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Green Terrors are also known as Andinoacara Rivulatus , they are popular Freshwater Fish in the Cichlid Family. These tropical fish originate from South America. Green Terrors are extremely impressive fish with their beautifully patterned body and a strikingly coloured tail. They naturally exist in two colour forms: white tailed and gold tailed. You may need some knowledge and experience to care these fish in home aquarium. These fish are easy to breed, will start breeding at around 6cm. Buy Live Fish online with Coburg Aquarium in Australia
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The Green Terror Cichlids are avid explorers. They need a spacious tank to swim in. You wil need at least a 250L tank to keep a pair of green terrors. The more fish you intend to keep, the larger the tank size.
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Green terrors’ territorial and aggressive behavior makes it tricky to select suitable tank mates. Possible tank mates you can consider are:
Green Terror cichlid is not a picky eater. Great diet ideas include feeder fish, commerical food, bloodworms, brine shrimp, and crickets. Some good commerical food brands for this fish:
You can search more Green Terror Cichlid food in our High Quality Fish Foods collections.
Green terrors are very sensitive to water conditions, so you will need a powerful canister filter or biological filter. The filter will keep the nitrate and ammonia levels within the acceptable limit. Here are some great brands to consider:
The aquarium should be heated, depending on your area’s climate. Install an aquarium heater if necessary.
Green Terror Cichlid love to dig up the plants. Fill your tank with hardy plants like Anubias and java ferns. Or live aquarium plants that attach to driftwood and rocks, or potted plants are recommended, like Anubias on Driftwood, Aquarium Plants in pot. Check our Live Aquarium Plants here.
You can scatter rocks and gravel at the bottom of the tank to give them nice hiding spots. You can also use upturned flowerpots to decorate your tank. Ideal Ornaments for your tank:
Sand and fine gravel are good ones for them.
A variety of Substrates are available at Coburg Aquarium.
Our design team enables us to create the tank you desire, install your tank where you wish to and provide a maintenance service to ensure everything runs smoothly. We can create almost any aquarium from the small home aquarium to large commercial aquariums. Please contact us if you need any custom tank services.