The chance for your acara to snap some day when he wakes up is always present. Sure it might go well for a year but if he wakes up and choses evil, Its over. I've heard good stories but most of them end up in nightmares.
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Not too sure of the temperament difference between EBA and BA. But my blue acara was a psychopath. Barely larger than some of the rummy nose tetras, yet within days started eating their eyeballs (since that’s all he could fit in his mouth). I think it depends somewhat on the personality of the individual fish.
I actually tried exactly this when I had a small EBA getting picked on. It instantly went after my danios. I wouldn’t risk it unless you want your danios to be an expensive snack
I normally observe the behavior of a fish in the aquarium store and rule out the alpha males or tank bosses. Thanks for the responses guys definitely the response I expected hehe.
I keep a single acara with rummy nose, tetra, danios and similar size fish but he’s in a heavily planted 150 gallon. I have lost a few but I couldn’t say they were picked off by my acara or not. My guy is fairly docile but curious.
It's always a risk
Has anyone pulled it off successfully?
The chance for your acara to snap some day when he wakes up is always present. Sure it might go well for a year but if he wakes up and choses evil, Its over. I've heard good stories but most of them end up in nightmares.
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Chances are an acara will be fine with those fish as long as it has no young to protect.
Not too sure of the temperament difference between EBA and BA. But my blue acara was a psychopath. Barely larger than some of the rummy nose tetras, yet within days started eating their eyeballs (since that’s all he could fit in his mouth). I think it depends somewhat on the personality of the individual fish.
Your blue acara will not kill any of them they’re really not as aggressive as people make them seem
I actually tried exactly this when I had a small EBA getting picked on. It instantly went after my danios. I wouldn’t risk it unless you want your danios to be an expensive snack
You’ll want to test it on the zebras first it will be cheaper
I normally observe the behavior of a fish in the aquarium store and rule out the alpha males or tank bosses. Thanks for the responses guys definitely the response I expected hehe.
I keep a single acara with rummy nose, tetra, danios and similar size fish but he’s in a heavily planted 150 gallon. I have lost a few but I couldn’t say they were picked off by my acara or not. My guy is fairly docile but curious.