Blue Acara or Green Terror???

[kooter]

uh oh.........I was doing some "fishy" research and ran across a green terror photo. I was like, "Hey that looks exactly like my blue acara!" Upon furthur reading, I think I may have a green terror instead of the blue acara I got from the LFS! Check out the photos. Can someone tell me what I have?!

 

[kooter]

bump

 

[bigspizz]

It is a GT for sure...Almost looks short bodied...This is a pic of my short bodied GT

 

[N8DOGG]

Like what said above me GT, nice fish too

N8

 

[ChiaJesus]

Yup. Green Terror.

 

[fishorama]

Blue acaras don't have the orange tail rim. Their faces are more round. Smaller & less aggressive too.

 

[kooter]

I thought my new "Blue Acara" seemed fairly aggressive! oh boy. At the LFS, the tank said Blue acaras, there were some with the orange tail and some without, .........I liked the orange tail so I got them, 2 of them to be exact.
One is definitely showing some aggression in the last week towards the other one. Should I remove one? I researched BA not GT's! The GT's tank mates are a gold severum (approx. 8"), pink kissing gourami (3"), pearl gourami (3"), gold gourami (3"), many spotted cories. So far the GT seems to be only bugging the other GT. Can anyone recommend a good tank mate for my stock? I was thinking of a BGK or a Raphael stripped cat. any suggestions would be great.


thank you!

 

[mostlycichlids]

I would take and exchange one of the GT's for another severum!

 

[kooter]

I would take and exchange one of the GT's for another severum!

Maybe a green severum?! what about a Black Ghost knife? My local LFS has a great deal on one, they also have a good deal on a Raphael Catfish.

 

[mostlycichlids]

Raphs hide alot and will hide even more with larger cichlids. A green severum would be nice. A black knife will get too big.