Fish id pls

[Gillie]

Gille

I have to disagree sorry. I have 3 of these fish in my tank. They have a black spot in the middle of there body which is very faint but is more defined when the lights are first put on in the mornings.

Def as above. IMO

All juvenile Geos look the same I have kept and bred just about every species available to me in the last 20 years and the juvies from all of them looked identical, I can perhaps narrow it down to a species of the surinamensis group, past that it is too small to properly ID.

 

[Gillie]

Here's what I mean
Sp. Tapajos

surinamensis

altifrons

And finally Satanoperca Leucosticta

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All will have stripes or spots depending on mood or stress level but the fish in question does not have the head shape of a Satanoperca species.

 

[Ottermus]

I think he's geophagus tapajos

 

[Gillie]

I think he's geophagus tapajos

It would be nice if it were they are one of the nicest Geos out there, but still you won't know for sure until he is bigger.

 

[Ottermus]

Yes it's still too early I agree, there are so many fish that look so similar it's unreal! I'm only guessing really!

 

[Guinness]

Hi anyone know how long it takes for the eggs to hatch? I think they have laid eggs all along the bottom of the glass on the front of the tank.

 

[Ottermus]

This fish is now moving all the gravel around one of the pieces of driftwood and making a wall do its got a cave !!

 

[Gillie]

Geos will sift through the substrate for food and move a lot of it in the process.

 

[Ottermus]

It's moved a pretty huge amount!

 

[Gillie]

About how big is it now? If it's moving a lot of substrate and leaving a bowl it could be a male, they like to dig nest pits.

 

[Ottermus]

He's 3" to 4" now and when I turned lights on this morning it's moved all the gravel back!

 

[Ottermus]

Few more I could get

 

[Gillie]

At that size if it were a Tapajos you would see some color in the head since it would be getting close to full size, but with the color pattern I would be comfortable saying that it is a surinamensis.

 

[Ottermus]

There no distinct colour to his head he's just got a blue tint throughout his body! Interesting fish imo

 

[Gillie]

I believe it is surinamensis and should eventually look like this
http://i425.photobucket.com/albums/pp336/markandhisfish/eart.jpg

 

[Ottermus]

He definately looks like that IMO, thanks