Satanoperca sp. "red lip" & Heros
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ceeej31;4511340; said:
Thanks Colin! We need to get you into the Satanoperca genus. You know one of the best looking spotted Satanoperca are found in the Atabapo right? For when you upgrade your biotope.. Just sayin..
JK47;4508624; said:Thanks, I always have room for your G. Abalios Dan.You should know though as soon as you remove the aggressor, likely the next in line will take it's place either until you cut down to 1 or keep a group to spread the aggression around. I keep 8 in my group. I was pulling my hair out when I only kept 3 (1m/2f).
You may to expand the numbers of a given species to a group and cut back on the number species themselves and things will calm down.
Yeah, I realize that the pecking order will just shift, I will probably end up removing the #2 and #3 fish and just keep the alpha male.
I think I will probably end up with just one specimen of each cichlid - I know it isn't ideal, but since almost all of the aggression is conspecific I think it will work. I don't know why, but I always end up pushing the compatability envelope...
Sorry for the derail, the Red Lips are awesome.
I wish I could keep Satanoperca, but I think my water is too hard/alkaline.Eartheaters are Devil fish they killed one of my Festae fry i wanted to take it out and bite its head off
JacobWhitley;4511455; said:
Satanoperca means "Satan's Perch"... That is a complete misconception though
, IME the Satanoperca genus is one of the most peaceful cichlids out there. I don't mix them with Festae though, or any fry for that matter.. 
(if the festae in your avatar is yours it's beautiful BTW)
julian270;4512124; said:
Thanks Julian, you and I have similar taste.. How are your red lips doing, are they getting bigger? I would love to see updates and pics
JK47;4511421; said:Thanks Colin! We need to get you into the Satanoperca genus. You know one of the best looking spotted Satanoperca are found in the Atabapo right? For when you upgrade your biotope.. Just sayin..
i have a juvie leuco. wouldn't mind some dameons though
JK47;4505382; said:
Wow, where'd you find an 8" pair of them?
Makes me sad about mine
Interesting that you have the same thing going on with the similar sized fish. Mine and my first Uaru were bought together from a member on here and they were best friends. I couldn't put the Uaru in a live planted tank so I had to drop it in another tank for a while and they didn't re-establish quite the same bond when re-united, but they were always friends. The red lip preferred her company to that of any of the other satanoperca in the tank.
DaveB;4536582; said:Wow, where'd you find an 8" pair of them?
Makes me sad about mine
Interesting that you have the same thing going on with the similar sized fish. Mine and my first Uaru were bought together from a member on here and they were best friends. I couldn't put the Uaru in a live planted tank so I had to drop it in another tank for a while and they didn't re-establish quite the same bond when re-united, but they were always friends. The red lip preferred her company to that of any of the other satanoperca in the tank.
These two were traded in because they didn't have the "colors" of the owners other fish. I usually get a call on any oddball or large SA's that come in. I was 99% on the ID when I saw them so I just couldn't walk away. I don't impulse buy these days but there are not many people who appreciate the non-spotted Satanoperca like I do. I couldn't bare the thought of some kid calling them jurupari in a 55 gallon HITH machine. They are in good hands now..
You saw my maps new tank in the setup section right? Check it out Dave you would like it.
