In a week I'll be picking up a trio of balzani, but before I recieve them I wanted to know a little more about breeding them. I've bread texas and jds before, but never a geophagus. I know some geos are mouthbrooders, are thes one of them?
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Gymnogeophagus balzani is a larvophilous mouthbrooder, meaning when the eggs are put down, they are cared for in a typical cichlid fashion, and after they "hatch" the fry are taken into the females mouth. It usually takes about 8 days for them to become free swimming and is the first time they are released to feed.
This is not a tropical species, but sub tropical from southern Brazil and Uruguay, and as such, if the temp is too warm, you may end up with all females.
My balzani are Uruguayan and kept in a in an unheated tank, in summer temps reach high 70s/low 80sF, in winter temps drop into the mid 60sF.
This is not a tropical species, but sub tropical from southern Brazil and Uruguay, and as such, if the temp is too warm, you may end up with all females.
My balzani are Uruguayan and kept in a in an unheated tank, in summer temps reach high 70s/low 80sF, in winter temps drop into the mid 60sF.
They will be protected as free swimmers, and will go in and out of the females mouth.
I feed Gymnogeopohagus fry newly hatched artemia, until they are large enough for crushed pellets.
This is Gymnogeophagus quilero, but typical parental behavior for the genus.
I feed Gymnogeopohagus fry newly hatched artemia, until they are large enough for crushed pellets.
This is Gymnogeophagus quilero, but typical parental behavior for the genus.
This is an old thread. Just picked up a male Balzani, and want to know if I should get a female too. Do Balzani form pair bond like convict or more like African mouth brooders that male and female go separate way except during spawning, and the male has no role in parental care.
But do they form pair bond and fight off other fish or males court multiple females sort like Frontosa. I read that they are delayed mouth brooders so they are semi egg layer / mouth brooder, and the males may play some role in care taking.