So I'm not a newbie to the aquarium hobby. I normally keep Discus, freshwater inverts, rare plecos, and some other random stuff.
Anyway, my wife asked me to setup a tank for the kids and I didn't want anything too expensive, community ifsh, and with water parameters similar to Discus (in case I needed a quick place to store Discus temporarily).
It so happened that TBAS was having an auction. I didn't know about it until last minute so I didn't have time to do proper research. Now, I'm a bit overstock and I want to make sure I can take care of it ASAP.
Anyway, I have a 90G with an AC110, sand bottom. I can add a second AC, sponge and/or Cannister filter as needed. Since I'm used to raising Discus, I also have the equipment and patience to do quick daily WC (to address some of the overstock issues). Using tap and plan to keep to that.
So at the auction I went a little overboard... I also got a little scared I wasn't going to get my "red heads" so I started bidding on all the Geos.
1 Geophagus brasiliensis - 2 inches (the other one died during transport)
4 Geophagus heckelii - 2 inches
3 'wild' rams - 1 inch
3 Geophagus 'Red Hump' steindachneri - 2 inches
6 Geophagus 'Red Head' Tapajos - 1 inch
6 Rainbow cichlids - 1 inch, separate tank at the moment but was considering putting them in
5 Corydora paleatus - breeding colony (wanted sterbais, but at least got these cheap), separate tank but hope to put them in
I really wish I hadn't bought all the geos (with the exception of the red heads --- which is what I went there for). So based on the feedback here, I'm probably going to get rid of the rest. Although I do like the Red Hump as well.
I also got the rainbow cichlids cheap... not sure why I bought them. I remember years ago they caught my eye and I raised my paddle on impulse.
Anyway, I was reading the brasiliensis are a little aggressive. So I might have to remove it. I can't tell the difference between the brasiliensis and the heckelii, so I might take them all out.
I know the tank is overstocked (or will be) so I'm going to remove the ones that is recommended ASAP. I had 3 QTs (two 20G and one 90G) setup when I got home but all the Geos came from the same seller (except one group) so I went ahead and mixed those along with the rams. The 90G is my kid's tank but since it had no fish made no difference.
Any advice/comments?
Anyway, my wife asked me to setup a tank for the kids and I didn't want anything too expensive, community ifsh, and with water parameters similar to Discus (in case I needed a quick place to store Discus temporarily).
It so happened that TBAS was having an auction. I didn't know about it until last minute so I didn't have time to do proper research. Now, I'm a bit overstock and I want to make sure I can take care of it ASAP.
Anyway, I have a 90G with an AC110, sand bottom. I can add a second AC, sponge and/or Cannister filter as needed. Since I'm used to raising Discus, I also have the equipment and patience to do quick daily WC (to address some of the overstock issues). Using tap and plan to keep to that.
So at the auction I went a little overboard... I also got a little scared I wasn't going to get my "red heads" so I started bidding on all the Geos.
1 Geophagus brasiliensis - 2 inches (the other one died during transport)
4 Geophagus heckelii - 2 inches
3 'wild' rams - 1 inch
3 Geophagus 'Red Hump' steindachneri - 2 inches
6 Geophagus 'Red Head' Tapajos - 1 inch
6 Rainbow cichlids - 1 inch, separate tank at the moment but was considering putting them in
5 Corydora paleatus - breeding colony (wanted sterbais, but at least got these cheap), separate tank but hope to put them in
I really wish I hadn't bought all the geos (with the exception of the red heads --- which is what I went there for). So based on the feedback here, I'm probably going to get rid of the rest. Although I do like the Red Hump as well.
I also got the rainbow cichlids cheap... not sure why I bought them. I remember years ago they caught my eye and I raised my paddle on impulse.
Anyway, I was reading the brasiliensis are a little aggressive. So I might have to remove it. I can't tell the difference between the brasiliensis and the heckelii, so I might take them all out.
I know the tank is overstocked (or will be) so I'm going to remove the ones that is recommended ASAP. I had 3 QTs (two 20G and one 90G) setup when I got home but all the Geos came from the same seller (except one group) so I went ahead and mixed those along with the rams. The 90G is my kid's tank but since it had no fish made no difference.
Any advice/comments?
