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Posted	geophagus tank
29-07-2006 18:00 by Bruce	Hi guys i'm setting up a geophagus species tank which will house 3 pairs of different geophagus species, in my bed room on a very large and strong cupboard, next to my 48lx15hx15w tortiose vivarium i will post some pictures soon.
29-07-2006 21:58 by darren	Hi Bruce, What species are you planning to keep as i am thinking of doing the same very soon
30-07-2006 15:50 by Bruce	Red humps, Jurupri and Braziliencous. ( sorry about the spelling.)
30-07-2006 16:04 by Danny Boy	red humps will be too aggressive in that tank. they are aggressive with each other too. id re think those as a choice
30-07-2006 19:36 by darren	The red humps are pretty agro aswell mate
30-07-2006 20:03 by Caz	No way will the Juruparis survive in with either of the other species you mention as they are basically peacefull, whereas the red hump & braziliensis are both agressive. The only other Geophagus (or Satanoperca as they now get called) I've managed to successfully keep in with Juruparis are Geo Heckeli and Geo Daemon's (pic below of a Daemon I found on the web)
31-07-2006 13:33 by PaddyD	Couple of things: 1) Not all geo's do best in pairs. Red humps would be fine - by themselves as a group 1 male and 3-5 females. While young you could squeeze a pair of braziliensis in - but these can be extremely aggressive and get to 10" or so. Why dont you look at the Suranamensis group and the satanoperca group. Much more peaceful, again some are better in groups.
31-07-2006 13:43 by Bruce	could i have a group of about 5 or 6 juruparis and 3 or 4 african block heads? As a friend of mine has got a blockhead species tank and needs to get rid of a few because he is shuting down his tank.
01-08-2006 08:30 by PaddyD	Probably. But you might need to thin them out as they grow. An odd mix but quite a good one. You might want to add some congo tetras in thetre for some movement in mid water.
02-08-2006 10:45 by Bruce	Thanks, you have really helped me.
02-08-2006 11:08 by Bruce	Here is a picture of a blockhead.
05-08-2006 02:37 by Caz	I've had Juruparis and African Blockheads in the same 4ft tank before and they were fine but you have to give each species its own end of the tank. By this I mean 1 lots from South America so have a few bits of mopani down one end. The others are African so need rocks down their end. We had a coral sand base (and still do in all our tanks) the Juruparis LOVE sifting through it all day and the Blockheads love it because its what they have in the wild. For your size of tank I would only get 5 Jurupari as they do get large - 2m 3f if you can. I don't know how many Blockheads to recommend though you could try 'googling' for any info on their family heirachies and to see what numbers they can be kept in.

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