Geophagus Pindare?

[Wills]

Most if not all species of Geos seem to get trailers on ventrals, I have seen a few pics with these. The thing that seems to distinguish them from one an other are the mass of red stripes and the narrow shape of their stripes on the body and also the large lateral spot which sits on the lateral line.

Its hard to say till they are adult either way though I reckon

 

[adzilla88]

Hi everyone,

Well after been away for the past 8 weeks, I've arrived back to find that the 2 larger Geo's have not settled there differences. I'm convinced the aggressor is the alpha male, but I'm unsure what the recipient of all this abuse is, maybe a weaker male or just a female that doesnt want to pair up with him. Anyway, the weaker fish now just seems to hang in the corners now, even near the top. Everytime the aggresive one see's it it'll chase it and try and nip it, although there looks to be no obvious damage. (The fins were like that when I bought them by the way, and need time to re-grow)

I need to take some kind of action but I'm not sure what to do. Maybe add a couple more of them to spread the aggresion. Rehome 1 of them (probably the aggressor, although its fine with the smaller Geo.)

Also from these pictures does anyone have a better idea of which Geophagus species these actually are?

Theres algae in the pictures as my mum and dad had to do water changes so don't worry about that. lol

 

[GShorty1981]

Common problem with Geo's, they do get very nippy with one another. I had a group of Geophagus Brasiliensis and the biggest two would boss the other 5 around lots, plus squabble an awefull lot between the two of themselves. I have two left now after selling most of the group and they have spent the last 2 months in separate tanks in separate houses. However, they are now together in the same tank once more, and continued EXACTLY where they left off. I havn't ffound a concrete way of stopping them, and would very much like to know if anyone has any suggestions, but as far as i'm aware. This is what Geos are like, and how they will be unless kept in big enough groups. Just my two cents...

Brasiliensis are not like normal Geos, and are soon to be classified out of the Geophagus genus, they are not supposed to be in groups but as individuals/pair.

To the TS..

a 4ft 240l is going to be far to small for all of those Geos in the long run if they turn out to not be Sp. Pindare , and definitely don't add more.

 

[adzilla88]

HGS1981, I dont mean to be rude, but have you got mixed up between the replies as you say "all those Geos." The other poster has 5, but I only have 3 of them in my 240l, with Bleading Heart Tetras and some Corys. I'm not trying to say your wrong or anything, just not sure if you got confused from all the other replies.

Thanks
Adam

 

[GShorty1981]

3 Pindare should be fine, thats what im trying to say, but if they turn out to be Albios or something else, they will get to big.

 

[adzilla88]

Okay, thanks for clarifying.

I hope they are Pindare, although I don't think I'll ever get to the bottom of what they actually are. If they dont turn out to be Pindare I feel like taking them back and asking for my money back as I was advised that they were Pindare and thats the reason I bought them. I can't see this happening though.

Anyway, I'm switching to a brand new Juwel Trigon 350L hopefully in the new year, as I'm not happy with my current tank.

Adam.

 

[adzilla88]

After some more research, I'm thinking that maybe I have Geohpagus sp. Winemilleri?

http/www.seriouslyfish.com/profile.php?genus=Geophagus&species=winemilleri&id=1476