In the past few years, Electric Blue cichlids have been popping up everywhere. I'm still unsure of how they're created. Electric blue rams, for instance, breed true. Electric blue Jack Dempseys do not, and they seem much more sensitive and temperamental.
This summer, Electric Blue acaras started popping up on the market. Segrest Farms has imported three batches and they are slowly making their way into pet stores. I have always been a huge acara fan so I decided to give these a go. I'd love to see if they breed true like rams or if their genetics are more complicated like JDs. It would also be fun to cross them with regular blue acaras to see how exactly the genetics work.
My only real concern with these fish is that no one can answer which "acara" they are. A lot of cichlids go by that name. Most would assume it's a morph of the blue acaras, Andinoacara pulcher, but I guess it could just as easily be something else. It also may be a mutt that has a mix of acara genes. As with most new morphs that come out of Asia, there aren't any answers and no one seems to be taking credit for them or talking about them.
I got mine from Bluegrass Aquatics on Wednesday. They are a bit thin and I need to treat them for flukes (they're scratching on everything), but they are active, brave, and voracious eaters. Since they won't sit still for pictures, here are a couple videos:
http://youtu.be/IjA6mwbOTB4
For those that have never seen true blue acaras, they are a handsome little cichlid. See notho2000's young pair here: http://www.monsterfishkeepers.com/fo...Young-For-This