tubbi Posted February 3, 2010 Report Share Posted February 3, 2010 Hey Japes & Ozarowana or whoever knows this Geo, This is right up your alley, id on these 2 different types of Geo's please: There are 7 Geo's in total: 2 Have red eyes, striped tails & have a red stripy color.(Looks like both males) The other 5 have spots on tails, no red eyes & are a goldy pearl color. (Looks like males & females) So it looks like 2 different type of species. Good luck Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
japes Posted February 3, 2010 Report Share Posted February 3, 2010 Hi tubbi, The fish in the first, second, fourth, fifth, and at the front of sixth are Geophagus altifrons "Tocantins", smaller lateral spots/patterning and colouration. The second species with the larger lateral spot/striped caudal in photos three, seven, and eight, are Geophagus sp. "Columbia/Venezuela". I'll get ozarowana to confirm. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tubbi Posted February 3, 2010 Author Report Share Posted February 3, 2010 Hey Japes, Thanks for that, will wait and see what me mate Oz says, this saves him from coming over to id them for me! Cheers Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ozarowana Posted February 3, 2010 Report Share Posted February 3, 2010 Correct. Caudal fin pattern is the easiest characteristic to use to distinguish between your two species. 1. altifrons, tail of sp. C/V showing 2. altifrons, body of sp. C/V showing 3. both sp. C/V 4. altifrons 5. same pic as 2 6. altifrons, two behind are sp. C/V, altifrons at the very back 7. sp. C/V 8. sp. C/V Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sarg Posted February 3, 2010 Report Share Posted February 3, 2010 Ahh Tubbi 3rd down looks like Col/Ven to me quality looks a bit bad maybe you should finally going to succumb to my needy requests and offload them to me Nahh looks good got yours breeding yet? You probably have excess females so i'd be happy to take one off you Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ozarowana Posted February 3, 2010 Report Share Posted February 3, 2010 Looks like he has only got 2 of the col/ven. Wouldn't be a bad trade for a future colony of juveniles. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tubbi Posted February 3, 2010 Author Report Share Posted February 3, 2010 Thanks guys for the good work!! But you didn't mention the clown loach in the background!! Lol I thought I had 2 col/ven Sarg: throw me an offer!!! Lol Can you see whether the 2 col/ven are males or females? I think they might be 2 males not sure anyone got a female?? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
japes Posted February 3, 2010 Report Share Posted February 3, 2010 Hard pick, I'd probably say both males. You definitely have some female altifrons in there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
timlav Posted February 3, 2010 Report Share Posted February 3, 2010 i want c/v's or alitfrons Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
