Information on Geophagus Iporangensis

[ktluvsfish]

I have purchased a breeding pair of Geophagus Iporangensis and will be picking them up tomorrow. I have been trying to research these fish, but am finding very little information online. Does anyone know of a good source? Also I would love to hear from people who have kept or bread these fish in the past.

Thanks,
Kate

 

[bbortko]

These guys are awesome, lots of attitude and lots of color. I have 4, including a pair. They are in a community 125 with a rotkeil, ebjd, Nic, heckeli, sd, and 2 common plecos. Needless to say once the lights went out the plecos moved in on the eggs, seeing how I just made a divider I'm sure I jinxed them into not laying eggs again. I've had them since Oct 2010 and the dominant male is around 6", his mate and what I believe is another male are around 5", and one runt is 3".

 

[dogofwar]

They're a brasiliensis-type Geo...substrate spawner...a little aggressive but not crazy.

I've always been a little iffy about the actual ID of fish being sold as G. iporangensis...as a lot of brasiliensis-types are all lumped together and I haven't heard about their provenance to the wild...

Matt

 

[ktluvsfish]

They're a brasiliensis-type Geo...substrate spawner...a little aggressive but not crazy.

I've always been a little iffy about the actual ID of fish being sold as G. iporangensis...as a lot of brasiliensis-types are all lumped together and I haven't heard about their provenance to the wild...

Matt

Good to know. I tried researching biotope information and the only thing that I got is that they are from Brazil in the Rio Ribeira de Iguapé drainage basin. I could not find any more information than that. There seems to be a lot of discrepancy on the size... some sources say 4 inches, and some say up to 7 inches. The pair I am getting are 4 inches (Male) and 3 inches (female) and they are adults. Some sources say they are carnivores and some say omnivores. It does seem like they are just grouping all Brasiliensis "type" geos into one category and calling them G. Iporangensis. Its a shame because I would like to be able to learn about these fish more in depth.

These guys are awesome, lots of attitude and lots of color. I have 4, including a pair. They are in a community 125 with a rotkeil, ebjd, Nic, heckeli, sd, and 2 common plecos. Needless to say once the lights went out the plecos moved in on the eggs, seeing how I just made a divider I'm sure I jinxed them into not laying eggs again. I've had them since Oct 2010 and the dominant male is around 6", his mate and what I believe is another male are around 5", and one runt is 3".

Thanks for sharing your experience. I am trying to figure out tankmates for mine. I am going to add a large school of tetras. I was also thinking of adding a small pleco or a group of corydoras, but I am afraid of them eating the eggs. I'm not sure whether or not the pair would be able to defend their eggs or not...

 

[bbortko]

Mine have no problem holding back my 7" ebjd, 7" rotkeil, 5" nic, the 12" plecos are a different story. If several cories or tetras converged on the eggs all at once they might not keep them all at bay, but they usually aren't that organized.

 

[Andrewtfw]

It's listed in Weidner's book, but not much info is given. He says another researcher found them near San Paolo in the village from which it is named after. There should be black edging on the fins and almost no spotting on the anal fin and tail. Of course we know cichlids in general to have a great deal of variability within species. That being the case, it is likely that other geos exist under different names simply because they have spots in the fins, when they may be the same fish.