any info on severum breeding
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i don't have them, but i am interested in getting a few pretty soon, so i've been researching. for the most success, you'd want to get 5-6 young ones, and allow them to pair up on their own. it seems like they are pickier than some other cichlids, so it takes them a bit longer to choose a mate. when older, males will have colorful "worm" markings on their faces similar to discus, and usually (but not always) wil be more colorful overall. i think the males also have slightly longer, trailing fins. true heros severus are mouthbrooders, heros efasciatus or appendiculatus (sp?) are substrate spawners. otherwise the same.
I am in the process of getting a breedin pair right now. i bought 6 baby gold severums and put them all in a 135gal tank. they started at around 1 inch and are now 3-4 inches each. i got them in june. i could have bought adults and went that way, but i think that raising them myself will be alot more rewarding. i have a friend that has a male gold severum and a female green severum that are breeding now. they laid eggs 4-5 times at first and other fish were eating them. so he put them in a 75gal by them selves and they had a batch of a little more than 100 fry. he said there wasnt much fighting between the two and they both take care of the young. he said the babies grow fast and appear to almost glance of the parents body like a discus or uaru. he said that they breed on there own and he does nothing to trigger them. it took him a long time to find 2 adults that were compatable, and said that raisng a bunch of young would have been easier. as for sex differences, the fins are not a good tell as to their sex as they both have pointed fins. a dominant male in the tank will usaully have the longest finnage though. females are often pale in color and dont have the squiggles on their face. males are the opposite, brightly colored with the squiggles on their face. in mine the squiggles started to show a bit just recently. by the looks of mine, it seems i have 4 or 5 males and only 1 or 2 females. i know that at least one is female for sure and 2 are male for sure. the rest are not developed enough for me to tell sex yet. i plan on only keeping 1 or 2 pair and selling off the rest, which wont be a problem as adult severums are sold fast. im not positve but im pretty sure that you would be safe following a general SA cichlid spawning guidelines. like low light, some slate of flower pots, big tank, ph around 7 or less, soft water, quality feeding, plenty of water changes, warm water,ect... so do you plan on getting a few yound and raising them to adult or going with adults right away? and what color do you plan on getting? and size of tank you could have for them?
wataugachicken;1136493; said:
The best way is to get a about 5-6 juvies, and let a pair form.but i've never tried that b4. I bought a turqoiuse male and a gold female when they were juveniles and they became a pair...lol they breed frequently but theyve never successfully hatched the eggs becuz of them being infertile or other fish in my tank eating them.
yea ive had 4 severums from about 2 inches in a 75 gallon waiting for them to pair up and then ill take the other two out and put them in my 125 when i get int in november
is sand a better substrate because ive seen alot of severum tanks with sand, dont really know much about sand as a substrate so info on that would be helpful i have ca tanks going right now so im fairly educated just wanted to
right now from what i can tell i have 2 females and two males, im not sure would you be able to see squigglys on green severums?, it fins dont go past its tail where the males do and stuff
is sand a better substrate because ive seen alot of severum tanks with sand, dont really know much about sand as a substrate so info on that would be helpful i have ca tanks going right now so im fairly educated just wanted to
right now from what i can tell i have 2 females and two males, im not sure would you be able to see squigglys on green severums?, it fins dont go past its tail where the males do and stuff
you would still see the squiggles on the green severums. IMO i think sand washes the colors out of fish and prfer a dark(black) substate. maybe black sand???
Black sand with light decor or white sand with dark decor is the way to go. I like blCK GRAVEl to show off large fish, but white stuff is great for smaller fish, and if you want to shoiw more detail.
later on after a pair forms, you would want to put some pieces of slate on the bottom of the tank underneath the sand, and let the potential parents choose the spawning site and uncover the slate themselves.