Central American Tetras

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My friend who has kept like every common species of acara and ridiculous amount of Central American chiclids and a few undescribed species says it is true and I’ve seen it those things get like 8” except for the inbreeding ridden elect blue acara which gets 6-8“ both have a mouth that’s like 3-4” when it’s feeding and no tetra I know of gets at least 3-4 inches tall

Then thats just bad luck, cause EBA are won of the least aggressive cichlids out there

 

[FishAddict74]

My friend who has kept like every common species of acara and ridiculous amount of Central American chiclids and a few undescribed species says it is true and I’ve seen it those things get like 8” except for the inbreeding ridden elect blue acara which gets 6-8“ both have a mouth that’s like 3-4” when it’s feeding and no tetra I know of gets at least 3-4 inches tall

?

 

[Wyomingite]

My friend who has kept like every common species of acara and ridiculous amount of Central American chiclids and a few undescribed species says it is true and I’ve seen it those things get like 8” except for the inbreeding ridden elect blue acara which gets 6-8“ both have a mouth that’s like 3-4” when it’s feeding and no tetra I know of gets at least 3-4 inches tall

Then he doesn't know what he's doing, and you shouldn't take advice from him. There are members here who have extensive experience with cichlids and will tell you otherwise.

WYite

 

[FishAddict74]

Then he doesn't know what he's doing, and you shouldn't take advice from him. There are members here who have extensive experience with cichlids and will tell you otherwise.


WYite

I would love to see a 6-8” fish with a 3-4” mouth. That would put a gulper cat to shame ?

 

[NoahLikesFish]

A gulper cat can eat a koi twice it’s size most predatory chiclids have big mouths

 

[FishAddict74]

A gulper cat can eat a koi twice it’s size most predatory chiclids have big mouths

Yep a gulper sure can, but it’s mouth isn’t 50% of its body like you said about acaras ?

 

[Sprinkle]

that mostly could be a typo but man a good one totally made my day ?

 

[NoahLikesFish]

Eba is more like 2.5-3 and blue acara is like 4 inches my friend feeds them feeder mollies occasionally and they kill them

 

[FishAddict74]

Eba is more like 2.5-3 and blue acara is like 4 inches my friend feeds them feeder mollies occasionally and they kill them

So a fish can only kill something that is the size of their mouth?

 

[NoahLikesFish]

Unless it has teeth, yeah and they eat it in 1 bite like almost any other fish