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I only have a couple of acaras, one being a Krobia itanyi we bought a couple of months ago, that now resides in a 29 gallon with a pair of curviceps and some other small cichlids (including growout of G. steindachneri Gy. balzani). The other is a blue acara in the 125, I've had this fish since Dec. 2005 since around the time I got back into cichlids
I think it may be the fish discussed here http://www.cichlidae.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=5&t=3207
Rapps has apparently listed them as Aequidens sp. Atabapo
Rapps has apparently listed them as Aequidens sp. Atabapo
Holy moly! Can someone shrink those last photos down to a size where they fit in this page?! I could not find the end to even make post.
Great pics, but they're HUGE.
The Aeq. sp. 'Atabapo' is a fish I brought in from Venezuela several years ago. They are a total joy to keep - bright colors, superb parental care, stay relatively small (3-5" TL).
Here's a pic I like of an adult male.
Acaras have been a favorite of mine for like 35 years!
My old friend Alf's site is available on an earlier link in this thread. He's been an acaraholic longer than me!
The thing with acaras is they are ubiquitous through the Amazon basin. Every drainage seems to be occupied by at least one species.
The Aeq. biseriatus from Choco region of Colombia would be a real treat to see in our aquariums. I've seen only one individual come in as a wild contaminant-and that was about 15 years ago.
Below are some more acara photos to enjoy. Many you've probably seen in the old photo gallery on my site. That particular page has not been updated in years-literally. It's full and I've completely out grown that site. I've got many more photos of all kinds of fish to share.
Incidentally, I am looking for a web site designer to PLEASE bring my site into the new millenium! I am going to post this same 'job search' in buy/sell and my vendor section as well. So if you or someone you know is good at what they do with web design, please email me directly about that.
Just organized some 'acara' photos to post and I think I've got enough to make another 'photographic library'. Except I realized that I've photographed the Panamanian acara, A. coeruleopunctatus. Kept and bred plenty of them over the years, but guess I didn't get any photos..
OK, first the compulsory 'green terror' tribe.
Here are the Peru Aeq. rivulatus that are found in the highland streams and rivers north of Lima. It's a non-commerically collected region, so wild imports of this species is very sporadic at best. Basically, the fish that commercial Peru exporters offer to the aquarium trade are collected in the Amazon basin. They are then gathered and marketed from Iquitos.
This is the Ecuador 'white or silver suam'. Suam = seam; as in the color the fins are trimmed with.
The Ecuador 'green terror', be they 'gold, silver, or red suam', are the fish that are commonly kept and bred worldwide.
Great pics, but they're HUGE.
The Aeq. sp. 'Atabapo' is a fish I brought in from Venezuela several years ago. They are a total joy to keep - bright colors, superb parental care, stay relatively small (3-5" TL).
Here's a pic I like of an adult male.
Acaras have been a favorite of mine for like 35 years!
My old friend Alf's site is available on an earlier link in this thread. He's been an acaraholic longer than me!
The thing with acaras is they are ubiquitous through the Amazon basin. Every drainage seems to be occupied by at least one species.
The Aeq. biseriatus from Choco region of Colombia would be a real treat to see in our aquariums. I've seen only one individual come in as a wild contaminant-and that was about 15 years ago.
Below are some more acara photos to enjoy. Many you've probably seen in the old photo gallery on my site. That particular page has not been updated in years-literally. It's full and I've completely out grown that site. I've got many more photos of all kinds of fish to share.
Incidentally, I am looking for a web site designer to PLEASE bring my site into the new millenium! I am going to post this same 'job search' in buy/sell and my vendor section as well. So if you or someone you know is good at what they do with web design, please email me directly about that.
Just organized some 'acara' photos to post and I think I've got enough to make another 'photographic library'. Except I realized that I've photographed the Panamanian acara, A. coeruleopunctatus. Kept and bred plenty of them over the years, but guess I didn't get any photos..
OK, first the compulsory 'green terror' tribe.
Here are the Peru Aeq. rivulatus that are found in the highland streams and rivers north of Lima. It's a non-commerically collected region, so wild imports of this species is very sporadic at best. Basically, the fish that commercial Peru exporters offer to the aquarium trade are collected in the Amazon basin. They are then gathered and marketed from Iquitos.
This is the Ecuador 'white or silver suam'. Suam = seam; as in the color the fins are trimmed with.
The Ecuador 'green terror', be they 'gold, silver, or red suam', are the fish that are commonly kept and bred worldwide.
