General:  A colorful and aggressive cichlid.  Keep in large tanks with other large cichlids of similar size.  Best to keep as singles as two will often fight each other.

Adults that are well fed are very colorful

This fish is a member of the Aequidens genus from South America.

Feeding:  Like most Cichlids they will accept a variety of foods such as cichlid pellets, cichlid flakes, frozen foods, krill.  Feed young fish 2-3 times daily.  Adults can be fed 1-2 times a day.

Compatibility:  Gars, plecostomus and large pacus make suitable tank-mates.  Other fish that go well with green terror cichlids:  Community #8, Community #9