Why Arent My Orange Head Geos Growing?

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Increase your temperature !
Geos inhabit shallow waters ie.. The warm spots in the rivers . 80 is fine but they will grow quicker at 85 .
Fish are like plants they grow more when it's warmer


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I didn't make note of what size at what age, but after a year I had probably four 5.5-6 inch males in my original group that were all an inch, give or take, when I first got them-- smaller females, couple smaller males. I kept a breeding pair, haven't measured the male but I'd estimate he's a good 6.5 inches, maybe near 7 now (I'm usually good at eyeballing) little less than two years since I got them.

Initially had them in a 75 gal tank, then moved some to a 135, weekly water changes (50-60% in the 75, 35-40% in the 135), ph in low-mid 7s, temp 80, fed basically on some combination of NLS and/or Omega Color/Omega Shrimp pellets. Judging by fry I've kept from my pair, growth to an inch or two seems slow, but they pick up some after that-- but that's a rough observation, not something I've kept careful track of. I tend to pay more attention to size at one year than incremental growth.
 
Hey Everyone, wish thier was away where I could get notifications on my phone when my thred has been replied. Thanks for all your help. For the past week I have kept up with every other day water changes and basically fed them 5-6x a day and from 1.5 inches they have grown to 2 inches! Thats a lot of growth in such a short time!!!

I have ordered other foods like mysis,bloodworms, cobalt flakes and cobalt pellets to help make thier diet more varid. The temp of the tank is 79-80. Can I just turn the Heater up to 85 in one night? Or should I go up a degree every day...otherday...week?

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Make sure you increase the temps slowly, you definitely don't want to just crank the heater to 85 and let it go up right away. I personally only increase a degree or two per day until I get to the target temperature. I'm not sure what the max you can increase at one time is for specific fish, but I tend to err on the side of caution.
 
RampageRR said:
Make sure you increase the temps slowly, you definitely don't want to just crank the heater to 85 and let it go up right away. I personally only increase a degree or two per day until I get to the target temperature. I'm not sure what the max you can increase at one time is for specific fish, but I tend to err on the side of caution.
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Thanks for tip, before i up the temp just need to check if the emerald cory cats can take the heat as well as the severums. Thanks again


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