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Territorial and semi-aggressive when breeding; keep with robust fish.
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Open substrate spawner · Easy
Open bottom (substrate) spawner; both parents guard the eggs and fry until the fry have been free-swimming for about a week.
Grow out 6 juveniles and let a pair form; separate the pair if others are harassed.
A 150 L tank with a sponge or gentle filter, flat slate or rocks as spawning surfaces and a tight lid.
Warm, clean water, frequent water changes and protein-rich food.
Hundreds of eggs per spawning.
Parents move the wrigglers to pits and guard the free-swimming fry; feed newly hatched brine shrimp and crushed flake.
A Central American acara from Panama and Costa Rica, named for the blue spots on its flanks. It grows larger than its "small acara" reputation suggests, up to about 19.5 cm SL.
Austrian zoologist Rudolf Kner described this acara in 1863, originally in Acara. It is one of the few acaras found in Central America, living on both slopes of Panama and Costa Rica. Its many blue-white spots give the species its name.
First described by Rudolf Kner in 1863.
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Valid name (Kner, 1863); formerly in Aequidens. Not on Seriously Fish. Not the same fish as the common "blue acara" (Andinoacara pulcher); shops sometimes mix the names.
FishBase: Andinoacara coeruleopunctatus summary · Wikipedia: Andinoacara coeruleopunctatus (cites FishBase; IUCN)Legacy has no family field.
FishBase: Andinoacara coeruleopunctatus summaryCurrent FishBase max is 19.5 cm SL (a newer reference); Wikipedia quotes an older FishBase figure of 14.5 cm TL. Larger well-sourced figure used, so plan for a fish of 15-20 cm. No Seriously Fish profile.
FishBase: Andinoacara coeruleopunctatus summary · Wikipedia: Andinoacara coeruleopunctatus (cites FishBase; IUCN)Only source is FishBase; legacy 22-27 sits inside it.
FishBase: Andinoacara coeruleopunctatus summaryLegacy 6.0-7.5 lies inside FishBase 5.5-8.0.
FishBase: Andinoacara coeruleopunctatus summaryLegacy had no value.
FishBase: Andinoacara coeruleopunctatus summaryWild fish form small groups, but no source gives an aquarium minimum.
FishBase: Andinoacara coeruleopunctatus summaryBenthopelagic; FishBase notes it stays near the bottom, so lower-middle.
FishBase: Andinoacara coeruleopunctatus summaryLegacy says "Central and northern South America"; sources give Central America only.
FishBase: Andinoacara coeruleopunctatus summaryLegacy "pairs guard eggs on a flat rock" agrees in substance.
FishBase: Andinoacara coeruleopunctatus summaryLegacy 150-300 fits "hundreds"; no hatch time found.
FishBase: Andinoacara coeruleopunctatus summaryLegacy said Central and northern South America and "small"; both corrected. Blue spangles are implied by the name (coeruleopunctatus = blue-spotted) but not described in a fetched source.
FishBase: Andinoacara coeruleopunctatus summary