New tank - future geophagus home.

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dirtyblacksocks

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Excuse the crap quality on these, I need to invest in a decent camera one of these days...anyway this is a 75 gallon tall that I've built to house some Tapajos "Red Head" in the future.
Not sure on all the plants names, java fern, narrow java fern, anubias nana, anubias narrow leaf and various crypts.
Stock list - don't have a heart attack:
6 corydoras aenus
6 corydoras palateus
1 corydoras "panda"
3 Mesonauta Insignis
20 or so lamp eye tetra
8 congo tetra
4 otocinclus
3 1" bushynose albino plecos
Ultimately I plan on having a trio of the red heads in here as well, but I've got 40 coming in on Wednesday that are only at around 2", so I'm probably going to add 12 or so to the tank and see where things go from there.
I'm not sure how the plants are going to work out - and will just hope for the best, please excuse the rubber bands and scratches on the acrylic.
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Videos:
http://s85.photobucket.com/albums/k45/DirtyBlackSocks/?action=view&current=Geos009.flv
http://s85.photobucket.com/albums/k45/DirtyBlackSocks/?action=view&current=Geos007.flv

Also picked these guys up recently, but have no idea on what they are - was thinking Gymnogeophagus rhabdotus...notice the one without the stripe over the eye is beginning to develope a hump:
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Sponge filter in the large tank is also just there to seed a QT tank for the geo's I've got coming in....
Comments, threats, ect are welcome.

P.S. This is the first real tank I've set up in close to 5 years now, so it's definitely a work in progress.
 
Check the videos dude, my camera's a real peice so any wide shots come out looking like garbage, videos show the entire tank from side to side...no full tanks of the gymno's tank.
 
Bobears;1707147; said:
I think your geo is actually a gymnogeophagus balzanii. i have one and love the fish.

i don't think those are balzani. definitely part of the rhabdotus family...
tank looks good - the green of the plants contrast well with the dark gravel :)
 
One of those insignis is actually overly violent and goes out of his way to hunt the others down and chase them around the tank which is bugging me, I either need to add another or remove him - I'm not sure yet.

I'm going to see how he acts towards the geo's.

Thanks for the comments. I'll post more pictures as the geo's arrive.
 
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