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Coryloach said:
Thanks guys. To be honest, it looks like either one of those pictures, with my untrained eye...

The substrate is sand. One of my worries is that it would eat the harlequin rasboras. I don't want them being in danger or even feel threatened. It's not worth the risk for one fish. The tank is deep enough, a bit less than 3f and the rasboras stay in the upper level.



Yes, all the tanks were bare up until a couple weeks ago for all the years I've visited the shop. Now there's a couple of tanks with small natural river gravel and you can see how happier the fish are in those tanks...and the colors on them are way better...
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The geo needs sand. Without it's like a fish out of water. Excuse my pun.
Pretty sure it would be ok with your fish. I have Jurupari in with larger fish. One geo picks on the other. So I am splitting them.
The forum has info on tankmates and aggression. I don't agree that one by itself (no other geos) would be a problem.
But I don't want to lead you into something where this fish picks on another fish. They are cichlids and these are generally peaceful.
I doubt they would eat another fish even if large.
 
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LBDave said:
The geo needs sand. Without it's like a fish out of water. Excuse my pun.
Pretty sure it would be ok with your fish. I have Jurupari in with larger fish. One geo picks on the other. So I am splitting them.
The forum has info on tankmates and aggression. I don't agree that one by itself (no other geos) would be a problem.
But I don't want to lead you into something where this fish picks on another fish. They are cichlids and these are generally peaceful.
I doubt they would eat another fish even if large.
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Also, generally geos don't grow fast. Mine have grown from about under 2" to about 3+" in 7+ months. I would not think that fast moving top located fish would be a problem. Not sure about loaches as they occupy the same areas. From what I have read they sometimes can get aggressive with out cichlids.
 
LBDave said:
Also, generally geos don't grow fast. Mine have grown from about under 2" to about 3+" in 7+ months. I would not think that fast moving top located fish would be a problem. Not sure about loaches as they occupy the same areas. From what I have read they sometimes can get aggressive with out cichlids.
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Other cichlids.
 
islandguy11 said:
Well he certainly has that "Plz take me home" look :)
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Yes, he does indeed. I check him out every time I visit, which is often as it's near where I work.

LBDave said:
Not sure about loaches as they occupy the same areas.
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Yes, it could get a bit crowded at the bottom in my tank but I am a fan of bottom feeders and I have kept a mixture of them together with good success with some caution when I feed and what I feed. Then again a single fish is a different story.

I have to mention, the tank activity levels are like a washing machine, fish going on all the time at day time. Night time there's no fish moving pretty much. The bottom is also not always occupied. The clowns only sift during feeding time and they keep to the front half of the round pond where they've learned the food goes. The back half is pretty much occupied by just the harlequin rasboras as all SAEs, denison barbs and clowns engage in a mixed race dance at the front.

I feed the clowns in the morning and they've learned to come up to the surface. I think that's from the days with the auto feeder when I've left them to it for 3 and even 4 weeks at a time when I am away.
 
I've been still thinking about it, trying to discourage myself from getting the fish. The decisive factor would be next week when I walk in again in the shop......

Any more opinions of why I should pass?

Also, is he most likely a red head Tapajos?

I want to make a fish's life happier but if I am to endanger his life or the life of my current fish, there's no point.


LBDave said:
But I don't want to lead you into something where this fish picks on another fish. They are cichlids and these are generally peaceful.
I doubt they would eat another fish even if large.
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Thanks Dave. All the rest of the fish are way too big to be eaten, only worry is the harlequin rasboras, which is what's holding me back. I have about 34 of them in there that are doing pretty well with the bigger fish and no one's even noticing them.
 
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Coryloach said:
I've been still thinking about it, trying to discourage myself from getting the fish. The decisive factor would be next week when I walk in again in the shop......

Any more opinions of why I should pass?

Also, is he most likely a red head Tapajos?

I want to make a fish's life happier but if I am to endanger his life or the life of my current fish, there's no point.




Thanks Dave. All the rest of the fish are way too big to be eaten, only worry is the harlequin rasboras, which is what's holding me back. I have about 34 of them in there that are doing pretty well with the bigger fish and no one's even noticing them.
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I think he might be a bit small to eat them at the moment, later on he might, but it's hard to say
 
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