Sounds good.
Thank you all for the advice. I am going to give them a shot. I'll post pictures once I get them shipped and settled in.
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Gymnogeophagus cool down question
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Sounds good.
Thank you all for the advice. I am going to give them a shot. I'll post pictures once I get them shipped and settled in.
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Happy to help. The "cool down" stresses folks out way too much about these fish. Just unplug the heater and do cool water changes in the winter!
As an aside, I'm headed to Valentines, Uruguay in Feb to collect some "Blue Neon" Gymnogeos, among others
Matt
As an aside, I'm headed to Valentines, Uruguay in Feb to collect some "Blue Neon" Gymnogeos, among others
Matt
Happy to help. The "cool down" stresses folks out way too much about these fish. Just unplug the heater and do cool water changes in the winter!
As an aside, I'm headed to Valentines, Uruguay in Feb to collect some "Blue Neon" Gymnogeos, among others
Matt
I will admit it has caused me a decent amount of stress. LOL Thanks again for all the advice.
I am definitely jealous of your upcoming trip to Uruguay. The blue neons I am getting are F1s, so I will look forward to seeing some pics of wilds.
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I have a tank with gymnos and just go the unheated route (i.e., no chiller). In the winter the temperature hovers in the mid 60s, whereas in summer they hit the low 80s. I've had no problems with that approach over the last two years, and my G. gymnogenys frequently court and lay eggs.
Ian
Ian
Very similar to my approach
Matt
Perfect! Thanks guys. This was honestly the confirmation I was seeking.
Ian, do you ever get any of the eggs to hatch or is it challenging to achieve?
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The dominant male courts the female regularly, and on several occasions I've seen eggs. The female lays them on a stone, and then covers them with substrate. After that I've never seen eggs or fry. I suspect that the Chaetostoma formosae (rubberlip pleco) eats the eggs, but I haven't done anything about it.
Here are some pics:
Dominant male courting female
Eggs (note the sand grains around the eggs - the female is putting them there)
Recently, a subordinate male (right) challenged the dominant male (left) and won
New dominant male courting female. No egg-laying to date
So my order fell through because I couldn't reach the seller (I blame the holidays LOL). So I decided to get my fix and went to one of my LFS just to get some more tetras for my school of serpaes (left the house only having 9 and now I have 28).
Anyways, so I was window shopping and fantasizing about massive tanks with all the fish I could possibly dream of when I came across some Gymnogeophagus norte. Did a quick search on the smartphone and came up with a jumble of different looking pictures. They appeared to be closely related to meridionalis. At first, all the specimens looked pale and ugly and I was going to move on. Then I noticed a larger one in a terra cota pot, so I reached in and pulled it up. For only 2-2.5", it was beautiful. Oranges and reds with a bit of blue and a few hues of purple. I was sold. I got that one and three of the largest pale ones (1.5-2") I could find. The owner said the colorful one was the only "survivor" of the shipment he got a few weeks back and it had settled in. The others had only been there for a couple days.
So my fingers are crossed for beautiful gymnos. They are in an unheated 40 breeder all alone for now. Very shy and aren't eating at the moment. Any recommendations would be greatly appreciated.
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Anyways, so I was window shopping and fantasizing about massive tanks with all the fish I could possibly dream of when I came across some Gymnogeophagus norte. Did a quick search on the smartphone and came up with a jumble of different looking pictures. They appeared to be closely related to meridionalis. At first, all the specimens looked pale and ugly and I was going to move on. Then I noticed a larger one in a terra cota pot, so I reached in and pulled it up. For only 2-2.5", it was beautiful. Oranges and reds with a bit of blue and a few hues of purple. I was sold. I got that one and three of the largest pale ones (1.5-2") I could find. The owner said the colorful one was the only "survivor" of the shipment he got a few weeks back and it had settled in. The others had only been there for a couple days.
So my fingers are crossed for beautiful gymnos. They are in an unheated 40 breeder all alone for now. Very shy and aren't eating at the moment. Any recommendations would be greatly appreciated.
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I'd let them settle in for a day or two before you feed them. I feed bloodworms to get my WC gymnos to eat. Let see some pics once they settle in 
