350 Gallon Geophagus/Eartheater Community
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Cfs 14I - 1400gph
Xp3 - 250gph
Ehiem 2262 - 900gph
2xkoralia wavemakers - 1800gph
4350 gph total
These are what I believe by the manufacturers.
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Tank looks nice, it's a nice piece of wood. I'll also second the comments about the balzanii fitting in with the geos from warmer temps. IME the cooler temps aren;t just for breeding, and keeping balzanii too warm is a good way to shorten their lifespan. With a group of winemilleri, and the pellegrini and the threadfins I think your tank will be about right for eartheaters. I certainly wouldn't want to add more, but my personal preference is for larger groups of 1-2 species rather than the Pokemon style (gotta catch em all), perhaps consider some other non-eartheater tankmates, like plecs or other more mid-swimming SA cichlids.
Thanks for the comments and it seems I get different info from different people/sites about them. I can always keep the Balzini in the 75 gallon once the Pellegrini grow out a 1/2" or so. I do have some non-eartheater tankmates in the tank if you look at the current stocklist. I do not want any other cichlids in the tank that will mess with my Geo community and become a fight between different cichlids. That is why I moved to the Geo's in the first place is to get away from the constant fighting of larger cichlids. I do plan on getting a few more pleco's other than the Adonis, because I really want a pineapple pleco or some others that do not have a lot of special care. Also going to get a few more cory's to add to the 4 to make them at bit more at ease although these 4 are all over the place now with no problems.
The cool off period for gymnogeophagus is not only for breeding but it will shorten their lifespan and overall health in the long run. i have a copy of thomas weidners south american eartheaters and thats what it states in the book. if it wasnt for that i would have many species of gymno, they are beautiful!
Very nice set up though, good work!
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Fair call if you only want eartheaters, bit there are other sa cichlids you could keep without having aggression issues. Angels, festivum, keyholes, uaru etc. I do like the look of just eartheaters tho!
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^ Not to mention the geos are all going to fight amongst themselves. You'll probably see more aggression between the geos than you would if you added stuff like Heros, Mesonauta, Krobia, etc. In my experience the Geos I've kept interact very little (if at all) with other tankmates and mostly with their own kind.
I'd agree with that, my altifrons always seem to bicker amongst themselves while ignoring similar sized uaru, severums, etc.
I'm really wanting it to be focused on the Geo's, that is why I have the tetra in there is because they don't pull from the geo as the focus of the tank. I do have a 7" Chocolate Cichlid however i'm afraid that he would run rampage on my tetra's because this girl thinks she is a red devil lol. I do want to get some fancy pleco's though to go in the tank. Wouldn't mind 2 super red severums, but like I said I want the geo to be focus and two bright colored severums would pull from them I think as a show tank because this is in my living room.
