Geophagus Aereos Behaviors

[animicrazy]

Have (4) Geophagus aereos. One fish was getting picked on and looked stressed: removed to another tank - doing fine now. Another is clearly hiding from the "main" two. Could this be pairing behavior or are these fish just plain mean?

Paul.

Thanks.

 

[mscichlid]

Don't know much about Geophagus, but what I know about cichlids is that if you see one fish hiding or trying to hide in a corner of the tank and two fish are swimming together and harassing that fish together...ummm, it might be a pair.

If the fish attack separately, does it return back to the other? If so,....ummm, it might be a pair.

Take the third out and see how they behave. If the other two continue to swim together, if they start clearing and cleaning a site....bingo; you've got a pair.

Keep us posted on what's going on!

Francine