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    Fish Gallery has these and I think I'm going to pick two pair.

    A few questions.

    They will be housed in a 36 gallon bow front with clown loaches.

    1) What the proper aquascaping?

    2) What the proper diet?

    3) How easy are they to breed?

    4) What's another good dither fish?

    Thanks

  • #2
    not very aggessive fish. aquascape with wood and plants and such. NLS thera A and cichlid formula would be fine. you could give them shimp every once in a while too. No clue on how easy to breed.
    250gallon-Wild Angels, community

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    • #3
      That picture looks very familiar

      they need fine sand, ideally leslies pfs, sparse driftwood and small stones, make each male a obviously seperate territory.

      Preferably at opposite ends of the tank.
      Have as much open sand area as possible.

      Proper diet, ie what I was feeding that guy in my pic.
      Nls 1mm cf, hikari frozen bloodworms, hikari frozen mysis shrimp, and hikari frozen brine shrimp Daily.
      I fed all of those foods daily.
      Also, aquarian tropical flakes.

      they need very food filtration, like tropheus filtration,
      I was running 1x 2217, 1x xp4, and 1x ac 110 hob on the 55g
      gymnogeophagus tank that's pictured above.

      Lighting was 2x 54watt T5HO 1x 6,700K
      and 1x 10,000K.
      FRENCH FRY!!!

      55g - Vieja Synspilum 'Biotope'

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      • #4
        These types of geos are extremly
        agressive! They are like firemouths and will fight viciously
        also, their aggression skyrockets when breeding.
        I dought both pairs will be able
        to live happily in a 36g bowfront.
        They reach 4.5" tl for males
        and 3.5"'tl for females.

        They are fairly easy to breed, about like firemouths.
        They need a ph less then 6.5 acidic soft water.
        They also require large frequent wc's.
        I was doing 75% every 4 days.
        FRENCH FRY!!!

        55g - Vieja Synspilum 'Biotope'

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        • #5
          A lot of good information.

          That's a heck alot of filtration.

          Might rethink this one.

          I typically have low maintenance stock in my office tank.

          I've usually kept barbs and such.

          I do like the looks of this fish though.

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          • #6
            keep in mind, these were ideal conditions provided to breed them.
            if you dont try to breed them then 1x ac 110 hob, 150watt heater, PH ~7 decorated like i stated, regular lighting, and once weekly 50% wc's and nls 1mm cichlid formula and aquarian tropical flakes daily, along with weekly feeding of brine and mysis shrimp along with bloodworms, and they will do fine.
            FRENCH FRY!!!

            55g - Vieja Synspilum 'Biotope'

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            • #7
              sorry, no ca do buddy...these fish require very special care...they need a cool down period 3 months a year where the tank is kept at cold as 62 degrees...stay away from gymnogeos...geos are the way to go...i have 3 blue neons now and they are doing fine but not easy to take care of
              I make people happy

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              • #8
                Originally posted by mark razmandi View Post
                sorry, no ca do buddy...these fish require very special care...they need a cool down period 3 months a year where the tank is kept at cold as 62 degrees...stay away from gymnogeos...geos are the way to go...i have 3 blue neons now and they are doing fine but not easy to take care of
                Ok.

                So how do you get your tank down to 62 without a chiller.

                Guess I'll look for some regualr geo's.

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                • #9
                  Mark,

                  I see that yuo have a large geo community tank.

                  What would you put in my 36 bowfront. I do want a little bit of a wow factor.

                  Thanks

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                  • #10
                    a pair of red head tapajos would be ideal, they only reach ~5"tl, and are incredible to see.
                    FRENCH FRY!!!

                    55g - Vieja Synspilum 'Biotope'

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                    • #11
                      Originally posted by TaTeR ToT View Post
                      a pair of red head tapajos would be ideal, they only reach ~5"tl, and are incredible to see.
                      Cool looking fish.

                      Where can I find this fish you speak of?

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                      • #12
                        I got my old wc pair from Jeff wrapps.

                        They are one of the most beautiful geos.
                        FRENCH FRY!!!

                        55g - Vieja Synspilum 'Biotope'

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                        • #13
                          I see that Daves rare fish in San Antonio has some listed.

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