Sexing Severums

Angelphish · Jun 4, 2016

Woefulrelic said:
Curious why you say that. Looks like it has 9 stress bars to me.

I was sure it was rotkeil, but from the picturesame I saw it didn't look like one. I also searched for juvenile, but no results. It doesn't look like a green Severna, because it would be green building then. My 2" green Severm already developed the green.
Firemouth photobombed me.

Severum

Skalper666 · Jun 4, 2016

Need some better pics of the face for sexing.

Woefulrelic · Jun 4, 2016

Stephen Hiatt said:
I was sure it was rotkeil, but from the picturesame I saw it didn't look like one. I also searched for juvenile, but no results. It doesn't look like a green Severna, because it would be green building then. My 2" green Severm already developed the green.

H. Efasciatus has many variations based on collection point and years of being bred in the hobby. Combined with the fact that all heros (except liberifer afaik) can hybridize without much fuss and you get a fish that has many different appearances. Heros is also a genus that needs a bit of loving, rotkiel aren't even officially described.

tbear6410 · Jun 5, 2016

Ok.. got 2 more pictures of the Severum's... Hard to do cause they don't want to hold still. Last night, we also noticed there WERE white eggs on a rock by the corner that they were protecting.. Nothing there this morning. Bigger one is still staying by the Gold one and pushing the Smaller one around,.
Smaller is the top picture... Bigger is the bottom picture...