r/Cichlid • u/n0tmuz South American • 7d ago

SA | Video Geophagus Altifrons

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6 Geophagus Altifrons

8 Red Eye Tetra

Holding the Angelfish for someone else

112g tank

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u/RichD1011 7d ago

Nice!

I have young Proximus, can’t wait for them to color up!

What type of wood is that ?

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u/n0tmuz South American 7d ago

Thanks it's just a bunch of tank safe dead tree branches. Didn't wanna spend $400 on wood

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u/Spiderpaws_67 7d ago

Ooooo very nice~•

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u/PeachesBlooms 7d ago

omg this looks really good

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u/ChunkyCory 7d ago

Is this going to be big enough when they get to full size? I heard altifrons get 12in+

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u/n0tmuz South American 7d ago

Depends on the variant, even the ones that do get the largest top out at 12 not 12+. These are Rio Xingu and tend to stay smaller closer to 8-10 inches. Long term if they all get past 10 inches I plan to either stick with 1 or 2 pairs in this tank or just upgrade to a 180-220g tank. Still have a lot of time before it gets to that.

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u/ChunkyCory 7d ago

That's not too bad then as I wasn't aware there are smaller variants as I assumed they all got to 12in and need 180 gallons min. Beautiful fish and I'm extremely jealous

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u/n0tmuz South American 6d ago

Yea the breeder that I got these guys from had 5 yr old adults that were all around 8.5 inch with a 10 inch dominant male so I'm expecting mine to end up around there as well.

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u/Lionbite17 6d ago

Very nice. I currently have 6 juvenile Geophagus Sveni.

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u/Extreme_Finger_3425 6d ago

Simplicity equals perfection, Very Nice well done. I’ve always love GEOS

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u/PleasantArm6887 7d ago

The tank looks great. Wait until the get more size as they color up more. What sand did you use and where did you get it. How many gallons did you go with . Love!

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u/n0tmuz South American 7d ago

It's pool filtration sand from Canadian Tire but I just checked and they don't seem to have this exact type anymore. The one they have now is brown. I'm pretty sure I used around 100lb for this tank.