My Orange Heads: Journal
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my thoughts exactly, i have two that are getting huge quick and the rest are still just slowly moving along. there is defintely a dominant one already, it will be interesting to see how the pecking order progresses. i would love to see some shots of yourssponger_2;4161396; said:
btw my girl severum has been a little aggressive lately, and i figured it was just cause she is with all smaller more peaceful fish, but now today she dropped her breeding tube
sigh i really want to get a male now but they would prolly freak on the rest of the fish 
Hi devder,
Here's the growth catalogue of my Orange Heads that we spoke about in my worklog thread. Apologies for taking over this page of your thread.
Here's the growth catalogue of my Orange Heads that we spoke about in my worklog thread. Apologies for taking over this page of your thread.
I purchased my Geophagus sp. "Araguaia Orange Head" colony at around 3-4cm in length on February 4, 2009, and sold them on January 27, 2010, with the dominant males at around 5.5" TL.
In chronological order, here's their growth (without figures). There's probably a substantial gap or two in there but this is all I've got.
February 5, 2009:
February 26, 2009:
March 15, 2009:
April 7, 2009:
July 20, 2009:
So a couple of months since the last update, red heads really starting now.
September 12, 2009:
Another couple of months, showing full colouration on some males now.
October 22, 2009:
November 18, 2009:
Now spawning every fortnight - can't tell I purchased the DSLR here
December 7, 2009:
January 1-2, 2010:
Just before they went, the last good photos I have of them.
Pretty amazing what happens over 12 months with such a gorgeous species.
absolutely stunning display, what was your staple diet, i have them on 2mm kens sinking groth pellets but they are still growing so slow! do you think part of the quick growth rate of yours had to do with them being araguia rather than tapajos? i noticed that they seemed to color up pretty late?
Looking good D, thanks for sharing. Mine started showing some pretty good coloration around the 2"-2.5"TL mark. The male in my avatar is right about 3.5" if that's any indicator. Certain indeviduals in my group of 9 seem to grow much slower and have less color. I am making the assumption these are females as the larger more colorful ones appear to be male.
