Thank You DW, yes these are becoming a favorite for me!

Thank You, yes they are just a few steps away from being a beautiful as African cichlids!

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Thank you, yes they are quite similar to some African cichlids!

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Thank You, yes they are becoming mine!

Thank You, yes he's looking good for his lady!

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Thank You, yes with American cichlids their are so many varieties!

you think the geo would go good with schooling fish such as tiger barbs or roseline sharks?

Yes, they definitely can't eat a adult barb (they can eat tiny babies); and they really shouldn't direct to much aggression towards them, of course when breeding they will show some aggression, but these fish don't pair off like others so that's a big advantage....pairing males and females become ruthless!

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Thank You! Yes I just started looking into Geo's and the options are amazing!

Thank You, yes Geo's are awesome!

Yes they were with salvini and I did end up separating them

@@dwsdarius yeah they’re tough. I have a couple of tanks and right now I only have one that’s central American. My red tiger Moto just had fry! If you’re near Florida you’re welcome to come get some! Other than those guys I stick strictly to severums, acara and geos. Ca’s are just too mean 😑

Sounds like an awesome stock! When the male gets the female holding (they are mouth brooders), it may be best to remove the female into a separate tank. The males can be pretty rough on them, my male killed the female in this video, but luckily I saved her fry and now I have a new colony!

Sounds look a cool setup if you don't have to worry about too much aggression; plus I can imagine one of these destroying another Geophagus, with these its either solo or a group!

DWSDARIUS FISH TANKS thanks. Yes. A very peaceful tank. And definitely learned the hard way about geophagus lol. We have an African tank also They are so fun to watch. Thanks for the great videos. Seen you order from That fish place. ... could you share some of your experiences with them?? We have used Imperial Tropicals with great success but haven't tried the other. Thanks

Ohhh and also we just added a 7 inch elephant nose. All is well still lol

DWSDARIUS FISH TANKS yeah. My red hump was fine the other not lol. No aggression as of now with our setup but like I said they are all 1-2 inch juveniles except red hump and severums are 4 inches. No problem so far but have other tank available if that happens. Thanks for your very knowledgeable advice. Keep up the great videos!

Elephant nose, I've always wanted one of them but I can't find any...any difficulties with feeding it? I've also ordered from imperial tropical and I'm always pleased with what they send me! As far as thatfishplace, I've made 4 orders in total, about 25 fish and a few coral; for a store that does all animals they have a really nice selection of fish, especially cichlids. They charge $35 for overnight shipping and while contact you before shipping to confirm your order via phone or email. All of the freshwater fish that I've order from them arrived in good shape...tiny, but alive! I've had one issue with one order where I hade a DOA (dead on arrival) saltwater fish with a dead coral, but when I provided pictures I was issued a refund

Thank You, tank sounds like it would be awesome! If I'm not mistaken the red stripes are Surinamen Geophagus; as juveniles it would work but a pair could possibly kill the tank mates as they grow and breed, they mouth brood too (both male and female) and when my tiny red hump was holding she wasn't afraid of attacking anyone , those red stripes can reach 1ft so the damage could be worse. I keep a single geophagus altifrons (similar to red stripes) and he's very chill, hangs out with my marble angle like they are a pair...but I think a mated pair would be destruction as they start to breed

They maxed at 6 inches for males, 3 inches for females. I ended up rehoming my colony

@@dwsdarius yeah I bought 3 of them had them since January. They don't look like they have grown any. It's almost April now. They are some slow grower. @DWSDARIUS FISH TANKS

Thank You, being that the tank had so many fish the aggression wasn't fully focused on them, but as of today they are separate...the salvini are much more aggressive though

I thought as much. I have a female salvini, and she really dishes it out. Your tanks and fishes are amazing. Beautiful.

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Yes, at that size without color it may be a female!

+dwsdarius that's disappointing lol

They grow pretty slow, about 1 year to reach 5 inches...its cool that you were able to catch them locally!

@@dwsdarius i too was surprised at first and so were the local fish shop owners but they confirmed that they are juveniles of south american earth eater ciclid species.

These fish are pretty hardy; recommend pH between 6.5-7.5; dH between 5.0-15.0....not too demanding!

Yes, they are just about the same temperament

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DWSDARIUS FISH TANKS is a 100 gallon big enough? Just bought a new tank today :)

@@-matom-1197 sounds like a decent size

mine bullied both my acara and my cutteri cichlid