Solo geophagus?
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Sorry I was in a rush to get somewhere and did not get to read your response fully. I am not sure what you are trying to say.
Geophagus, are they actually better off as a group to deal with future aggression or can they thrive as a solo?
I can't see spending so much money on a group of 6 or more for geos, then when they finally get size, a dominant male will wreck them all for a female. Then having to buy more to get females hopefully so it can somewhat work. Last I checked geos are getting more and more expensive especially on species and size purchase.
It sounds like an expensive move to do just get 1 male and 4-5 females.
Honestly both could work. I have seen many groups of geos do well together, I have also seen many that have not been successful. It depends on the personality of the fish. Solo could also work successfully depending on tankmates and tanksize, I would recommend you keep them with other peaceful cichilds that they can interact with(severums,electric blue acara, etc). I am quite new to geophagus to so this is just information I have read online.
All good. I keep central american cichlids so south american im still working on.
But there's just a whole process on keeping geos that everyone recommends but it's pricey
One of the problems with a lot of the info you get on-line, is that they are half truths, and seldom reflect actual preferred habitat for the fishes some aquarists may haphazardly cram together.
an example
those that claim slack water species such a severums (because that are from the Amazon) will do well with Geos.
In actuality , most Geos prefer much stronger flowing and more aerated water, and some, come from rheophillic swift flowing habitats like rapids ,
and are never found in area such oxbows.
Above is a pic I took in Colombia where you can find sedate water species such a severums
Below is a photo of rheophillic habitst where many Geohagines prefer to be found.
And below another shot taken in Colombia where some of the less rheophillic Geos tolerate less flow., but notice, not still water.
To me these do not represent similar habitats, so require (if we are actually trying to be conscienous aquarists) quite different setups.
In many cases both will survive setups somewhere in between, but....
is simply survival the main objective.
an example
those that claim slack water species such a severums (because that are from the Amazon) will do well with Geos.
In actuality , most Geos prefer much stronger flowing and more aerated water, and some, come from rheophillic swift flowing habitats like rapids ,
and are never found in area such oxbows.
Above is a pic I took in Colombia where you can find sedate water species such a severums
Below is a photo of rheophillic habitst where many Geohagines prefer to be found.
And below another shot taken in Colombia where some of the less rheophillic Geos tolerate less flow., but notice, not still water.
To me these do not represent similar habitats, so require (if we are actually trying to be conscienous aquarists) quite different setups.
In many cases both will survive setups somewhere in between, but....
is simply survival the main objective.
Where geophagus "prefer" to be found? I understand stand some geos do but definitely not all. "Prefer", I believe is the incorrect term where as it means they rather just be whereas we can say "most come from".
I've seen numerous videos of collectors and heard literature at meetings where not all geos like or come from strong flow. There are species that come from still black water and/or still clear water with very little movement. Not disagreeing that they don't, just believe the ratio is almost 50/50 that some come from either still to high flow areas.
I've seen numerous videos of collectors and heard literature at meetings where not all geos like or come from strong flow. There are species that come from still black water and/or still clear water with very little movement. Not disagreeing that they don't, just believe the ratio is almost 50/50 that some come from either still to high flow areas.
