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would a single blue acara be able to live comfortably in a tank of this size, and will it be okay living by its self, or will it be shy and not come out.
dbcb314
05-10-2003, 6:58 PM
yes you can. you can put more fish in there also. acura are not real aggressive and though dont get real big.
ChilDawg
05-11-2003, 10:28 AM
This is roughly a 33 USG tank...Blue Acaras get to be 10" max...I would not attempt to put the Acara in this tank, or I would be prepared to do excessively large amounts of water changes as the fish reaches full size...and I would not go for any tankmates unless you want to do more water changes!
dbcb314
05-11-2003, 1:00 PM
whoa my fault. i didnt read close enough. i didnt see the liters, i assumed it was gallons. my faults.
i actually found they got anywhere from 6-8inchs, not 10. this website had 8, my book has 6.
i stilll say you can put it by itself, but not with anything else except a ground feeder.
ChilDawg
05-11-2003, 1:21 PM
There seem to be multiple blue acaras. I had found 10", but, for the one most commonly called by that name, 6-8" is what I am finding. 8" would imply a 40 gallon (~150 L).
mickey
05-11-2003, 6:20 PM
If the acara is young it should do ok in the tank for a while but it will grow to around 8 inches and ideally should then be moved to a bigger tank
They are not generally a shy fish.
Cheers
GT3050
05-11-2003, 8:23 PM
it will be fine...go for it they're nice fish.
Tightdog1
05-13-2003, 8:55 PM
you should be fine with 1 blue acara in a 33g/125L tank.
as for the size of them they will get roughly 6-8" with the max being 10", after they reach a size of about 3-4" they will grow slowly, it is said 6-8 because that is the size most blue acaras seem to get. 10" seems to be for people to hope.