180g Geophagus planted tank UPDATE - Aquascaping

paradise · 08-14-2007, 10:29 AM

Took some pics last night, here is a new tank photo and more.

I redid the setup a bit , even if it looks almost the same. I built an aquasoil mound in the middle behind the rocks, and covered it with some sand, then planted the crypts on the inside edge in a half circle. Then the wood with needle-leaf java fern behind it, and anubias all around the outer circle attached to rocks by stainless steel wire. The wood are two HUGE manzanita branches, turned up. It's hard to see, but they are coming out about a foot out of the tank on top.

deepdiver · 08-14-2007, 10:56 AM

That's a !WOW! tank Those are beautiful fish

ed seeley · 08-14-2007, 11:36 AM

Awesome tank and a great way of keeping these sand-sifters with plants. How many species have you got in there? (Not counting the cories!)

paradise · 08-14-2007, 12:18 PM

Ed, thanks. There are quite a bit of fish in that tank. I do photography so I get one-ofs all the time, and many of them make it into the tank. I wont name those, just the fish I actually got FOR the tank.

- 2x Adult Geophagus Altifrons both male
- 4x Juvi Geophagus Altifrons/Tapajos II (not sure, some of each, I think) 2male 2 female
- 5x Gymnogeophagus meridionalis (the gold ones) 2 males 3 females
- 2x Santoperca Daemon, 1male 1 female
- 1x Santoperca Jurupari, unknown sex
- 1x unknown Geo, female. Had the male but got rid of him, was a PITA.
- 10 or so Adult Columbian Tetras
- 15 or so various Corydoras
- 5-6 Dianema catfish, some of each of Urostriatum and Longibarbis
- 2 SAEs

ed seeley · 08-14-2007, 02:35 PM

Thanks Paradise. I especially love the Gymnos. Will definitely have to keep an eye out for them. Are they a particular locality of meridionalis? I've never seen any photos of them looking so gold! Lovely!

paradise · 08-14-2007, 03:36 PM

According to my friend, who knows about these more, the WC parents were originally collected by Stun Sung et. al. from Urauay.

sebas · 08-14-2007, 06:45 PM

hi to all, the name of the country is Uruguay, more exactly Oriental Republic of Uruguay
in my country are many varieties of Group: "rhabdotus", here you can see most of them,
http://www.aqvaterra.com/cichlids_rh....php?idioma=EN

paradise · 08-14-2007, 10:16 PM

Sebas, sorry about the misspell, I copied that line from the other guy's post to me and did not even check if it was right. That is awful.

styderman · 08-15-2007, 12:30 AM

people from all over the world post on this thing, huh?

sebas · 08-15-2007, 05:59 AM

Do not worry for that, Uruguay is not a well-known country.
That is not awful, i just simply want to explain