geophagus
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damn the balzani's and afltifrons look stunning. Guys keep posting pics of your fish cuz I love seeing real fish not pics on google gives me a better idea of what I am looking at
As you requested here is some more of my "eartheaters"
Satanoperca Jurupari and Lecousticta in the back ground
A better one of the jurupari
Not technically an eartheater but hee is my heckili
Lecousticta, altifrons and orangehead together
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Satanoperca Jurupari and Lecousticta in the back ground
A better one of the jurupari
Not technically an eartheater but hee is my heckili
Lecousticta, altifrons and orangehead together
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Alot of eartheater lovers in here. From my experience tapajo "red head" are the best to keep. They never hide and always begging for food, balzani and others will just hide.
my balzani do not hide, but I have them in a group of 6 (2 males, 4 females) in an unheated tank with Uruguayan corys, and high altitude Mexican live bearers as dithers.
same with the Gymno quilero, at least 4 females to 1 male, unheated.
My Guianacaras are very active and never hide, but if you want to see quite a bit of sand sifting, then Geophagus are the way to go. Those guys are super active and always sifting for a snack.
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Ended up with a half dozen Guianacaras on accident when a LFS got the wrong species fish for me. They were ok, but not my favorite. I am partial to the Geo. Dikrozoster I had previously. Another LFS had a tank listed assorted Geo's that were under 2". I bought a few and even though they looked identical to me when purchasing, they morphed into what I believe was ALtifrons and a Dikrozoster. The Dikro had longer body shape once the 2.5 to 3" mark was hit. just slightly more slender, and I loved the colors and even the black bars on the jaw.
Heres a super old picture https://www.google.com/search?q=Geo...name-photos%2FGeophagus%2BDicrozoster;442;303
and last pic with an Altifrons too https://www.google.com/search?q=Geo...fishtank.com%2Fphoto-main.php%2F12745;816;612
These 2 pics were NOT full size, roughly 6" length in pictures. I found those pics by googling Dikrozoster. either I spell it wrong, its not that species or not many pictures of them are on google. But these are my photos and my exact fish.
Sry its from the old arch nemesis site.. but its a good explanation of why its Geo. Dikrozoster http://forums.****************/index.php?showtopic=116109 (change ****** to w a t e r w o l v e s.com for link to work, with no spaces.
The thread will show various pics of all the fish mentioned above.
Lastly the Geo Red heads are spectacular too. But still like the body shape and colors of Dikro the most! However the best looking Geo Ive ever seen pics of are certain Red Heads II
Heres a super old picture https://www.google.com/search?q=Geo...name-photos%2FGeophagus%2BDicrozoster;442;303
and last pic with an Altifrons too https://www.google.com/search?q=Geo...fishtank.com%2Fphoto-main.php%2F12745;816;612
These 2 pics were NOT full size, roughly 6" length in pictures. I found those pics by googling Dikrozoster. either I spell it wrong, its not that species or not many pictures of them are on google. But these are my photos and my exact fish.
Sry its from the old arch nemesis site.. but its a good explanation of why its Geo. Dikrozoster http://forums.****************/index.php?showtopic=116109 (change ****** to w a t e r w o l v e s.com for link to work, with no spaces.
The thread will show various pics of all the fish mentioned above.
Lastly the Geo Red heads are spectacular too. But still like the body shape and colors of Dikro the most! However the best looking Geo Ive ever seen pics of are certain Red Heads II
just thought of this do you guys keep sand as a substrate with the geo's im planning on sand with an Oscar maybe a gt, small cat and geo. (150gal) but do the stirr the sand up so bad that it messes with the filter.
oh yeah really appreciate all the pics and info geo's have a strong fan base man...can see why
oh yeah really appreciate all the pics and info geo's have a strong fan base man...can see why
They sift the sand in their mouths and out the gills. cleaning the sand and eating all the other stuff in it. They do not stir up sand into filters at all. I have come to find Geos are very good for a sand bottomed tank. keeping it constantly sifted and moved around.
Not really an issue with a heavier sand, like pool filter sand. With some very fine types of sand, maybe, or may be more of an issue if you have your filter intakes close to the bottom, but you can always use a sponge pre-filter if that's an issue. But ime their sand sifting doesn't really stir sand up into the water column. My Kapampa fronts actually kick up more sand at times than the geos or eartheaters I've had.
I do a sand bottom with geos... actually, I have no gravel tanks at all anymore, sand is cleaner and easier to take care of ime. But they'll be happier with sand than with gravel. They'll try to sift gravel anyway, but risk getting it stuck in their throat, etc. ime.
