my Severums have bred :)

[GS1981]

A few weeks ago i got given a 7" female gold Severum, i already had a 8" male Red Spotted Severum, they hit it off immediatley and today i noticed them guarding a bit of wood, and theres 1000's of eggs, funny thing is, although they are defending the wood and being territorial to a degree, the much smaller other fish (baby rotkeils, angels, barbs, corys, bristlenose plecs) in the tank are happy as larry and the sevs are not attacking them

Sadly i know the eggs wont hatch as nobody has got red spots to breed, they are however fertilised for now, so hes not sterile

This is the first time i have bred Severums in the past i have bred Convicts, ZZ Flowerhorns, Sajica x Convict, Yellow Labs and all the usual livebearers.

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[GS1981]

This might have to be moved to the media lounge?

 

[ryansmith83]

It's possible to breed super red severums, but it usually only works out in a cross like this one. The trouble is breeding a male and female super red and getting viable eggs.

They may or may not be fertile. It still takes a day or two for infertile eggs to turn white. My gold pair had a low success rate, but they weren't completely sterile. Keep an eye on them after the second day. Even if most of the eggs go white, you may still end up with a handful of actual fry.

 

[GS1981]

They are starting to go white, so not lookign good

 

[maxumum2]

i have red female and a gold male and the eggs seem to do ok for a few days but then they eat them none ofh the eggs turned white in the 2 days i seen the eggs in the tank im seeing if they will learn not to they are still very young fish about 5 inches they have spawned 4 or 5 times now