My Geophagus Red heads

[scatz]

any for salestunning though

yeah, you gonna come and pick em up?

 

[edburress]

its been a while since i've seen him not in his breeding outfit lol

No problem with that! he's a very nice looking fish

How big do geo's get?

My Tapajos are all around 5", neve seen any much bigger so i'd say 6" max for these

Males can reach 7" TL, females closer to 6" TL

 

[The 9th Legend]

Thanks. There really nice looking.

 

[scatz]

Males can reach 7" TL, females closer to 6" TL

Have you had some reach these sizes?, i asked around but not found anyone with any over 6", i've had around 30 adults and not one has exceeded 6", closer to 5"

 

[edburress]

Have you had some reach these sizes?, i asked around but not found anyone with any over 6", i've had around 30 adults and not one has exceeded 6", closer to 5"

Yeah, all three of my males are 6 1/2"-6 3/4" TL (not including trailers), I believe titansfever83, here on MFK has a 7" male, and deadfishfloating on CF had 6.5" fish. Mine are 2 3/4 years old and have not grown in the last 6 months. If yours have constantly bred, I'm not surprised they have stopped at 5", my most reproductive female is barely 5".

Ed

 

[peathenster]

Yeah, all three of my males are 6 1/2"-6 3/4" TL (not including trailers), I believe titansfever83, here on MFK has a 7" male, and deadfishfloating on CF had 6.5" fish. Mine are 2 3/4 years old and have not grown in the last 6 months. If yours have constantly bred, I'm not surprised they have stopped at 5", my most reproductive female is barely 5".

Ed

So they slow down once they breed? Maybe some abstinence education is in order

 

[peathenster]

Scatz and Ed - how often do your OHs breed, assuming you remove the fry on the two-week mark?

 

[blkg35]

That's some amazing colors on them. Do you have any other tankmates for them or is it just the breeding pair?

 

[Polyptasaurus]

oh my god.... probably the nicest geos ive EVER seen man. wow.

 

[Somethingfishyinc.net]

Here is one of mine.

I have 4 pairs.
I have 3 pairs in a 125 gallon 72" long tank with some sand. I divided one pair to about a qrtr of the tank when they had fry. the male seemed to hold them more then the female? After about 3-4 days no more fry!?
I have had them spawn before in the tank but no fry. I removed some other fishes & one pair for more room in the tank for spawning etc.
What is the trick to get viable fry? Should I strip them from the parents or let them try again or more til they get it right? Or should I just give the pair the entire 125 gallon tank?
Any help would be appreciated.

me Dave