One of the coolest Severum'Red Tiger Severum'
- Thread starter Seiichi Hamada
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Thanks again, I appreciate it. I've got WetSpot bookmarked so I'll keep my eye out for them and thanks to you I'll know what to look for.
I went back and dug through
ryansmith83
thread and found this response. http://www.monsterfishkeepers.com/forums/posts/7323396/ If that is the case and because of the relative ease in breeding severum, I doubt we will see a shortage in the hobby. I think I had seen the listing and they were a bit more than you would pay for most of the other desirable sevs, but that might be something my brain made up. Your going to have to get me on my pike game some day, I've been investing in UFO's recently.
Seiichi,
you are right - the female in the two pics you showed in your contribution from Mar 27, 2015 is from a tributary to the Rio Inirida. This 'couple' was received from a german trader who ordered 3 male H. severus "Casiquiare/Curare" from Oliver. Then a female spec Inirida and a 'male' (which turned out to be female a few month later....) were put together and were delivered as a 'pair of H. severus "Casiquiare" to me. NOT NICE. OK - anyway. I go some more real severus from Oliver meanwhile and the fry i could distribute in germany and france is he "real" severus...
greetings,
Joerg
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The female pics of German look like Heros sp.Inirida type to me.
A couple days ago, one Japanese importer got some as new batch.
if I found a typical female type, I will post here.
seiichi
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you are right - the female in the two pics you showed in your contribution from Mar 27, 2015 is from a tributary to the Rio Inirida. This 'couple' was received from a german trader who ordered 3 male H. severus "Casiquiare/Curare" from Oliver. Then a female spec Inirida and a 'male' (which turned out to be female a few month later....) were put together and were delivered as a 'pair of H. severus "Casiquiare" to me. NOT NICE. OK - anyway. I go some more real severus from Oliver meanwhile and the fry i could distribute in germany and france is he "real" severus...
greetings,
Joerg
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The female pics of German look like Heros sp.Inirida type to me.
A couple days ago, one Japanese importer got some as new batch.
if I found a typical female type, I will post here.
seiichi
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Seiichi,
These are very nice fish!
Several years ago, a picture popped up online of a fish known only as Heros sp. 'Curare.' There was a lot of discussion about the picture back then and some suggested it may be a Photoshop. I even had my doubts. Here were the initial pictures:
Not much was known about the fish. The only information I could find is that they had shown up in France. I never found a record of anyone keeping or spawning them.
Last week Oliver Lucanus posted a stocklist which included these fish, which he also calls Heros sp. 'Curare' from Venezuela. They have dramatic facial striping, a red neck, and iridescent body coloration that bleeds over the vertical black bars. They also have a very unique bar near the tail as you mentioned. Oliver also thinks this fish is the true, original Heros severus as they were described.
I'm very excited because I have a group coming on Monday.My only concern is that no females made it in the import. As you see from your pictures, all the fish have facial patterns which is usually a sign of male fish. In talking with Oliver, all of his fish had facial stripes too. If there are no females we probably will not be able to breed them. Do you have any fish in your group with solid faces that appear to be females?
