Hello, this is my first thread.
Took me awhile to figure out how to post...
Anyway, at this year's big fish deal, I got a pair of these strange golden acaras from Jeff Rapps. He sold them as "cichlasoma sp. 'rio esmeraldas gold' "
I had the pair in a 10 gallon (they were both around 2-3 inches...
Here are my ECB fry, now 3 weeks old. There are probably 30-40 of them left from a spawn of what looked like 100 plus eggs.
https://youtu.be/CeCwUyGOzvQ
I took a few quick cell phone photos after returning home from work this evening. I am very pleased to see my earth eaters to be doing quite well with the other agressive guys. His colors are realy starring yo peak through.
Price has gone down. I just picked up two juvenile EBA from a LFS for $11 each. Has anyone raised EBA to maturity? Are they more hardy than EBJD which has a tendency to drop dead. Do they retain normal body shape and finage at maturity or deformed to some extent like EBJD?
Got a good amount of eggs on the outside of a flowerpot in my planted forty breeder. Noticed the eggs today while feeding, the female is very dark and her tube is still extended. Their tank mates are four other Acara and a few zebra danios.