marty m

I have a blue acara (supposedly) that may be the most aggressive fish I have ever had (and I used to keep african cichlids). Yesterday he and my convict fought mouth to mouth for at least an hour. I checked various sites to make sure I did not have a green terror instead, but he has a spot below the eye that seems to indicate an acara. Has anyone ever experienced an extremely aggressive acara, or do I have a terror in disguise. He is currently about 1 1/2 inches long. Thanks.

Allie

Do you have a pix? Green terrors looks much different than blue acras.

Shawnie

welcome to fishlore!! could you get us a pic and post it by any chance? we have some great cichlid experts here who would love to help...from the description, it so sounds like the GT behavoir to me ..but im no expert

Allie

It sounds like any cichlid to me. They are all aggressive one way or another. A friend of our had a keyhole cichlid who was a terror...mine are so sweet & calm.

It depends on the fish sometimes.

marty m

I will see what I can do.

Juand15

it could be territory fights and or they were deciding who was going to be the king of the tank, this happened to me all the time last year, Green severums vs mayan and all was just for dominance, just keep an eye out for them so they wont kill each other.!

Slug

Its odd to me that its happening before 2-3" in size. Blue Acara and GT's are very similar in appearence at a young age. Being both come from the Aequidens family. I'd also be interested in a picture if possible.

Allie

Maybe they are 2-3" in size. I find it very hard to determine the exact size between 1.5-3" especially if you don't measure out of water.

Juand15

Matt keep in mind cichlids can be mean when small too and also territorial

marty m

ok help I have taken a picture with my phone, sent it to my computer email, but how do I post it here?

Shawnie

save it to your desktop when your email is open then upload it

Resize Photos Online - quick and easy if you need help

marty m

Thanks for the help. The picture is a little blurry and I am not sure if I entered it to where it will pop up for you. But if I did......What do I have? And why so mean!!!

Shawnie

imo, green terror...lets see what the others think

Juand15

Green terror