Introducing a female severum

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I have a fully mature male green severum and I have introduced a female who is 3/4 the size of the male. I know that they don't pair easily but he is aggressive towards her after being together for about half an hour so I have separated them with a perspex divider so they can see each other. Any other ideas? is the situation likely to change or should I just return the female to the LFS? and get other fish? they are in a 55 gallon tank with a couple of bristle noses and an algae eater.As I've had the male a while I don't want to get rid of him.
 
You should probably keep them separated for awhile until female is bigger, and observe their behavior. It's always best to let cichlids pair off naturally, but I personally have bred kribensis without natural pairing. It may or may not work though. :)
 
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that never works for me, it's like the fish recoginize all the same rocks regardless what formation they are in.

Leave them divided for a few months and try again, good luck.
 
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o5b0rn3b said:
that never works for me, it's like the fish recoginize all the same rocks regardless what formation they are in.

Leave them divided for a few months and try again, good luck.
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It's worked for me, but then again, all fish are different.
 
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Thanks. ..they are in the same tank but separated...The female is very keen to be with the male but the male is very territorial and will chase and attack her given the opportunity.
 
Midory said:
I have a fully mature male green severum and I have introduced a female who is 3/4 the size of the male. I know that they don't pair easily but he is aggressive towards her after being together for about half an hour so I have separated them with a perspex divider so they can see each other. Any other ideas? is the situation likely to change or should I just return the female to the LFS? and get other fish? they are in a 55 gallon tank with a couple of bristle noses and an algae eater.As I've had the male a while I don't want to get rid of him.
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Decoration that allow the smaller fish to get away from the bigger fish. Seperate territory with sight line breaks.
The male can be aggressive when not breeding. Should stop when the dancing and eggs and fry come into play.

Also could add another male for him to beat on. Once they start to spawn pull the submissive male out. Let the parents raise the fry. They will probably eat the first few batches.
 
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I'm currently growing out 7 severum together and there's quite a bit more conspecifc aggression than I would have thought before I set the tank up. It's funny because certain fish in the tank seem to be overtly aggressive to one other individual fish and it makes you wonder what it is exactly they don't like about one another. I'm hoping to keep the group together forever but if the chasing and shoving around ever turns into serious injuries I'll split them up if it comes to it.
 
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MonsterFishCreeper said:
I'm currently growing out 7 severum together and there's quite a bit more conspecifc aggression than I would have thought before I set the tank up. It's funny because certain fish in the tank seem to be overtly aggressive to one other individual fish and it makes you wonder what it is exactly they don't like about one another. I'm hoping to keep the group together forever but if the chasing and shoving around ever turns into serious injuries I'll split them up if it comes to it.
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yeah my female is keen to be friendly with the male but he is very aggressive towards her...
 
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