grow much larger than females calling somewhere around four inches. Mixed with some negro tetras like rummies or hatchets and some corydoras adolfoi and you got yourself a Biotope. Given that they are rio negro endemics, you may want to keep water on the warmer side and pH some th of neutral.

Canisters will be quiet. I'd go with a nice canister if I were to keep it by the bed side.

peathenster peathenster bred some. Maybe he can chime in?
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Great info! Any word on how they do with plants?
 
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