what kind of eartheater?

[devder1]

i have a 125 (6'x18") and i would like to add 6 earth eaters but i can decide what species. right now i have a 5" gold severum, 6x4"silver dollars and a few uper jaw bichirs.
i am thinking

acarychthis heckelii- imo the most stunning eartheater, but i worrried that they seem fragile?

geophagus pellegrini red hump- these are cheap and im assuming have lots of personality?

jurupari or leucostica- subtly beautiful not sure on personality expensive

so i would like to hear any comments you have as to which of the ones i have listed (or ones i havent listed) would work best in my tank

 

[JK47]

This is just my opinion but I have never been a fan of silver dollars. If it were my tank I would get rid of them and keep a group of small geos and a group of satanoperca.

Heckelii are stunning but no more sensitive than most other earth eaters IMO. Keep in mind they get rather large though as adults though. This is a little different but what about Geophagus Steindachneri "Red Hump"? They stay reletively small/medium, are very active and are a very cool geo. Of the Satanoperca you mentioned, Leucostica are much more colorful that Jurupari I think.

Justin-

 

[RedDwarf]

I'm a big fan of Heckelii, and I think they would make a stunning display in your tank. In my experience they don't grow very fast so they could live for a fair amount of time in your tank.

 

[EdCal]

go with a small group of Geo Redhead Tapajos

 

[devder1]

This is just my opinion but I have never been a fan of silver dollars. If it were my tank I would get rid of them and keep a group of small geos and a group of satanoperca.

Heckelii are stunning but no more sensitive than most other earth eaters IMO. Keep in mind they get rather large though as adults though. This is a little different but what about Geophagus Steindachneri "Red Hump"? They stay reletively small/medium, are very active and are a very cool geo. Of the Satanoperca you mentioned, Leucostica are much more colorful that Jurupari I think.

Justin-

Very informational thank you. I agree with
everything u said up there, I think at this point I am leaning toward red hump. Is there a difference between pelegreni and steindernachi?



Edit: if I removed the silver dollars, could I do a group of 5 red humps and 5 sataniperca?
h

 

[jgentry]

Very informational thank you. I agree with
everything u said up there, I think at this point I am leaning toward red hump. Is there a difference between pelegreni and steindernachi?



Edit: if I removed the silver dollars, could I do a group of 5 red humps and 5 sataniperca?
h

Anything that is listed as pellegreni and is cheap is almost certainly a steiny. To my knowledge there are no Pellegrini being collected now and believe only a few people in Germany even have them. There could be a few in the US but not many.

 

[JK47]

Very informational thank you. I agree with
everything u said up there, I think at this point I am leaning toward red hump. Is there a difference between pelegreni and steindernachi?



Edit: if I removed the silver dollars, could I do a group of 5 red humps and 5 sataniperca?
h

If you remove the silver dollars, yes you could do both.

jgentry, I didn't know that about the pellegreni, I didn't want to comment on them being unfamiliar with them. Thank you for sharing.

 

[peathenster]

If you do a tank with only G. steindernachi and Satanoperca, the bottom might look busy and the top empty. I wonder if one of these two plus a group of A. heckelii would look better. IME A. heckelii don't get very aggressive until they reach adulthood (~2 years), at which point you can keep a pair and remove the rest.

And like Justin already mentioned, there's nothing "fragile" about A. heckelii

 

[jgentry]

If you do a tank with only G. steindernachi and Satanoperca, the bottom might look busy and the top empty. I wonder if one of these two plus a group of A. heckelii would look better. IME A. heckelii don't get very aggressive until they reach adulthood (~2 years), at which point you can keep a pair and remove the rest.

And like Justin already mentioned, there's nothing "fragile" about A. heckelii

Excellent advice. The heckelii do seem to saty pretty much mid level in tanks. Steiny's are sort of all over the place and are tough little suckers so that might be a great combo. They are not aggressive, just hardy.

 

[devder1]

If you do a tank with only G. steindernachi and Satanoperca, the bottom might look busy and the top empty. I wonder if one of these two plus a group of A. heckelii would look better. IME A. heckelii don't get very aggressive until they reach adulthood (~2 years), at which point you can keep a pair and remove the rest.

And like Justin already mentioned, there's nothing "fragile" about A. heckelii

haha ok maybe its just the looks, the long streamers, i was just really worried, i dont think i could bear waking up to see those beautiful long fins chewed up
so what im thining now is 5 steindernachis 5 heckelii and no silver dollars?