Help Me Pick An Addition

[Verminator89]

Awww, a group of Cupids would have been fantastic, but i'm sure what you have now are going to be equally brilliant. Really want a group of Cupids myself now haha!

 

[tenohfive]

Cheers...and I know, I'm fussy - this tank is my pride and joy.

Out of interest (and in case the Geo's don't work out) what sort of size group of cupids were you thinking?

 

[Verminator89]

I like odd numbers personally. Even numbers look to 'uniform', its a throw back to gardening i think, whereby 3 plants in a triangle look better than 4 in a square plantation. Haha, might sound odd, but is true and i feel the same about fish, so i always go for odd numbers of whatever i buy, except a breeding "pair" ofcourse.

Enough waffling about that, personally i would go for a group of 5. They don't get too big, and are a sociable cichlid, so a group of 5 will have some nice interaction without overcrowding your tank.

 

[tenohfive]

I like odd numbers personally. Even numbers look to 'uniform', its a throw back to gardening i think, whereby 3 plants in a triangle look better than 4 in a square plantation. Haha, might sound odd, but is true and i feel the same about fish, so i always go for odd numbers of whatever i buy, except a breeding "pair" ofcourse.

Enough waffling about that, personally i would go for a group of 5. They don't get too big, and are a sociable cichlid, so a group of 5 will have some nice interaction without overcrowding your tank.

Waffle no doubt, but I'm inclined to agree with you. On some level I'm itching to add a third Geo for the same reason - common sense is stopping me however.

And I'll keep the cupid numbers in mind for future reference - cheers.

 

[Wills]

Nice choice with the Megasema Great geo - but I would follow your plans up to get more!! Geophagus and any of their relatives (satans, cupids, guainacaras) need to be kept in groups - breeding pairs might work but groups are always better with them. They are not one of the larger species like Altifrons so could be maintained in 400 or more liters I think as a group of 5 though my group of 4 Winemilleri do pretty well

Wills

 

[hamfist]

On some level I'm itching to add a third Geo

3 geos is the very worst number of geos you can have. Pretty much always, one of them will get bullied badly by the other two, who will gang up on it. If you're going to get more, go for at least amother 3 to make a total of 5. Geos really do need a group to spread out aggresion, unless you are keeping just a singleton or a settled M/F pair.

 

[tenohfive]

On some level I'm itching to add a third Geo

3 geos is the very worst number of geos you can have. Pretty much always, one of them will get bullied badly by the other two, who will gang up on it. If you're going to get more, go for at least amother 3 to make a total of 5. Geos really do need a group to spread out aggresion, unless you are keeping just a singleton or a settled M/F pair.

I'm not going to add a third, it's just the appeal of the odd numbers thing. I remember reading further back in this thread about going single, pair or a group.
Starting to itch for a bigger tank again.

So far so good, though it's early days. They're big enough to hold their own it seems, though I keep waiting for the other shoe to drop and see a bloodbath developing - so far they seem to be paying scant attention to one another and I'm wondering if it's the calm before the storm.