honda237;3751538; said:
I also forgot about the red Bahia. The dimerus are a question. They might be solo in a tank for breeding. More than likely that's where they will end up. So it would be all the fish in my signature. Could I do just one. I won't worry about nitrates because it's filtered by a sump with 600 gph and a 402 with a micron filter and and twice a week 40% water changes.
The pair was going to be male and female.
Thanks for all the advice guys(in advance)
one more question
are the threadfins geos or acaras because I have seen them as both?
They do best in groups of at least 4, but I'd be more inclined to say 6 for
A. heckelii. Male and female doesn't necessarily mean it will eventuate in a pair, and there are a multitude if issues that can occur with this setup.
- Male and Female consider themselves incompatible, constant aggression.
- They're not sexually mature (18months-2years for A. heckelii I believe), male reaches maturity before female, constant aggression as a result.
- Being cave spawners they like plenty of room and a very large pot. They'll want 4' of that tank, and with it obviously being quite thin for that volume in a 6', that means there's no room to go around them. Hope that doesn't happen in the middle of the tank.
- There isn't enough room for them to spawn, more than likely resulting in conspecific aggression.
Like many shoaling or social species, boys like beating up girls. With only two in there, unless they're an absolutely guaranteed compatible and developed pair, the male will just constantly harass the female. I ended up selling my beautiful shoal of 4 because a developing pair took over an entire 4x2 footprint and had the remaining male and female cowering in the dark upper corners of the tank. They are ruthless, and after being perfectly fine and sociable for months the 'pair' suddenly snapped.
I don't see the point in doing just one personally, if you want more fish and believe your filtration and maintenance routine can handle it, start expanding on your current shoals. Perhaps sell either your
G. dicrozoster or
G. altifrons and expand the shoal of the one you decide to keep. I'd leave it at just the colony of Geophagus sp. "Tapajos Orange Head" with a couple of Heros sp. though, personally.
They're an Eartheater. Only members of the Genus
Geophagus can really be called "Geos".
Acarichthys is commonly described as a bridge genus between what we commonly know as Acaras, and Eartheaters. They're fairly predatory towards smaller fish, and are generally more aggressive.
