Electric blue acara
Andinoacara pulcher
Also called EBA, blue acara.
A calm cichlid, which is rarer than it sounds. Digs.
What it needs
- Grows to
- 16 cm
- Smallest sensible tank
- 200 L, at least 100 cm long
- Temperature
- 22 to 28 °C
- pH
- 6.5 to 8
- Hardness
- 5 to 20 dGH
- Kept in
- ones or pairs
- Temperament
- peaceful
- Eats
- omnivore
- Swims
- at every level
- How hard
- easy
- Lives
- about 10 years
These are the figures the stocking advice is built on. Make a room and it will tell you whether a electric blue acara fits the tank you have.