question??

[elnawawy]

How do people not get Jack dempsey's and blue acara's mixed up, they are almost identical when 5 inchs and less

 

[repair]

to start with I look at the mouth and once you have looked at a lot of them it's fairly easy to tell them apart

 

[toehead11183]

i used to keep JDs and tx cichlids together at the store but when you stress the JD andhe looses his color, they become very easy to mix up

 

[santoury]

They have a very different body shape when small, and very different base coloration. The acara also has distinct facial markings and fin coloration. I guess it comes with seeing a lot of them.

 

[mbunafishkeeper]

if there are 2 next two each other they are actually more easy to tell apart than seeing them apart.