Now shes not so into him... can be expected... anyone ever have any fish have a really bad row and then make up eventually... they had gotten as far as free swimming fry numerous times that all failed and I think that might have been the source of the fight... either he doesn't consider her a proper mate or vise versa and feelings were hurt and so were fins.... annyyyyway??? Comments?
My severum went chris brown on his mate
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I'm not sure about yours, but, my male about ripped my females face off last night...
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Yea they can be not so nice... everything was going so well they spawned like two days after meeting each other and did increasingly successful attempts about four times after that.... then the stress apparently got to him...
Why are they not successful after getting the fry to the free swimming stage? What's happening to the fry?
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Yeah as peaceful as they may be, they are still cichlids and very unpredictable...
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I'm pretty sure one of the parents is eating them.... My problem is being good about feeding them.... My tanks are very planted so I try not to overfeed to fish too much my original fish guy always told me its better to have slightly hungry fish than fish that are actually full.... Seems to be no problem for the big guys but you can't go two days without feeding fry... eh...
More often than not, IME, fish that pair off really soon after being introduced don't always make the best long-term, bonded pairs. I've had this happen on several occasions with severums. You introduce a male, they flirt and spawn with a female, and then it all falls apart. Are they alone in their tank? It'd be best to separate them if there is aggression.
I had a turquoise male who paired to a female about three days after I introduced him to the tank. They raised two spawns together, then he went crazy and almost killed her. I let her heal for a month in a separate tank and then tried reintroducing them into a larger severum community. He immediately sought her out and began attacking her again. I was never able to house them together again, even in a 210 gallon tank with about 12 other large cichlids. He still found her and harassed her.
Your only real chance would be to remove her, let her heal up, and then introduce them into neutral territory, i.e. putting them both in a new tank at the same time with other fish. They may or may not tolerate each other.
I had a turquoise male who paired to a female about three days after I introduced him to the tank. They raised two spawns together, then he went crazy and almost killed her. I let her heal for a month in a separate tank and then tried reintroducing them into a larger severum community. He immediately sought her out and began attacking her again. I was never able to house them together again, even in a 210 gallon tank with about 12 other large cichlids. He still found her and harassed her.
Your only real chance would be to remove her, let her heal up, and then introduce them into neutral territory, i.e. putting them both in a new tank at the same time with other fish. They may or may not tolerate each other.
Well said... its so funny to hear about experiences so similar.... they definitely don't get along anymore. Shes in the big tank and I put him in a 40 breeder to chill out.... My issue is he's kind of a trouble maker in the big tank so he either stays in the small tank or I exchange him for another male... Hes a beauty though which is what makes him sad to get rid of...
^ What other fish do you have in the big tank with the female?
Depending on your other stock (and this may sound like a weird suggestion, but...) I'd get a smaller/younger male and let him grow out a bit in the big tank with the female. I've found severums (well, any SA cichlid really) seem to be more adaptable if you buy them as younger fish and raise them out a bit with their tankmates. When you buy adult fish it's kind of like bringing home a new adult dog or cat from a shelter... you have no idea what they've been through or what conditions they were raised in, so you have no idea what their behavior will be like. Severums are one of those cichlids that can go either way. If you raise them out with rowdy, aggressive fish, they tend to be a little tougher. If you raise them out with mellow, peaceful stuff, they can be a bit more wimpy. Buying a larger fish is kind of a crapshoot in that way.
Depending on your other stock (and this may sound like a weird suggestion, but...) I'd get a smaller/younger male and let him grow out a bit in the big tank with the female. I've found severums (well, any SA cichlid really) seem to be more adaptable if you buy them as younger fish and raise them out a bit with their tankmates. When you buy adult fish it's kind of like bringing home a new adult dog or cat from a shelter... you have no idea what they've been through or what conditions they were raised in, so you have no idea what their behavior will be like. Severums are one of those cichlids that can go either way. If you raise them out with rowdy, aggressive fish, they tend to be a little tougher. If you raise them out with mellow, peaceful stuff, they can be a bit more wimpy. Buying a larger fish is kind of a crapshoot in that way.