~~~LET'S SEE THOSE EARTHEATERS~~~

[jgentry]

Africancichlidlovers, you have some amazing looking Redheads. I've been keeping african cichlids for a long time and just started getting into eartheaters also. They are so entertaining to watch.
Peter, thanks for the correction on the leucosticta. The guy sold them to me as jurupari and gave me one amazing deal on them. Did you get rid of your leucosticta yet? I don't see them in your tank. Also, your heckelli is gorgeous. Do they require a cooling off period?

No cool down on Heckelli. They are said to be found in several amazon rivers but seem to be best known from the rio negro drainage. The most south that I know of is the north end of the rio tapajos. So they are definately completely tropical and would probably prefer water slightly warmer then a lot of aquarium fish. I keep most of my fish from this area at 81-84.

 

[peathenster]

thanks peathenster. im see if my lfs has it. the leucosticta is pretty common right?

Yep they are not too hard to find. You can also get my group from Ken (fishfarm) - he's a vendor here.

 

[TC-Chen]

Gymnogeophagus gymnogenys

male

female

 

[Loves severums]

here my male Satanoperca jurupari

 

[HiImSean]

here my male Satanoperca jurupari

nice but its a Satanoperca leucosticta. this is a Satanoperca jurupari (my 3 S. jurupari)

 

[essy]

Picture doesn't do it justice. He has a really bright red lining on his fins, you can't really see it in the picture.

 

[kevbc03]

Nice eartheaters guys

 

[navygirl76]

i just bought a group of gymnogeophagus blue neons-and i LOVE these fish! ive never owned eartheaters, and wish i now had discovered these guys alot sooner! i wish i could take some pics, but alas i have a crappy camera with slooow shutter speed..

these guys are so active-and theyre beautiful even as juvies.

 

[HiImSean]

i just liked this pic of my jurupari

 

[peathenster]

i just liked this pic of my jurupari

Nice!

How are they doing with the bichirs?