Firemouth or Severum?

[zerojquan85]

Severum are nice docile fish.. and you wouldn't have troble from one of these guys...

as for firemouth.. they look nice.. but sometimes are aggressive..

 

[devder1]

firemouths have more striking colors, and are a little quieter
severums are inquisitive and beautiful
and i would just get 1 severum, i had 2 and one was dominant and quickly got bigger than the other 1 and i think it died of stress, but good thing is i still have the dominant one and i love him

 

[Addikted2Cichlids]

Sev's, I would order some of the "Super Red"s from Jeff Rapps. Definently awsome.

I agree "super Reds" all the way.. They will add lots of color to your tank..

 

[Eläköön]

your only havıng 3 sılver dollars and a severum ın a 90 gallon? wont that look abıt empty?

 

[Loves severums]

I had a firemouth with a severum and the sev was the boss of the firemouth.

 

[klmt]

Get both. FMs and severums and silver dollars and plecos all go great together. Get one FM and one severum. 90 is plenty of space.

 

[gspille]

I think I'm going to get the one sev, and maybe add one or two more red hooks. I think with that stock the tank will have plenty of activity. I think I may have located a red shoulder I think the guy said they are? I'd love to have a super red, though.

 

[Loves severums]

red heads are cool.

 

[gspille]

Darn! The rotkeil's were gone by the time I got there yesterday. I'm going to get one when he gets his new stock next week.

 

[BigCountry]

Very hard decision, they both are great fish.

Personally in that 90 gallon, I would do 1 of each.


Make sure the Severum is clear of ich before you buy one.