new 300g south american tank buildup

[beto]

got a 300g for my 13yr old son and he wants to do a south american theme tank. His favorite fish are the geos. looks like i will be getting some nicaraguas,severums,salvini,alfitrons in a trade. any advise or ideas on tankmates would be greatly appreciate.

[troy tucker]

Midas pacus discus and angels. Ghostknifes are cool. All kinds of tetras...

[TaTeR ToT]

Midas pacus discus and angels. Ghostknifes are cool. All kinds of tetras...

midas, pacu, salvini, nigaraguese, and others of the sort will massacre your geos.

good tankmates would include:
angels, discus, uaru, any of the dwarf cichlids, any acaras other than green terrors, festivum and others of the sort will be fine.

[mistahoo]

Beast! I like how GTs look. Satanoperca daemon? Satanoperca leucosticta? Dicrossus maculatus? Maybe pikes,pbass, Parachromis dovii, Parachromis loisellei? No clue on how they would do as tankmates but just throwing things out.

[beto]

midas, pacu, salvini, nigaraguese, and others of the sort will massacre your geos.

good tankmates would include:
angels, discus, uaru, any of the dwarf cichlids, any acaras other than green terrors, festivum and others of the sort will be fine.


don't altifrons get to about 12" and salvini just 6 " ?

[eklikewhoa]

I haven't noticed much growth in my altifrons and they are on a powerfeeding schedule... also get 100% waterchange 3x a week.

[TaTeR ToT]

salvini get 8" and they are guapotes, like jags and dovii.
they are substantaly stronger then geos, and their mouths are made for jaw locking where as geos fail in this catogory.
plus the needle sharp teeth and many other reasons.

[mistahoo]

midas, pacu, salvini, nigaraguese, and others of the sort will massacre your geos.

good tankmates would include:
angels, discus, uaru, any of the dwarf cichlids, any acaras other than green terrors, festivum and others of the sort will be fine.


don't altifrons get to about 12" and salvini just 6 " ?

Yeah salvani get about 6" not sure about the altifrons though

[cu0ngsayz]

awesome tank. get some pictures up

[beto]

I haven't noticed much growth in my altifrons and they are on a powerfeeding schedule... also get 100% waterchange 3x a week.

is 3x wc necessary or just trying to grow them faster ?

awesome tank. get some pictures up

will do as soon as i get the tank up and running. currently doing all the plumbing for the two wetdrys and 2262

[cu0ngsayz]

Progress photos are cool too :)

[beto]

Had a couple of intruders while i was doing the plumbing!

http://i1065.photobucket.com/albums/u381/juan0313/300ggirlsintank.jpg

http://i1065.photobucket.com/albums/u381/juan0313/300g.jpg

[moganman]

Very nice Juan. Get some hatchetfish for surface dwelling, since the geos bottom dwell most of the time. 3x weekly water changes are far from necessary. Some neetroplus nematopus are CA, but my all time favorite fish. I would take them over a tropheus any day. Only thing is, it will punk most any fish with the exception of the ones that can eat it, especially when they start breeding. VERY aggressive when caring for fry.

[Lydia]

Dang, my salvini are chickensh*ts- they are on the shy side and prefer to stay to themselves.....the geos are way more aggressive, I've watched them pick on.
others. Remember, geos hold their own in troph tanks!!!

[moganman]

Geos are nothing compared to Neetroplus. Trust me.