Geophagus (Orange Head Tapajos) Tankmates?

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NegativeLogic

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Hello,

This is my first post on MFK - it was recommended to me by someone on Aquaria Central.

In a nutshell, I got a good deal on a 90 gallon (standard 4'), and was thinking of making it a Geophagus (Orange Head Tapajos) tank, like the title of the thread suggests.

I know that they do better in a group, so I was planning on 6 of them. What I'm wondering is what good tankmates would be. I'd like to stick to something from the region if possible, and it doesn't need to be other cichlids.

I've only kept relatively small community fish before, so I wanted to try something a bit different.

Any ideas are appreciated!
 
NegativeLogic;3971354; said:
Hello,

This is my first post on MFK - it was recommended to me by someone on Aquaria Central.

In a nutshell, I got a good deal on a 90 gallon (standard 4'), and was thinking of making it a Geophagus (Orange Head Tapajos) tank, like the title of the thread suggests.

I know that they do better in a group, so I was planning on 6 of them. What I'm wondering is what good tankmates would be. I'd like to stick to something from the region if possible, and it doesn't need to be other cichlids.

I've only kept relatively small community fish before, so I wanted to try something a bit different.

Any ideas are appreciated!
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6 would be pretty much full in a 90, but you could add larger tetras or corys
 
Find out what tetras live in the same region. Lemons might be the best match, but I could be wrong... I keep a black aro with mine so no tetras for me.

I think Cory cats would be a fun mix too. I always liked those but again, too small to keep with an Arowana.

I also have a bunch of orange Uaru, Satanoperca Leucosticta, and 2 random pictus cats I can't bring myself to get rid of. But I have a much larger tank. And at some point I'll have to thin the herd a lot.
 
Bump! I believe he is looking for other fish species (like tetras, corys, etc.) from the same area as OHs.

haha got bumped right when I replied
 
Apistogramma agassizii
Laetacara curviceps
Laetacara dorsigera
Dicrossus maculatus
Corydoras ornatus
Hyphessobrycon heliacus
Hyphessobrycon pulchripinnis
Nannostomus marginatus
Peckoltia sp. "L134"


All examples of quite common species (at least for you Americans) found in the Rio Tapajos and affluents, but not necessarily the same habitat.

I'd only do 4 Orange Heads personally, due to the 4' length, but combined with perhaps a small number of one other Cichlid, some C. ornatus, and H. pulchripinnis (Lemon Tetra) and you're rocking a nice active tank - only issue is that Orange Heads spawning in a 4' will want a good chunk of it for themselves. Similiar to my old setup.
 
Thanks everyone for the responses!

Japes, I was looking at your other thread - your old OH tank was awesome!

I was mainly looking at other non-cichlids as I didn't think I'd have room for any others. If I could fit in a small number of one other species that would be very cool. I'll cut down to 4 Orange Heads then so there's no issues there.
 
I have 6 Geo. Tapajos right now in a 90 gallon four foot. Been growing them out for about 4 months, there about 3" right now. I intially bought 20 lemon tetras. But was not happy with there schooling. So I dropped the lemons down to 5 and bought 7 rummynose tetras. Rummys school real tight and look good. Other tetras i seen that looked cool was the penguin tetra.

I also have 4 beckford pecilfish, and 7 rainbow fish in there ( just temporary till I get another tank.) But the rainbows do look good in the tank and there real active. Also have some amano shrimp, vampire shrimp, and flower shrimp in there. Geos have not touch the x10 amano shrimp, thought they would eat them. Good luck with the search
 
I had 3 red heads with a jurapari and 3 silver dollars and everyone got along fine.
 
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