(linzi) wrote in news:b814f935.0307200533.28828b26
@posting.google.com:

hello
My husband and i have kept tropical fish for about 19 years and have
had peacefull community tanks. In past years my husband kept cichlid
tanks with Oscars, Jack Dempsy's blue acaras etc (not all together).
We would like to get some blue acaras but the advice we have been
given differs as to whether we can keep these fish with other
community fish (tetras, corrys, danios, plecs, angel fish, rams etc)

Also can you keep more than one pair? and would you buy a few and see
if they pair off.

We have a 92gallon tank, which is 30" deep. We have a shoul(?-sorry
about spelling) of about 20 cardinals and the other fish mentioned
above in varying numbers including a breeding pair of angels.

i'm sure the tank is large enough for some blue acaras but i don't
want to upset things if their temperament isn't suitable.

Also what is the best food to feed them?

many thanks in advance
Linzi

In my experience, large blue acaras will happily make a meal of any fish
small enough to be swallowed. (Mine used to eagerly go after the "rosy
red" minnows I used to feed as feeder fish). This would include most of
the smaller danios and tetras (the blue acara's mouth is larger than it
looks). So your proposed mix might work when the acaras are small, but
not when they get larger. I think keyhole cichlids would be a better,
and somewhat similar, alternative.

Meph