Wanted:Geophagus

[birdie]

Hi all.Looking for any species of Geophagus. I live in Tableview but wil collect any where in Cape Town.

[Risen]

Try Henk. He has some

[birdie]

Thanx Risen.

[Henk Hugo]

i saw some at panorma yesterday. Looked like G. Altrifrons.

[Henk Hugo]

Further to my last post - i really must post the moment i wake up :p

I have the following Geo's

Geophagus altifrons
http://www.cichlid-forum.com/profiles/species.php?id=430

'Geophagus' brasiliensis (not REALLLLLLLLLLLLY a Geophagus but they dont know what to do with it)
http://www.cichlid-forum.com/profiles/species.php?id=440
Those are REALLY bad photos btw - Veegal can back me up here :D

'Geophagus' steindachneri
http://www.cichlid-forum.com/profiles/species.php?id=466

[veegal]

'Geophagus' brasiliensis (not REALLLLLLLLLLLLY a Geophagus but they dont know what to do with it)
http://www.cichlid-forum.com/profiles/species.php?id=440
Those are REALLY bad photos btw - Veegal can back me up here :D


I can and I will :bigsmile: Doesn't come close to when you see them. :p

[birdie]

Henk do u have these available and if so when can i get get to u? U have got no idea how exited i am mate! I did get some from Panorama but they are all probably from same batch. Please let me know if u have any for sale.Thanx

[veegal]

Birdie I think the problem may be catching them in that HUGE tank :) If someone does it please let me know....I wanna be there to watch (hehehe)

[Henk Hugo]

Yea i might be taking some of the brasiliensis out of the big tank soon. The rest you can get from Panorama - i saw some of the steindachneri around yesterday so jsut ask Nico to order them for you

[birdie]

Thanks Henk.Nico said its Surinamensis they have,wich is what i bought. Saw your pictures of ur tank,breath taking!

[sarf]

The suraminensis is a very nice cichlid..dont underestimate them..they might look dull when young..but they become stunning as they colour up

[birdie]

Sarf do u know if they are slow growing?I also understand its near impossable to sex them? Could i keep them as a group when mature?

[Henk Hugo]

Theres no such thing as g. Surinamemnsis. its a name given to Geophagus that comes from an area. its 99% fish from the same batch as my Altifrons. Theres a HUGE number of colour morths of G. Altrifons and you will only know once you grow them up....

[birdie]

Thanks Henk,how difficult are they to breed?Im feeding flake,chopped prawn,blood worm and veg tablets and lettuce but they ignoring veg. Any advice?

[Henk Hugo]

I feed mine OmegaOne Tropical flake, OmegaOne Colour flake, OmegaOne first flake, Prawns, blood worms and then they also take the OmegaOne Veggie rounds that i feed the plecos, they suck on them like a sweet till they get soft...

[sarf]

True..there are a huge variety of colour variants due to collection points..i'v been looking for ages for geophagus red head tapajos.birdie..what size tank do you have?they are not fussy eaters and will eat well once settled down

[birdie]

I currently have the four 10cm geos in my 240L planted community tank and busy selling of some of my large show fish so i can use another 240L Tank just for geos.Im hoping to sell my 35+cm shovel nose this weekend to have the tank available. Im concerned about the plant food tablets in the substrate poisening the geos as i saw one dig the fertiliser out and later two of them where dead.Could this be? Surely someone must be breeding varias geos?Why does it seem so difficult to get?

[sarf]

Sadly,the geophagus cichlids are not as popular with the market as they should be..ppl are not aware what beauties these fish are.so there are not many varieties on offer locally..my local lfs has had 5different types in..of which two types are available on a reasonably regular basis.they once brought in the jurupari type..but never got in again..those were nice..i had one male for about 3years

[Henk Hugo]

In the trade you get G. "Surninamensis" which can be ANY of the Altifrons - you wont know till you grow them up to a bigger size...

We also see the 'Geophagus' brasiliensis from time to time on the lists and then for the 1st time i saw the steindachneri 2 or so months ago....

As for the digging they do that.... Geophagus means "earth eater"...