can severums be kept with ebjd and blood parrots?

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Carefree_Dude

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I was interested in getting a severum or two. Tankmates would include a ebjd, blood parrots, ornate bichir, fire eel, black ghost knife, and a jade goby. Tank size is 210

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Ebjd is about 4 inch. Severums are less than 1 inch. Id let the severum grow a bit in a different tank first.

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I was wondering the exact same thing but with the size ratios exactly opposite. I bought four electric blue+gold gene jack dempsys babies about six months ago. One has died, but the other three are around 2" now. I have been having a legendary difficult time with my 4-5" red-hooded Severum. I have had to re home just about everything from it's tank. edit: Due to smaller fish beating the tar out of it. I have nursed the Severum back to perfect health, but now the tank is close to empty. The 4-5" Severum is housed in a 55 with two oriental weather loaches, and two baby florida gars currently in growout.

Don't worry, I would not consider moving the EBGJD into the tank with the Severum until after the gars are advanced to the next stage growout tank!
 
Carfree_Dude;4922301; said:
Ebjd is about 4 inch. Severums are less than 1 inch. Id let the severum grow a bit in a different tank first.

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it should be fine.
 
youll be fine
 
the severums will catch up to the EBJD most likely. I have a tank with an EBJD and a turquoise severum, bought them both together when they were 1", now the sev is 4 inches and the EBJD is still about 2. In that same tank I also have a 3" senegal bichir and a 7" Black ghost knife and the only one that causes trouble is the knife whenever anyone comes to the mouth of his cave he chases them away.

you should be fine
 
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