geophagus jurupari

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eartheaters really do best with a sand substrate. It lets them do what they do naturally, sift the substrate. Larger ones might be able to hang with an Oscar, but they are far from ideal tankmates. Realisticly they should be the center piece of they tank that will house them.
 
My firemouths are more aggressive than I'd like but it's easier to meet their requirements than geophagus jurupari, who need more than one specimen and get slightly larger.
 
Loves severums;3699644; said:
yes that sound ok.
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No, it isn't.

Eartheater Checklist:

- 4+ same specimens or an established adult pair preferred. If not, multiple (4+) Eartheater/Similar tankmates
- Fine sand substrate
- Peaceful tankmates

There's responses all the time here saying "I kept mine with this and it beat it up, it's doing great!" and "I've got mine on gravel and it eats fine".

That's lovely, but as a fishkeeper there should ultimately be an instinctive and disciplined responsibility to keep your fish in the best conditions possible. My perception of the people that provide poor conditions for a fish and say "they're great and healthy!" are that they think alive = healthy and fine = alive.

Choosing the correct tankmates takes a couple of hours research, providing sand costs you $10 and takes up less than an hour of your life, yet people still don't do it. Forgive me for being blunt here but these poor Eartheaters fall into the same trap year after year when they go in and out of fashion, and I get messages from people all the time saying "Thanks to your photos I got eartheaters!" and when they aren't looked after it honestly pains me.

I'm not saying you're not going to do everything to look after and raise fantastic fish, but I've been saying for this for a while now: Eartheaters are a particular (as in adj- exceptionally selective, attentive, or exacting) type of fish, you need to know you want them to properly care for them, which leads me to the simple response that if you don't know whether you want a Firemouth or a Satanoperca leucosticta (Commonly mislabled as a jurupari), you should be getting the Firemouth.
 
japes;3700244; said:
No, it isn't.

Eartheater Checklist:

- 4+ same specimens or an established adult pair preferred. If not, multiple (4+) Eartheater/Similar tankmates
- Fine sand substrate
- Peaceful tankmates

There's responses all the time here saying "I kept mine with this and it beat it up, it's doing great!" and "I've got mine on gravel and it eats fine".

That's lovely, but as a fishkeeper there should ultimately be an instinctive and disciplined responsibility to keep your fish in the best conditions possible. My perception of the people that provide poor conditions for a fish and say "they're great and healthy!" are that they think alive = healthy and fine = alive.

Choosing the correct tankmates takes a couple of hours research, providing sand costs you $10 and takes up less than an hour of your life, yet people still don't do it. Forgive me for being blunt here but these poor Eartheaters fall into the same trap year after year when they go in and out of fashion, and I get messages from people all the time saying "Thanks to your photos I got eartheaters!" and when they aren't looked after it honestly pains me.

I'm not saying you're not going to do everything to look after and raise fantastic fish, but I've been saying for this for a while now: Eartheaters are a particular (as in adj- exceptionally selective, attentive, or exacting) type of fish, you need to know you want them to properly care for them, which leads me to the simple response that if you don't know whether you want a Firemouth or a Satanoperca leucosticta (Commonly mislabled as a jurupari), you should be getting the Firemouth.
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Thanks for the info...

Further reading--
http://www.aquaticcommunity.com/cichlid/demonfish.php

Going to pass on the Jurupari.... still open to suggestions on a fish that is not as common but stands out with color.
 
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