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That looks like my raspberry severum that i have
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That raspberrie looks like a female to me they both do to me severums and like the one person said sometimes females have spots on there faces here's some of my reds 
That's a female as u can see by eggs
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That's a female as u can see by eggs
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Hi Guys,
My Severums have finally laid eggs again. I think it's safe to say that theblueface is a male based on what Ryan said previously.
Here's some photos (Apologies forthe quality!)
Unfortunately the eggs don't stand a chance with the other stock I have inthere - I do have a Fluval Edge I can transfer the eggs to though - Can anyonegive me some advice on how to do this successfully?
My Severums have finally laid eggs again. I think it's safe to say that theblueface is a male based on what Ryan said previously.
Here's some photos (Apologies forthe quality!)
Unfortunately the eggs don't stand a chance with the other stock I have inthere - I do have a Fluval Edge I can transfer the eggs to though - Can anyonegive me some advice on how to do this successfully?
Yes, the rotkeil is the female and the other is the male.
Severums do a pretty good job of raising fry in a community tank. My pairs always manage to get their spawns to at least free-swimming stage. This is usually when tankmates start picking them off. The only issue I've had is with large plecos. They will go in at night and eat eggs. If you leave a nightlight on for them (I leave a lamp on in my fish room) they will guard the eggs around the clock. I have some mouthbrooding severums in my 210 right now with month-old fry and they've managed to successfully fend off eight Geos, a psittacus, three other severums, and a large pike cichlid. The fry are already about thumbnail size. If I were to turn the lights off, the fry would be gone the next day.
I'd let them try and hatch the eggs themselves. You can siphon off the fry as they go free-swimming and move them to a separate grow-out tank if you want. Otherwise, your only options are to either remove the entire piece of wood they spawned on and place it in a separate tank, or just give the pair their own tank. You could also divide the pair from the rest of your fish if they're on one end of the tank.
Severums do a pretty good job of raising fry in a community tank. My pairs always manage to get their spawns to at least free-swimming stage. This is usually when tankmates start picking them off. The only issue I've had is with large plecos. They will go in at night and eat eggs. If you leave a nightlight on for them (I leave a lamp on in my fish room) they will guard the eggs around the clock. I have some mouthbrooding severums in my 210 right now with month-old fry and they've managed to successfully fend off eight Geos, a psittacus, three other severums, and a large pike cichlid. The fry are already about thumbnail size. If I were to turn the lights off, the fry would be gone the next day.
I'd let them try and hatch the eggs themselves. You can siphon off the fry as they go free-swimming and move them to a separate grow-out tank if you want. Otherwise, your only options are to either remove the entire piece of wood they spawned on and place it in a separate tank, or just give the pair their own tank. You could also divide the pair from the rest of your fish if they're on one end of the tank.
My plecs actually don't seem too interested in them. The big royal likes that spot when they're not spawning but knows his place when there's eggs there! The main problems I have are with the Salvini and my other Severums - my smaller green severum is so intent on eating the eggs no matter how bad he gets beaten up, but the pair are doing a good job so far of protecting them. Just gonna try and keep the tank mates well fed so hopefully they don't feel as much need to feed on the eggs!!
How do you determine if the eggs have been fertilised? About 10 have turned white this morning, are the white ones dead?
Thanks for the tip on the light - will leave the room light on at night
Will try and let them raise them to free swimming stage themselves then will siphon them out... Just concerned that as soon as they are free swimming the other fish will have a field day!
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How do you determine if the eggs have been fertilised? About 10 have turned white this morning, are the white ones dead?
Thanks for the tip on the light - will leave the room light on at night
Will try and let them raise them to free swimming stage themselves then will siphon them out... Just concerned that as soon as they are free swimming the other fish will have a field day!
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Once they go free-swimming the tankmates will probably pick them off really fast. I use about a 10" piece of rigid airline tubing attached to a long piece of airline hose and just create a mini-siphon to suck them into a small cup or bucket. Then I just move them to their own tank. You can use water from the main tank or you can just match the parameters (so there's no shock from a large temperature or pH change). You can also siphon them out just before free-swimming when you see the fry starting to "hop" around and trying to swim. The parents will most likely attack you and/or the siphon.
White eggs are usually dead because they didn't get fertilized. They will usually fungus over and look fuzzy. Good eggs will be an amber/orange color and after 1.5 - 2 days they should darken as the eyes develop. If you look really closely you'll be able to see little eyes in the eggs after that time. Depending on the temperature they usually hatch in 2 - 2.5 days. Once the wrigglers have hatched, the parents usually move them somewhere near the bottom of the tank, either to a pit they've dug or onto a rock, flowerpot, etc. They'll be in a big wriggling mass.
White eggs are usually dead because they didn't get fertilized. They will usually fungus over and look fuzzy. Good eggs will be an amber/orange color and after 1.5 - 2 days they should darken as the eyes develop. If you look really closely you'll be able to see little eyes in the eggs after that time. Depending on the temperature they usually hatch in 2 - 2.5 days. Once the wrigglers have hatched, the parents usually move them somewhere near the bottom of the tank, either to a pit they've dug or onto a rock, flowerpot, etc. They'll be in a big wriggling mass.
I have a Green Severum myself when his stripes appear one gets cut off by his eye and continues at bottom of eye it is neat
