Guianacara with mixed geos

[jason longboard]

Ok I feel dumb because I didn't know their were other guys that looked like the balzanis.

I stayed clear of the balzanis due to the lower temps but how would these guys fair with geos and maybe a couple severums? These things are awesome.

https://www.google.com/search?q=Guianacara&rlz=1C1ASRM_enUS546&espv=2&biw=1920&bih=971&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ei=VYQ8VIX_LqiEjAKCqYH4Aw&ved=0CAcQ_AUoAg

 

[duanes]

I have kept them with successfully Geo red head tapajaros, and currently have them with Acarichthys heckelli, ornatum, and pike cichlids.

 

[neutrino]

Guianacara are fairly versatile ime. Not too aggressive for milder geos as long as you you have sufficient tank space and feisty enough to hold their own with larger fish (including severums, reasonable acara, and others). IME they like overhangs, branches, caves, etc. if you have them in the tank, but will also do ok in a more open tank.

 

[jason longboard]

Hey thanks guys. They are very cool looking.

 

[Rafini]

I got 2 of them in with some blood parrots a pair of SB texas and a red bay snook, they get on fine together. the guinacara can easily hold their own but I have found them to be very slow growers

 

[duanes]

I would agree they are slow growers, got mine back in May of 2012 at about an inch

2 years later they are 4"-5"

 

[neutrino]

For me their growth wasn't what I'd consider slow, mine reached adult size (males over 5 inches, dominant male six) in less than two years. Got them at one inch, so pretty typical for small/medium growing cichlids ime. Approximately 3-4 inches in a year (depending on gender) and put on another inch or two the second year (depending on gender). Hard to say sometimes why some fish grow differently for one person than another, but in my case I'm not at all obsessed with growth, so I feed moderately, etc. Just my experience.