How do people not get Jack dempsey's and blue acara's mixed up, they are almost identical when 5 inchs and less
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Blue Acaras, at least all pics I've seen, have the facial features of a Green Terror, not a JD. I call this "war paint", and it is very distinctive, IMO. Take a look at GT's and Blue Acaras, then compare faces to JD's.
Blue acaras used to be thought to be the same as green terrors but they are not blue acaras used to be referred to as Aequidens rivulatus the same as green terrors, but the are really not, they are Aequidens pulchrus. i dont know where you got the JD thing from.
actually tightdog1, your pictures are what got me thinking this lol, kind of ironic, I was looking at the pics you posted and I swear my little JD looks IDENTICAL to your female acara, but I do see the facial thing now, and I notice the scales kinda resemble a green terror just they aren't black, thanks guys
The thing is that when i took that picture he was about 3 in. and it is very hared to tell if it is a male, but i think it is, also when i took the pic he was in a good mood, thus the dark colors, he doesnt normally look like that.