Cool. Is there any other fish I can have
I have to rehome my shark and gourami
I'll be left with a heckelli and two keyholes
I need help with my stocking please
Eartheaters
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I have to rehome my shark and gourami
I'll be left with a heckelli and two keyholes
I need help with my stocking please
I think a small group (4 - 6 fish) of G. sp. Tapajos (orange heads), G. pindare, or G. parnaiba would work well, but I'd avoid all the larger-growing ones of the surinamensis complex. I tried a breeding pair of G. brachybranchus in a 75 once and I think the 4' footprint was still too small for them. They paced back and forth relentlessly and the male ended up turning on the female and chasing her constantly. They immediately calmed down when they went back into a 210 with the rest of the group.
Orange head or red head
Their not schooling fish
Can I do 1 of each
Keep my keyholes and heckelli
Don't know about the heckelii in a 75, at least not with other, smaller geos. Pretty fish, but while they're often described as peaceful, this is relative. I've known them to be unpredictable with aggression, especially toward similar looking fish and in tanks less than 6 ft. They're a fish that seems to vary in aggression according to group, individual, and circumstances in the tank.
Redhead Tapajos do better in groups of 4. I've had the combination of the Heckelli and Redhead Tapajos was growing them out in a 55 and the outcome was not good. Please take the advice that was given by going with a group of Redhead Tapajos and rehome the Heckelli. Good luck with what ever you decide .
Ok thanks a lot. I will really take your advice I truly love how they look.
4 redhead tapjos
I hope their aren't aggressive!
Is my tank fully stocked with 4
I don't want no school of fresh. Mostly eartheaters.
Red head geos are pretty mild ime (I bred them for several years). In a group you eventually get the same minor fussing as any group of peaceful cichlids, pairs will compete for preferred spawning spots, extra females may fuss over an eligible male, that sort of thing, but I've never had them actually hurt each other or other fish, not even close.
Don't know what you want to end up with, but they're peaceful enough to do a group of six adults in a 75 if you're not loaded up on other fish. Example, I've done 6 red heads, two wild angelfish, an L260 pleco (small), an L200 pleco (medium), small group of tetras in a 75. Or you could start with 6-8 juvies and consolidate to a pair (or two) as adults. Two pairs might fuss a little for a spawning spot, but they'll coexist just fine ime. Many pairing cichlids, including red head geos, that like to be in groups as juvies are perfectly content as pairs as adults, something to know when someone says this or that fish likes to be in groups. I've kept a single pair of red heads in various combinations, with rotkeil severums, guinacara, wild angelfish, etc.
Don't know what you want to end up with, but they're peaceful enough to do a group of six adults in a 75 if you're not loaded up on other fish. Example, I've done 6 red heads, two wild angelfish, an L260 pleco (small), an L200 pleco (medium), small group of tetras in a 75. Or you could start with 6-8 juvies and consolidate to a pair (or two) as adults. Two pairs might fuss a little for a spawning spot, but they'll coexist just fine ime. Many pairing cichlids, including red head geos, that like to be in groups as juvies are perfectly content as pairs as adults, something to know when someone says this or that fish likes to be in groups. I've kept a single pair of red heads in various combinations, with rotkeil severums, guinacara, wild angelfish, etc.
Thanks
Wow. Really. That's very good
Congrats
Oo cool
I'll try to get 4
1 male 3 females. Yes I want a peaceful tank.
I may not wat any school of fish
What other fish can I have
Can I get 1 severums
What other cichlid can I keep in this 75G
Sevs are a good combo with a number of geo species. Nice thing about a rotkeil in a 75 is rotkeils are a bit smaller than some heros species and adult rotkeils are among the nicer looking sevs-- doesn't mean you're limited to rotkeil. Cichlid-wise, there are a number of smaller, peaceful acara types they'd work with also, some from the laetacara group, for example. Lot of possibilities, really.
I'm partial to congo tetras and have kept them with geos, sevs, etc. Nice combination. Congos look nice, like the same water, are good citizens ime, and while they will school in a large enough group they don't need a large group in a peaceful tank.
