Your new geos remind me alot of threadfin geos, Acarichthys heckelii,, which are by far my favorite geo!
Al
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Your new geos remind me alot of threadfin geos, Acarichthys heckelii,, which are by far my favorite geo!
Al
I looked up Acarichthys heckelii Al on youtube Al. I can see why you like them and very similar to G. Sveni. Are threadfin geos an actual geo?
Pat
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EyVFwBytpYA
^ They aren't a true geo, no. Their genus (Acarichthys) is in the Geophagini tribe but they were separated out of Geophagus a long time ago. Some people still sell them as geos, though.
Ryan, i found a closer picture/ video. Maybe someone can translate the specie from Vietnamese Name: hai ho short body.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8zN8ibTJwBY
They are altifrons. Unfortunately the short spine makes them a cull IMO.
lovely pat, simply lovely.
Pat, they are beautiful ! Would love to see how they look when fully mature. Thank you for sharing their photos.
Love Geo's...I keep Red Head "Tapajos" and Winemilleri with my Discus and they seem to do really well. Sveni and Mirabilis are the two "hot" geo's at the moment and have not been readily available for very long. They are usually at spawning size around 4" and your fish look at least that large.
Sveni are an awesome strain of geo, I kept and bred rio tapajos for years. One of my favorite fish in the hobby.
Where did you find these gems? Awesome looking fish. tfs
Patty
Thanks but I do not have them anymore. I was spending so much time with my elderly parents that all the fish suffered. My parents are now in an assist living situation and my life has finally returned to normal.
Thanks Patty, I went in on a group with Ryan. Not sure where he got them from.
Pat
They look a lot like my 9 Geophagus Proximus that are in a 110 gal. six footer.They stay mostly at the lower level of the tank sifting through the sand.They do need sand.I have #2 silica.I've never had such clean substrate.They are not aggressive to each other nor other species.