Beardedbillygoat1975 Posted November 15, 2022 Share Posted November 15, 2022 I’ve had “Bluey” for awhile - since last Christmas giving her to myself as a Christmas present. She and Spikey Feathers roamed the tank as king and queen. Since the move up to Seattle she has spent some time in my fishroom until I finally got the 45 setup with the intent that she would be the centerpiece (RIP Spikey). However, she got a fever that could only be quelled by silvertip tetras and we had to put her back in the fishroom. I genuinely felt bad about this. She’s gorgeous. How could I make it up to her?! Well the answer came with the GSAS Fall auction at which her male counterpart emerged like manna from A nondenominational heaven. Glare ahead sorry I’m a challenged fish room photog. He's got that perfect Acara shape. He really pops and well he’s made Bluey pop as her cloaca popped out immediately upon seeing said stud whose now been named Mr Blue or Mr Blue Sky (rip Eddie Bunker or ELO depending on your age and music/movie taste). I’ll start keeping a log of their activities here. So far they’ve picked out a magnolia leaf that they like that they’ve moved and wedged between some rocks and wood. Every time I tried to take her pic as she was doing the dragging she’d drop it so I gave up. I had a colony of Super Schwartzi and a couple black mollies who I’ve moved due to the inevitable violence of cichlid territoriality. My L181 plecos keep to themselves and for now I’ll keep them in here. They’ll benefit from the protein I’ll be giving these two along with their regular doses of veggies which I put at the opening of their caves. Bluey likes to pick at it as well. Here’s a longish video of the process that I watched. Pardon the NA beer and the other mess. Have fun everyone! 2 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ccurtis Posted November 15, 2022 Share Posted November 15, 2022 Lots of luck on breeding them. I love electric blue acaras. Once my new 75 is cycled. I hope to get a pair as well. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beardedbillygoat1975 Posted November 16, 2022 Author Share Posted November 16, 2022 I found it really hard to get another adult fish that was why this was amazing! @Fish Folkand his sons raised a ton of them in a large tank certainly think you’ll be successful. They have their own 29 g now. Let’s see!! I think the most reasonable thing is to get a group from a reputable source, let them pair off and choose the best couple if you are breeding to sell. I’ve seen some washed out ones and I’ve seen some really electric ones. Color always sells! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fish Folk Posted November 16, 2022 Share Posted November 16, 2022 Are those eggs in there already?? 🧐😅 Seriously looks like it… Let me know if you want any feedback on raising hundreds. I “blues myself out” with all I raised… 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheSwissAquarist Posted November 21, 2022 Share Posted November 21, 2022 Hows the spawn doing @Beardedbillygoat1975?? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beardedbillygoat1975 Posted November 27, 2022 Author Share Posted November 27, 2022 They’re still trying to figure it out. They couldn’t agree on a flat spot so he’s now excavating a crater all the way down to the UGF plate for them to spawn in. I’ll water change and clean it up and throw on a new pic/vid. They seem very much in love just a bit confused. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hally M. Posted November 27, 2022 Share Posted November 27, 2022 Earlier this year I was gifted a pair of Blue Acara’s for a breeding project and it was so fun!! My Acara’s were like little water dogs and than all of a sudden a few months down the line you got an enormous amount of water puppies. Also really fun to raise. Their colors as they get older are gorgeous. Good luck to you with them hopefully you get a spawn out of them! 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beardedbillygoat1975 Posted November 27, 2022 Author Share Posted November 27, 2022 They inevitably will breed. I need to start sorting out what to do with all the puppies! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beardedbillygoat1975 Posted November 28, 2022 Author Share Posted November 28, 2022 Here’s the happy couple continuing the “remodel.” Fed blood worms tonight and big water change tomorrow. We’ll see what happens after that. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheSwissAquarist Posted November 28, 2022 Share Posted November 28, 2022 Incoming fry! 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ccc24 Posted November 29, 2022 Share Posted November 29, 2022 On 11/27/2022 at 3:47 PM, Beardedbillygoat1975 said: They inevitably will breed. I need to start sorting out what to do with all the puppies! So, so true. I have a few of @Fish Folk ‘s beautiful acaras. They bred within just a few days of landing with me…I’m trying to get said water puppies to a good size to rehome but there are so many and they have a great survival rate 😂. I honestly thought they would eat their first batch of eggs. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beardedbillygoat1975 Posted December 3, 2022 Author Share Posted December 3, 2022 Well dearest Nerms we’ve got babies, as @Fish Folkand others have warned me lots and lots of babies. I think I have a bit of time before i have to separate them from the parents whom seem to Continue to protect and dote on them. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheSwissAquarist Posted December 3, 2022 Share Posted December 3, 2022 Wow! There’s at least 50 from what I can see…congratulations! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ccc24 Posted December 4, 2022 Share Posted December 4, 2022 On 12/3/2022 at 1:35 AM, Beardedbillygoat1975 said: Well dearest Nerms we’ve got babies, as @Fish Folkand others have warned me lots and lots of babies. I think I have a bit of time before i have to separate them from the parents whom seem to Continue to protect and dote on them. From my all of one “clutch” that I have had (so it could be just luck) - they don’t seem to forget that their babies are their babies. Mine did not predate on the babies and they stayed in close quarters for months. I let the parents stay for about 3 months and they left their babies be the whole time. It was quite impressive parenting instincts this species seems to have. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beardedbillygoat1975 Posted December 4, 2022 Author Share Posted December 4, 2022 @ccc24thats been my experience so far. She has moved the fry around the tank a bit. Not sure if he’s on the outs with her but she did come after my hand when I was trying to stir in a cube of baby brine shrimp. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beardedbillygoat1975 Posted December 17, 2022 Author Share Posted December 17, 2022 It’s been a minute or 2 since my last update. I’d say we’ve got half of the fry left. I went 7 days instead of every 3 on the water changes (was solo parenting for a week) and I think this led to a bit of Darwinian struggle. Here’s some videos and images of the fry. Mr Blue. Thank the boys for this excellent tune!! This group’s been fun. Little orange bellies if you can make them out on my video. Have fun. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheSwissAquarist Posted December 17, 2022 Share Posted December 17, 2022 They’ve really grown! The parent looks superb too! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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