Eartheater Sexual Maturity

[Audaxcity]

How old were your eartheaters when they started breeding? I heard for A. heckelii it takes 2-3 years. What about Geophagus? I know it depends on the species.

 

[neutrino]

I've kept other types of geos, but have only tried to breed OH (or red head) Tapajos so far and they started up as early as 6-8 months-- I found the red heads to be easy to breed.

 

[duanes]

The members of the Geophagus altifrons group began breeding in my tanks, at around a year old.
Gymnoegeophagus seemed to start within a year, just after a winter cool down (@ only about 3").

 

[DaveAPBT]

I keep Geophagus Steindachneri & while I can't tell you how old they are, I can tell you they are roughly 2"