So I have 2 55 gallon tanks currently.
One currently holds 4 juvenile turquoise severum around the 4" mark each (give or take a 0.5"), 2 bumblebee catfish at 2" each (these were free stowaways that came from a LFS where I got a bunch of live plants) and a bristlenose pleco. The goal here is to get a 75 or 90 (preferably a 90) gallon tank up and running in the next 2-3 months to move my severums to in the hopes that I will get a breeding pair. If I don't end up with a pair, I will likely sell most of them and buy some local notatus severum to try and breed them.
In my other tank, I had 5 German blue rams of which 2 were a pair. This was an accidental pairing as I was not looking for breeding rams. The tank also holds 2 baby 1.5" keyhole cichlids, 10 neons, a host of ghost shrimp and a Siamese algae eater. Well this morning I found the female of my breeding pair dead. I got all my GBR full grown about 3-4 months ago and I have read they don't live very long (6-12 months normally). I had not known they lived so short a time period. Well I tested my water and found no change that explains the death. No fish are acting unusual and there are no signs of abnormality with the tank (algae bloom, equipment malfunction, etc). The body was in excellent shape without bloating, signs of damaged scales or fins, or any other signs that would lead me to believe the death was unnatural. For this reason, I am going to rehome my rams in favor of a couple more keyholes or keeping one of my current severums with them (I get attached to my fish and don't want to have to keep flushing bodies every month or so).
Whether I get a breeding pair of turquoise or not, I would like to hang onto as many of them as I can and still have a successful severum breeding program.
The 55 would likely be stocked as follows if the severum can be housed in it:
1 turquoise severum (will pick the prettiest, yet least aggressive one)
2 keyholes (since I would think 4 would be too much)
2 bumblebee catfish
The ghost shrimp (I refuse to tear apart the tank looking for over 2 dozen cheap snacks)
1 bristlenose pleco
The tank would be heavily planted with live or fake plants (depends on whether I can keep live plants alive successfully), decorations and of necessary, a divider for breeding if the keyholes pair up.
Think this could work?
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One currently holds 4 juvenile turquoise severum around the 4" mark each (give or take a 0.5"), 2 bumblebee catfish at 2" each (these were free stowaways that came from a LFS where I got a bunch of live plants) and a bristlenose pleco. The goal here is to get a 75 or 90 (preferably a 90) gallon tank up and running in the next 2-3 months to move my severums to in the hopes that I will get a breeding pair. If I don't end up with a pair, I will likely sell most of them and buy some local notatus severum to try and breed them.
In my other tank, I had 5 German blue rams of which 2 were a pair. This was an accidental pairing as I was not looking for breeding rams. The tank also holds 2 baby 1.5" keyhole cichlids, 10 neons, a host of ghost shrimp and a Siamese algae eater. Well this morning I found the female of my breeding pair dead. I got all my GBR full grown about 3-4 months ago and I have read they don't live very long (6-12 months normally). I had not known they lived so short a time period. Well I tested my water and found no change that explains the death. No fish are acting unusual and there are no signs of abnormality with the tank (algae bloom, equipment malfunction, etc). The body was in excellent shape without bloating, signs of damaged scales or fins, or any other signs that would lead me to believe the death was unnatural. For this reason, I am going to rehome my rams in favor of a couple more keyholes or keeping one of my current severums with them (I get attached to my fish and don't want to have to keep flushing bodies every month or so).
Whether I get a breeding pair of turquoise or not, I would like to hang onto as many of them as I can and still have a successful severum breeding program.
The 55 would likely be stocked as follows if the severum can be housed in it:
1 turquoise severum (will pick the prettiest, yet least aggressive one)
2 keyholes (since I would think 4 would be too much)
2 bumblebee catfish
The ghost shrimp (I refuse to tear apart the tank looking for over 2 dozen cheap snacks)
1 bristlenose pleco
The tank would be heavily planted with live or fake plants (depends on whether I can keep live plants alive successfully), decorations and of necessary, a divider for breeding if the keyholes pair up.
Think this could work?
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