Earth-eaters, they don't only eat earth...Unfortunately

[JTRG05]

Sorry to see you lose such a beautiful eleven inch specimen.

Technically he's 13 now counting the barb.

Really is a shame though, I didn't think Geos would do that...let alone catch the barb...

 

[JK47]

That sucks Brian. Are you sure it intentianally went after the barb though? I had a satanoperca get a juvinile 1" orange head stuck in it's mouth after pulling it in during feeding time.

 

[Bderick67]

That sucks, I wonder how he managed to catch a barb.

Is this normal behavior from Geos?

I don't know it could happen. Never seen a Geo even attempt to go after a small fish.

That sucks Brian. Are you sure it intentianally went after the barb though? I had a satanoperca get a juvinile 1" orange head stuck in it's mouth after pulling it in during feeding time.

Have no idea if it was intended or not. They were fine last night at lights out and then found them dead this afternoon when I got home from work.

Sucks because the other 11" altifron is now sulking, even though they were both males they were inseparable. He is in with 6 seven inch abalios but doesn't really run with them.

 

[JK47]

Have no idea if it was intended or not. They were fine last night at lights out and then found them dead this afternoon when I got home from work.

Sucks because the other 11" altifron is now sulking, even though they were both males they were inseparable. He is in with 6 seven inch abalios but doesn't really run with them.

I do not own any altifrons but do own a group of abalios and have never seen anything other than some conspecific aggression. I honestly think this was a freak accident. Do you feed with lights out or in the mornings? When ever they hit food from the top of the water they pull in quite a bit of water so you never know. Sorry for the loss either way.

 

[ewok]

wow i had no idea geos were like that! maybe bigger dithers like larger rainbows might work better... at least they have tall bodies and aren't so easily engulfed.

 

[Bderick67]

I do not own any altifrons but do own a group of abalios and have never seen anything other than some conspecific aggression. I honestly think this was a freak accident. Do you feed with lights out or in the mornings? When ever they hit food from the top of the water they pull in quite a bit of water so you never know. Sorry for the loss either way.

I feed in the afternoon and again in the evening. There was no feedings between when i seen they were fine and when I got home from work. Also all food is sinking so the geos only feed from the bottom. I am leaning also to the freak accident.

wow i had no idea geos were like that! maybe bigger dithers like larger rainbows might work better... at least they have tall bodies and aren't so easily engulfed.

LOL, I wouldn't consider this fish easily engulfed. As stated previously geos aren't like this, never seen or heard of this happening before.

 

[Stump]

Sorry.

That's nuts though... I've never heard of or seen a geo do that before.

 

[Snowflake311]

Oh no you loss both? Crazy fish don't know what's good for them. How sad and weird. So sorry.

 

[jay_leask]

why would you put a little fish in with a big one??

 

[Bderick67]

why would you put a little fish in with a big one??

I like the way it looks, research and experience shows that this mix is very likely to work.

This is not like some idiot putting a baby aro in with his gar and expecting it to work out fine.