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Aequidens Pulcher
Photo courtesy of:Abel Malcolm Aequidens Pulcher Overview: An extremely beautiful, hardy and interesting fish to keep. Some say they are aggressive and others peaceful, either way a specime ...
Aequidens pulcher (Gill, 1858)
Aequidens pulcher (Gill, 1858) Aequidens pulcher male in the aquarium of Willem Heijns; Netherlands. Photo by Willem Heijns. Determiner Willem Heijns Original Description: As Cychlasoma pulchrum. Gill, T. N.; 1858; ...
Aequidens pulcher, Gill, 1858
Aequidens pulcher, Gill, 1858 Origin: Panama, Venezuela, Colombia and on Trinidad, in moderately flowing and standing water. Etymo ...
Blue Acara
Blue Acara Scientific name: Aequidens pulcher (or pulchrus) Maximum size: 15 - 20cm / 6 - 8 inches Temperament: The Blue Acara is generally quite peaceful towards non-aggressive fish of similar ...
Blue Acara
Blue Acara Name: Aequidens pulcher Size TankpHTemp Origin: Colombia to Panama 20 cm 150 L 7.0 24�C Blue acara's are interesting fish. Nice colours, but typical cichlids. They dig in the substrate a lot, so go ...
Blue acara
Common nameBlue acara Photo taken at Wharf Aquatics Scientific nameAequidens pulcher Synonyms SizeUp to 8" (20cm), but often smaller OriginColombia, Panama, Trinidad and Venezuela Tank setupA larger community tank with good filtration. ...
Blue Acara
Family: Cichlidae Aequidens pulcher Photo: Exotic Tropicals An extremely beautiful fish with a mostly steel blue-gray coloration, they are a hardy and fun fish to keep. The Bl ...
Setting up a Simple Central American Cichlid Aquarium
Updated: March 5, 2006 Keeping cichlids need not be complicated. In fact, keeping certain cichlids can be pretty easy. Other cichlids demand more care, and some species demand a lot of care. For the purposes of thi ...
Telling Males from Females
Telling males from females is one of the most common problems a beginning cichlid hobbyist faces. For some species, males and females are readily distinguishable by color, size or shape. For others it is difficult or even impossible to tell ...
Tips and Techniques
The purpose of this section is to present novel or interesting solutions to problems of working with cichlids. These might be of interest to either the hobbyist or the scientistific researcher. I welcome your contributions, including comment ...
TRUE ACARAS AND OTHER RELATED CICHLIDS
he Acara Family is found only in tropical South America. This family includes two groups, True Acaras and Acara related species. Included in this family are cichlids that are, and formally were part of the genus Aequidens. Now, due to some recent reclassification, the Acara group includes fish of the following genera; Aequidens, Bujurquina, Cleithracara, Guianacara, Laetacara, Krobia, Nannacara and Tahuantinsuyoa. True Acaras are made up of species that remain under the genus Aequidens, while Acara-related species include the other, previously mentioned, genera.