Godly3vil Posted December 20, 2012 Report Share Posted December 20, 2012 Anyone ever kept these? The local garden centre has a decent sized one that I am thinking of getting, beautiful colours and great looking fish! What sized tank should it ideally be kept in? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
F15hguy Posted December 20, 2012 Report Share Posted December 20, 2012 big nasty things, love them, http://www.seriouslyfish.com/species/geophagus-brasiliensis/ all accurate as far as I know, but they can get to around 27cm if very happy best to set up a species only (or large SA cichlid tank) minimum 1500x45x45 (deeper and wider is better) expect them to dig any form of substrate so a fine smooth sand is best, be careful of large rocks as they can undermine them and send them crashing into the bottom of your tank. lotsa driftwood and hidey holes is best. treat them like a particularly nasty Surinamensis type geo and you should be fine Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David R Posted December 20, 2012 Report Share Posted December 20, 2012 Not really a Geophagus in the true sense of the genus, still awaiting reclassification. Temperament more in line with its central american relatives, wouldn't keep it with other true eartheaters (Geophagus/Satanoperca) but probably alright with more robust tankmates (chocolates, severums, or most central americans) in a large enough tank. A 4' tank should be enough for a pair though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
karina Posted December 23, 2012 Report Share Posted December 23, 2012 Be prepared for them to make a mess of your tank. I had them pilling up sand where the filter inlet was, sand all through the filter :facepalm: Got on ok with severum, oscar and jd's. However may have been involved in an incident where clown loaches disapeared :-? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scarletmonuka Posted December 30, 2012 Report Share Posted December 30, 2012 i notice its no longer there did you end up getting it? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Godly3vil Posted December 30, 2012 Author Report Share Posted December 30, 2012 Nah dude Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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