30 G w/ 1 gold sev... tankmates??

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freeskierrocket

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As the title states I have a 30 g w / 1, 7 '' gold sevrum. I was thinking of putting a couple corydoras in there as the clean up crew?? also would it be possible for any dither type fish to coinhabit the tank w/ the sev?? suggestions welcome and appreciated.....
 
I would just leave it. I have my sev in a 55 gal and I couldn't imagine him in a 30 gal espacially with tankmates.

Chad
 
So yours is all alone in the 55G??.... do you think a couple corys would be allright just to help out cleaning the leaftover food etc...or do you think they will be harassed??... I have no prob having him all alone as he was bought to be a centerpice fish.....and i did do a lot of reasearch and all roads let to 30g = good for 1 sev..., thank for the input chad..
 
30gal is simply too small for a full grown Severum. Are you aware that they reach up to 12" full grown? I would never keep a Sev in anything less than a 55gal, and as chad already said, certainly not with tankmates in an already too-small tank.
 
agreed with all the above, it needs more room.

till then you might be able to also add two or three giant danios for dither fish.

be sure to do lots of water changes!!!
 
Unless the fish is really shy, I don't see the point in dither fish. I thought they were to reduce aggression or to bring out shy fish. So if you are keeping a solitary specimen what's the point?
 
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