Severums keepers?

[brewmaster15]

Anyone keep severums here.? I have a group of Rotkeils in a 75 gal tank I am growing out for breeding...

What do you have? and better yet...what fish do you keep with them.. I have a group of Rubber lip plecos and Oto cats in Qt I am thinking of adding... alittle worried that the OTOs will be lunch though!

-al

[Discus-n00b]

I've always loved the Rotkeils Al, unfortunently never had a chance to keep them though. None for me now, but i've kept general greens and golds in the past.

[Moon]

Al
I did have a group of 9 Rotkeils for about 2 years. Got them as 1" fry and grew to about 9". Quite peaceful for chiclids. I raised the fry in a 30g tank and moved them to a 125 when they were about 4". My well water is quite hard and they did well with some Geophagus Altifrons. Unfortunately all of them turned out to be males. I talked to the breeder and he mentioned that this might have to do with the ph of the breeding tank. His fish were bred in lake Ontario water. This water is also hard with a ph of 8.0
After keeping them for 2 years I sold all of them because I needed the tank space to breed the Geophagus.
As for feeding, they do require some veggies in their diet. So I made up a batch of paste food based on Lee Newman's recipie. It was shrimp and peas. They did well on that diet.
Good luck with your project.
Joe

[brewmaster15]

Thanks Guys,


These are my group of 7..They are F1 from wilds...Given to me by a good friend .They are still young though I have at least 2 females, as I have seen them lay eggs and theres a lot of sparring.. I really need to thin the herd for that size tank or move them up to a 125g....

They currently share the tank with a group of my home bred F1 Festivums.

-al

[brewmaster15]

a few more pics...

-al

[brewmaster15]

Afew shots of juvie f1 festivums....

-al

[manitu]

i like those mesonauta and the rotkeils

i had those but had to sell to go back to discus shame where really nice

theres a pic mine where nicer cloured than yours though

photobucketnot working will try later

[wreck]

hey al, i have 2 severums, not sure the technical name, they are yellow , and the one is starting to get nice red spots all over. my 2 severums are housed with 5 angels, some cory's , a few tetras , and a bristlenose.
severums are my wifes personal favorites.

what other cichilds could a person put with severums?

[Tito]

Very nice Severum Al! Severum are my favorite - I started out with them before I discovered Discus. They are quite peaceful for a large fish. I think the Ottos should be safe. Makes me wish I had another tank.

[brewmaster15]

ThanKs Guys!

what other cichilds could a person put with severums?

Wreck, I've had these with festivums,port cichlids, and geos so far.

hey.. These don't a chance in this tank if they are fertile but look what I found this am...

-al

[Eddie]

ThanKs Guys!

Wreck, I've had these with festivums,port cichlids, and geos so far.

hey.. These don't a chance in this tank if they are fertile but look what I found this am...

-al

Awesome! Huge spawn too.

All the best with them Al!

Eddie

[wreck]

hahaha that is awesome al, keep me in mind if they pan out!!!! i wouldn't mind a few of them.

[markandhisdiscus]

i love severums it was with great reluctance that i sold my green sev and my red spotted sev to make way for my discus project . here they are .

[wreck]

wow those are very nice!!!!

[markandhisdiscus]

thanks . i sold them to a friend who also keeps cichlids so i can get to see them anytime i like . this way i get the best of both worlds