morphy1701 Posted February 20, 2021 Share Posted February 20, 2021 I'm going to get my Electric Blue Acara today and I am giddy with excitement! I know it is silly but I love getting a new fish and watching them grow up. I only have a single tank (a 55) and it is well established so I don't get to buy new fish very often. My shortest lived fish is my Colombian Blue Tetras and they are still 3-5 years so I don't get a lot of turn over. Which is good and bad. I mean, I love watching my fish mature and develop all their own personalities, but new fish are like new puppies! So, yeah, I'm like a kid at Christmas right now. I've never had a EBA, but everyone here spoke so highly of them that I can't wait to see how it goes. I'll post updates. Cheers! 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Philip Posted February 20, 2021 Share Posted February 20, 2021 Not silly at all. Be sure to post photographs. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OceanTruth Posted February 20, 2021 Share Posted February 20, 2021 That IS exciting! Good luck with them. I’ve never kept them before, but they look beautiful. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trish Posted February 20, 2021 Share Posted February 20, 2021 Have a happy time bonding with your new fish! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
morphy1701 Posted February 22, 2021 Author Share Posted February 22, 2021 So, the EBA is doing well. Took him(her?) about 12 hours to figure out where the food comes from. IE, when I get near the tank he is front and center waiting to be fed. I was weak and bought five Serpae Tetras as well. FYI, don't school really well. They are all doing fine, but kinda all over the place. Two stick together, one is on one side, one is on the other, and the last apparently thinks he is a Colombian Blue because he trails along behind them. Go figure. But everyone is happy and seems to have acclimated well. Point of interest, everything I have seen says EBAs don't eat snails. Well, it's not for lack of trying! This one sees one on the top of the gravel and goes after it. Shakes it and drops it. He's trying! I'm gonna try and take some pictures tonight to post tomorrow. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
H.K.Luterman Posted February 22, 2021 Share Posted February 22, 2021 Aw, that's great! I know that excitement all too well, I don't add to my tanks very often either. I look forward to seeing the pics! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brandy Posted February 22, 2021 Share Posted February 22, 2021 15 minutes ago, morphy1701 said: Point of interest, everything I have seen says EBAs don't eat snails. Well, it's not for lack of trying! This one sees one on the top of the gravel and goes after it. Shakes it and drops it. He's trying! I'm gonna try and take some pictures tonight to post tomorrow. mine absolutely demolish ramshorns and pest snails. So far leaving a nerite alone. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
morphy1701 Posted February 26, 2021 Author Share Posted February 26, 2021 OK, finally have some pics of the fishies. In no particular order: Bristlenose pleco nomming on a pleco wafer (daughter named him(her?) Hot Chocolate becuase he looks like hot chocolate with marshmallows floating in it), my EBA - he is doing great, but such a beggar! No name yet, and the least blurry pic I could get of my bigger Yoyo loach. He literally never stops moving! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MDoc Posted February 26, 2021 Share Posted February 26, 2021 Just now, morphy1701 said: daughter named him(her?) Hot Chocolate because he looks like hot chocolate with marshmallows floating in it I love this. So cute. 😄 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Biotope Biologist Posted February 26, 2021 Share Posted February 26, 2021 Uh-oh looks like you might have some uninvited guests hitch hiking on your Blue Acara. At first I thought it could just be a reflection of the light off the scales but then I saw the white speck on the eye. It has been far too long since I have dealt with ich, so I will leave the information to @Cory . Luckily it appears to be mild, so no need to panic 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
morphy1701 Posted February 27, 2021 Author Share Posted February 27, 2021 On 2/26/2021 at 11:59 AM, Biotope Biologist said: Uh-oh looks like you might have some uninvited guests hitch hiking on your Blue Acara. At first I thought it could just be a reflection of the light off the scales but then I saw the white speck on the eye. It has been far too long since I have dealt with ich, so I will leave the information to @Cory . Luckily it appears to be mild, so no need to panic FYI, I checked when I got home last night, just to be sure I hadn't missed something and he is clean. Pretty sure what you are seeing is particulate matter in the tank. IE I had just fed them some flakes and let's just say my tetras are enthusiastic eaters! The EBA doesn't have any spots anywhere on him so we are clear. Thanks for the heads up, though! 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Biotope Biologist Posted February 28, 2021 Share Posted February 28, 2021 That's good! Yeah I always hesitate to diagnose things based on pictures because you never have the whole story. I figured you also would have known not to buy a fish riddled with ich. Better to say something and be wrong then sit in silence and wonder 🤓 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
morphy1701 Posted March 1, 2021 Author Share Posted March 1, 2021 On 2/27/2021 at 8:56 PM, Biotope Biologist said: That's good! Yeah I always hesitate to diagnose things based on pictures because you never have the whole story. I figured you also would have known not to buy a fish riddled with ich. Better to say something and be wrong then sit in silence and wonder 🤓 Totally agree. Thank you, Sir! And, yes, I freaked out when I looked at the pic after you commented and thought I had just missed it. But, thank goodness, they are all fine! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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