Geophagus Tapajos Breeding Project: Part 1 - The Beginning

Hello Fellow Fish Keepers!
It's not everyday when you catch your fish breeding in a fish tank. I managed to get our Geophagus tapajos breeding on camera and thought it would be cool to take you through the process and show you what I do to care for the eggs, fry and juveniles!
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[@PrimeTimeAquatics]

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[@VIDYA-bt2ki]

Difference between male and female geophagus fish

[@GirlTalksFish]

How cool! It's always fun to see the difference between raising different kinds of fry.

[@MarvinTheMusicMan]

Just wanted to say THANK YOU for this video, and am looking forward to following their progress through life, Best wishes from Manchester, England.

[@PrimeTimeAquatics]

Thanks Marvin! Always cool to hear from people on the other half of the world! : -)

[@TheHHHamburger]

I love these fish. I have an empty 120 gallon on standby. I would love to get some once they are a little bigger. Keep the ish healthy and us updated with part 2. Thanks and good job.

[@lizdyson3627]

This is cool. It kinda reminds me of when i was at school and we saw tadpoles turn into frogs.

[@PrimeTimeAquatics]

It’s fun watching them develop!

[@hmerchant3349]

What a wonderful video Jason. Rightly said it’s a wonder of life that we witnessed today.

[@PrimeTimeAquatics]

Thank you!

[@StevePolandAquatics]

Very cool Jason, always fun when you can catch them in the act.

[@PrimeTimeAquatics]

Thanks Steve! It sure is. Does it make you want to set up another tank or two and start breeding again? 😀 Your 300 looks awesome!

[@StevePolandAquatics]

Thanks! I'm thinking about setting up a few more tanks. Not breeding though. At this point I only want to have tanks that are upstairs where I'll see them.

[@breezyaquatics2427]

I love your channel, its quiet possibly my favorite channel. you remind me of my neighbor who got me into fish keeping. your tanks are awesome and I love how you keep African and south American cichlids.

[@PrimeTimeAquatics]

Thank you! I appreciate you watching. : -)

[@shelber10]

Ive been referencing this video a lot im on day 9 of the fry getting ready to move them wish me luck

[@PrimeTimeAquatics]

Awesome- good luck!

[@sujitraikwar2149]

Growing very fast!!!! Keep it up👍👍👍

[@caponetone5685]

Real nice. Great informative video... Good luck with them.

[@PrimeTimeAquatics]

Thank you!😀

[@GordonWMay]

Thank you for sharing that, it's great to see it from the very beginning!!!

[@N1khiel]

It was very exiting

[@PrimeTimeAquatics]

Thank you!

[@Willy101975]

Amazing fish! Those babies are going to look spectacular once they become adults! 👍😁

[@PrimeTimeAquatics]

I sure hope so. : -)

[@NiX_aKi]

So cool ❤️ I hope you can also cover identification of geophagus species. Differences, etc.

[@PrimeTimeAquatics]

Nice idea!

[@uakari]

Great video. Thanks for sharing this information. Just a quick note: 'tapajos' comes from the native Brazilian name for the river Tapajós, so it is not pronounced as in 'Navajo', but like the French pronounce their 'j', as in 'bonjour'.

[@Gabeasher699]

Awesome video as always! I just put a group of 5 geos in my 120 gallon Uaru and heros tank. Really love watching them their colours are amazing! I’ll post a video soon and send you a link this tank has been a work in progress over the last year but finally have it fully stocked and everything running very smooth. I think you’ll also really enjoy the huge piece of driftwood I cured and finally after 8 months got it water logged enough to sink it’s about 4 feet long with a big kinda cave hole in the center!

[@PrimeTimeAquatics]

That sounds awesome! Definitely send the link when you get it set up with all the fish!

[@Gabeasher699]

Prime Time Aquatics you bet! Love the channel man always great videos and advise thanks!

[@larrydsAquatics]

Very nice looking looking forward to seeing the rest of the show

[@aro9aquatics917]

My fav fish! Can’t wait for the next vid!

[@PrimeTimeAquatics]

Cool!

[@CaylorsReptilesAquatics]

Excellent video! I have two breeding pairs of Tapajos. I follow your same process. I do daily water changes through week three, then every other day when they are all eating. Thanks.

[@PrimeTimeAquatics]

Very cool!

[@LMCLovesKMC]

Is there a part 2? New subscriber. Trying to go through all videos related to geophagus tapajos! Thanks

[@PrimeTimeAquatics]

I wound up putting them into a grow out tote, which made it hard to film them. :-(

[@lillybain8799]

These are great fish!!! I put a pair in my 9ft discus display tank, there amazing fish. Under sold and under rated imo. Got 35 fry in QT tank now 😁

[@PrimeTimeAquatics]

I bet that looks so cool!

[@bernhardkawell68]

Very nice video

[@PrimeTimeAquatics]

Thank you!

[@Lflower1Stars]

Aww they so cute.... I hope you get to keep many to adulthood....good luck!

[@PrimeTimeAquatics]

Me too!

[@TMAquatics]

Saweeeeeeet! Great fish to breed. 👍

[@PrimeTimeAquatics]

One of my favorites!

[@CarlosGutierrez-dq8vv]

Hey cool video Jason keep them coming Bud good work

[@PrimeTimeAquatics]

Thanks Carlos - will do!

[@thirstyrabbittanks2u191]

Amazing fish and video well done

[@PrimeTimeAquatics]

Thank you! Appreciate you watching.

[@sharkbit61]

Very nice. Love your videos.

[@PrimeTimeAquatics]

Thank you!

[@aquacichlidparadise4754]

Great informative video... Thanks

[@PrimeTimeAquatics]

Thank you!

[@paulcardoza9880]

Awesome video ty!!!

[@kpNov23]

Exciting

[@monsterfishgal]

Great video

[@5wisher5weet]

They look super similar to their close relation Surinamensis

[@PrimeTimeAquatics]

They are both great fish!

[@FoxDreams]

So very cool! Thanks for sharing it with us. Some questions - if you didn't have the bottom feeders in there, could you have left the eggs with the parents? Would the parents eat either the eggs or the young at some point? Or would they be perfectly safe with parents taking care of them? Also do they HAVE to have live food or would they be fine with super-fine fry food, for instance like what Aquarium Co-Op has in the 'squirt' bottle? (not that I plan on breeding - I have ONE tank because it is literally all I have room for in my postage-stamp sized rental lol And that is a Multi tank♥ I'm just a curious sort.)

[@PrimeTimeAquatics]

If it was just the pair they would be good parents, but with the other geos and the plecos, the eggs had to come out. It's possible they would feed on the fry flake if it sank quickly, but I have such good results with LBB I wouldn't want to chance it!

[@ragulkumar9284]

What do you feed for breeding Redhead tapajos

[@PrimeTimeAquatics]

I like to feed them blood worms and frozen brine shrimp.

[@akvarist1849]

Please add Turkish subtitle support to the videos you upload

[@HeRo-qd6tk]

Hi Jason, Do you change the water often? Is there a Part 2? Thanks :-)

[@PrimeTimeAquatics]

As long as nitrates are 20ppm or less I don't change much water.

[@Vikingsroar]

So amazing to see but won't the parents be frantically looking for their babies? 😅

[@PrimeTimeAquatics]

They have short memories. 😀

[@Vikingsroar]

@@PrimeTimeAquatics haha didn't know that 😆 learnt something new today

[@jlathem56]

What a great looking fish. I think if I was going back with cichlids for my own enjoyment these would be the ones I would go with. By chance do you have a spotlight video on these guys? I don't remember if you use them or not but I heard that NatGeo is discontinuing their lights and have them on clearance at the big box stores. Some places are up to 75% off so I have heard. Thought you may want to know.

[@PrimeTimeAquatics]

Hey J - I do have a spotlight on them! I’ll have to keep an eye out for the lights. 😀

[@BradfordAquatics]

Nice video! These are one of my favorites! How big are the parents?

[@PrimeTimeAquatics]

Thank you! The parents are about 5".

[@STLFANSS]

You know I never used to give Geophagus of any kind a second look but you got me looking and I been liking LOL. I especially like this one you have here and another I think starts with a M? anyway thanks I wanted to ask if you changed any of the fry's water at all? Just curious there.

[@PrimeTimeAquatics]

They can certainly be a center piece fish in a decent sized tank!

[@Thorned_Rose]

Does it stress the parents to remove the eggs or are they "meh, what eggs?" once the eggs are out of range? Instead of an egg tumbler could you place the whole rock in a breeder and put a low flow powerhead or wavemaker pointed at them? Thanks! :)

[@PrimeTimeAquatics]

They look a little disoriented at first, but seem to quickly forget. Yes, you could put the rock in another tank with a bubbler or low flow power head.

[@kidtuber3407]

how come you didn't mention how often you fed them

[@PrimeTimeAquatics]

We feed all our fish twice a day.

[@urpoche]

Where's part 2 ?

[@PrimeTimeAquatics]

Kinda messed up this series. I did one update as part of another video and then put the fish in growout totes that made it hard to film them. Not smart on my part. Rrrrr

[@ajittripathi9658]

did they fight before breedin

[@PrimeTimeAquatics]

Ours didn't?

[@garysmith1190]

Those red heads are awesome! Will the fry be up for sale when sizeable?

[@PrimeTimeAquatics]

They will be but we only sell through local swaps and auctions right now.

[@cathyhendrix7552]

Where are your follow up videos?

[@PrimeTimeAquatics]

I would up putting them in a tote, which made it harder to film them. :-/

[@catfishcave379]

They are gorgeous! How big are they and are they full grown? I'm curious because I've had the G. surinamensis complex before, and they were all giants of 8"+. Looking for a smaller specimen with the coloration. I've read these get to 4"... but yours look bigger. The little ones are so cute!! (I'm a sucker for eartheaters...)

[@paochicken]

Catfish Cave they get about 6-7" max

[@PrimeTimeAquatics]

Agreed - mine are maxing out at about 5-6"

[@FridayFishFacts]

Are these one of more peaceful of aggressive geophagus?

[@PrimeTimeAquatics]

I would say they are semi-aggressive. They tend to be a little hard on each other, but not too bad with other semi-aggressive fish.

[@djp4nfa]

What would happen if you had left them in the tank with the rest of the community?

[@PrimeTimeAquatics]

I have 7-8 bristlenose plecos in that tank and they eat the eggs. If they didn't the other two geos would eventually eat the fry.

[@djp4nfa]

Oh fair enough. A question for you.... I have a 5ft, 400 L tank. What are your thoughts on having the below for a long term tank. 2 x tapojos, 2 x firemouth 2 elliotti and maybe a small pleco or two. Would that be suitable?

[@Meg_Slev]

Whatever happened to them? Didn’t see a part 2?

[@PrimeTimeAquatics]

So, funny story - after I moved the fry out of the 7.5 gallon I moved them into a black plastic grow-out tote. Well, that's great for growing them out, but doesn't lend well to filming.

[@neonclouds9295]

Do you have to vent them in order to sex them? Or is there a easier visual way?

[@oqr2hqo]

Interesting you used an egg tumbler, I thought they take care of their young for 30 days or so

[@PrimeTimeAquatics]

Pat They do, but not with other geos and bristlenose plecos in the tank. The eggs vanish quick! 😀

[@oqr2hqo]

Prime Time Aquatics ahh I didn’t notice the plecos 😅

[@akhileshthapa_fishbro86]

👍

[@rev.jesseabelchristianlife6693]

🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟 chanting part 2, part 2, part 2 😂😂😂

[@PrimeTimeAquatics]

So let it be written, so let it be done!

[@rev.jesseabelchristianlife6693]

Amen! Pouring the wax and striking the seal now! It's an edict! LOL

[@joselimai]

SO WHERE TF IS PART 2?????

[@PrimeTimeAquatics]

I think I forgot to make it. 😀

[@suckslip]

Wish I would have seen this a week ago. Just lost the mama fish and the 2 fry she had this weekend.

[@PrimeTimeAquatics]

I'm sorry that happened :-(

[@thefishylife6823]

Great stuff!! Hey that looks more like 50!!? Maybe a few less??? Did you count the eggs at removal? Either way what a great fish to breed , geophagus are so underated!!!

[@PrimeTimeAquatics]

It very well may be, but my estimation skills are lacking. Haha

[@lawfullyblind8403]

I just got eggs from mine last week. I got about 100 eggs

[@PrimeTimeAquatics]

Sweet!