So… please tell me these are actually Cupids…

[Magnum Man]

 

[AJ356]

Sure look like it to me. I wonder what it "might" be if not? Because it looks like a normal cupid, but I've never kept them.

 

[GaryE]

That is a cupido. Where are you going to put them with all the Cichlids in that tank

 

[Magnum Man]

Of course, as luck would have it, I must have gotten 2 males I saw a little tension between them last night… the other Cichlids seem to be leaving them alone… the earth eater is bossing them, not chasing at all, just doesn’t respect their space, and swims through, like it doesn’t acknowledge them at all… I haven’t witnessed any fights this morning, and the Cupids are hanging 6-8 inches apart, most of the time…

 

[Colin_T]

Nah they aren't cupids, just another funny cichlid you got sent




just messing with his head, messin with his head

 

[GaryE]

Nah they aren't cupids, just another funny cichlid you got sent




just messing with his head, messin with his head

I thought you said "Cubids", the illustrious giant cubist rat eating Cichlid. Yeah, it's those. They get to 23.76 inches long and eat rats, driftwood and aquarium glass.

 

[Colin_T]

Mybe cubism where the fish start to take on the shape of a rubicks cube

 

[anewbie]

I believe they do best in a group of 5 to 8; As other said it is definitely a cupido and not a wavarni. I have 7 and they are just happy little kids as long as i stay far far away.

 

[GaryE]

It's not a fish I'd buy two of, but if that's what you have, hope for at least one male. I found them very social, a bit like angels for the group dynamics, without as much of a mean edge as angel society tends to have.

 

[anewbie]

It's not a fish I'd buy two of, but if that's what you have, hope for at least one male. I found them very social, a bit like angels for the group dynamics, without as much of a mean edge as angel society tends to have.

You know i was going to say something simliar but recently my two group of angels have been really passive; i have 5 in a 600 with plenty of room to separate if they get 'mean'; and to be truthful they seem to collect in a corner now and then to fight but not nearly as bad as I seen them do in a smaller aquarium; conversely the 9 i have in a 120 have been very passive and in part because I think the krobia make them just a bit on edge that they want to be in a group. The 120 is a scratch aquarium with things i haven't decided what to do; so it has 5 breeding krobia and 9 angelfishes and a few scratch pleco. The krobia on the other hand are not what i consider a pretty fish but they sure are passive when breeding. Don't get me wrong they guard the frys very tightly but they don't go running around the tank being territorial.

 

[Magnum Man]

Mine are out in the middle of the tank, a few inches off the sand, most of the time, but they do duck into the Java Ferns once in a while

 

[GaryE]

I could never get mine to breed, and so I never saw that behaviour. They reached full size and lived for several years, but reminded me of juvenile Cichlids. They tended to hang in a small group, travelling around peacefully but usually with a lead fish and a 'tail gunner" at the rear. Mine also never developed the colours you see in the popular photos. They were really nice, but consistently light brown. They are curious fish to watch.

The whole Geophagine group is cool. You can have easy going Biotodoma, and more beautiful but sometimes more aggressive Guianacara, thoughtful looking Satanoperca, colourful Geophagus, cooler water Gymnogeophagus, little Apistogramma... I bought a few tanks because of those fish.

 

[Magnum Man]

This has become their normal hangout

 

[gwand]

How large is the tank?

 

[Magnum Man]

This is a 45 gallon tall