My 75g Geophagus Tank

[Brian Tatum]

Tank Specs:

Tank Brand/Size:
Ocean Atlantis 75g Tank

Filtration:
Fluval Fx5
AC110

Lighting:
2x 54w T5HO 6,700K Bulbs

Heating:
Visa-Therm 250w Titanium Heater w. External Controller

Substrate:
Leslies Pool Filter Sand

Scape:
Large Driftwood on Slate Base
a few Limestone River Rocks

Stock:

2 - Acaricthys Heckelli
2 - Geophagus Abalios
2 - Geophagus Brachybrancus
2 - Geophagus Altifrons (Sp Unknown)
2 - Geophagus Red Head Tapajos
2 - Satanoperca Jurupari
1 - Satanoperca Lecousticta
1 - Uaru Amphicanthoides

Soon To add a couple large schools of tetras and a shoal of cories.


Full Tank Shot

Side Tank Shot

Fish Pictures

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[JK47]

Brian, you have some great species and very nice taste. The Geophagine (eartheaters) will do best with more than 2 per species and will not all be able to stay in that tank for life, they prefer to be kept in groups of 4 or more but at that size you have time on your side.

You have a wonderful start to a very nice collection either way! Your second post and this tank is what you put up. Nice! Wish I would have started out like that.

 

[Brian Tatum]

Brian, you have some great species and very nice taste. The Geophagine (eartheaters) will do best with more than 2 per species and will not all be able to stay in that tank for life, they prefer to be kept in groups of 4 or more but at that size you have time on your side.

You have a wonderful start to a very nice collection either way! Your second post and this tank is what you put up. Nice! Wish I would have started out like that.

thanks man!
i love these fish, i used to have a 6ft 125g with 27 eartheater.

i had to get rid of the tank do to its size.
it was just to much for my room.

but i am getting another 75g so i will be expanding my collection.

i really want to find some retroculous lapidifer and xinguensis again.

those are my faves.

 

[JK47]

You've kept Retroculus before? Have any pics? Would love to see them!

 

[Ficious]

looks great but could use some large fake plants for them to swim in and around

 

[Brian Tatum]

You've kept Retroculus before? Have any pics? Would love to see them!

i didnt have a camera at the time, i also had a pair of red head araguia, those are my second favorite geos.

i only had these for 4 months and then ike took them away

 

[Brian Tatum]

looks great but could use some large fake plants for them to swim in and around

thanks, i was thinking about it, but i want to keep it as open as possible.

 

[Brian Tatum]

i got the retroculous from jeff wrapps, he gets them in every once in a while, hopefully he gets them in again soon.

 

[Brian Tatum]

bump

 

[japes]

Looking nice.

Few questions though, please don't take them the wrong way:

Are you planning a tank upgrade within the next year? Everything but the Orange Heads are very big fish and have pretty reasonable growth rates.

Secondly, you're clearly a fan of Eartheaters and other peacefuls, why so many fish but a lack of any in a shoal of 4+? With two of so many species I'd give you a pretty reasonable chance that you're going to run into problems with multiple males of the same species. A. heckelii would be my greatest concern with this, but altifrons and abalios can also be relentless aggressive if there's not enough conspecifics to pursue.

That's just my input on the tank, everything looks pretty happy and healthy at the moment.

Edit: Just read you're planning another 75. Will be interesting to see what happens when you split everything up as aggression between species may become more of a factor.