Geophagus Surinamensis???

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Candiru
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So I took my RD back to my LFS and they did a 1 time trade for me. I ended up with this fish due to the fact that every other fish they were willing to trade me were way too aggressive.

Anyways I pick this guy up sort of as a rescue b/c he was getting attacked quite often in its tank. I didnt know anything about geo's and I didnt really know the "special rules" to them Like fine substrate and keeping them in multiples. He seems to be doing just fine with my gravel as you can see from the picture but I dont really want to go and change out a ton of gravel and buy a ton of sand. He seems to make due very well with what he has. He is about 4 inches.

So my questions are...

1) Is this in fact a Geo Surinamensis?

2) Is it ok to keep him?

3) Anything else I should know about keeping this geos?

4) Or should I just find a new home for it?
 
theres no picture man.
 
[QUOTE="Cich" wit it;384010;7]1) Is this in fact a Geo Surinamensis?[/quote]

Unlikely, could be any number of species given the willingness of exporters, collectors, and stores to simply name unknown Eartheaters as surinamensis.

[QUOTE="Cich" wit it;384010;7]2) Is it ok to keep him?[/quote]

Well you say he's doing fine, and I'll take "fine" to be alive and not freaking out in a pale barred mess in a corner. In my honest opinion, unless you plan to get more - no.

[QUOTE="Cich" wit it;384010;7]3) Anything else I should know about keeping this geos?[/quote]

Feed small size good quality food, and by small I mean at the very max, 1mm. Also, changing a tank of basically any size from gravel to sand takes a few hours. It will be cloudy for a few days if you do it full with fish in the tank, but you can basically dump it in through a pvc pipe funnelled to the bottom and it's safe for the fish.

[QUOTE="Cich" wit it;384010;7]4) Or should I just find a new home for it?[/QUOTE]

If you're going to be lazy and not even fill basic requirements for a species you purchased prior to doing any research then I'd say yes, perhaps try cats.
 
BigPic;3840930; said:
I am going to say that it is Dicrozoster.
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Body shape sugggests that it could be as well as the tail pattern and pectoral fin color but i dont see the black cheek marking that is a sure sign that its a dicrozoster in any of those pics. it could come and go and only the OP knows that. I am still going to say altifrons based on that.
 
Surinamensis tends to be a pretty general term used to describe Geos. The whole geo family has not been completely documented. It will be easier to ID it as it grows and develops more colors.
 
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