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May 14th, 2009
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| | Fish Bum
| severums
i dont need help with anything (yet) just wanted to start a thread reguarding severums. all the pet shops i went to around my house told me that severums are really mean and will kill every fish in your tank. well i think ive prooved a few of them wrong i have an 8 inch gold severum who is nicer than my angle fish. then i have 3 green severums 2 being about 1 inch long and the other being about 2 1/2 inches long. those three are the same as my gold severum they are more gentle than my angle fish i was just woundering if anyone else on this site has had severums like this? | 
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May 14th, 2009
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| | Fish Master
| Welcome to Fishlore 
You are lucky to have such peaceful severums. They are beautiful by the way  What kind of fish do you have in with them?
My Rotkeil severum is a terror! He has finally calmed down enough so that he tollerates his tankmates. He actually killed my male angel. I have heard that severums can range from really peaceful to really aggressive. Sounds like you lucked out! | |
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May 14th, 2009
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| | Fish Bum
| im glad myself if the gold severum was mean he could easly swallow at least4 of my fish hole. and these r the fish i have with the severums
3-oscars 3-bala sharks 3-convicts 2-polypterus
1-pleco 1-electric blue 1-angle fish 1-green terror
1-tiwan cichlid 1-african mix 1-red peacock | |
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May 14th, 2009
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| | Fish Master
| Wow, you have quite a mix of fish there Just so that you are aware, most of them will outgrow your tank very quickly (especially the oscars and balas). | |
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May 14th, 2009
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| | Fish Bum
| o yeah they already are lol im getting a free 125 gal tank my iridesent shark out grew it so we need to buy him a 250 gal then my fish get to move on up in life ... but here is how crowded my tank is at the time. | |
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May 14th, 2009
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| | Fish Master
| Wow, your fish are really pretty They are gonna love the 125 gallon! Wish I had a tank that big.... | |
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May 14th, 2009
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| | Fish Bum
| it will be nice having one that size im having issues with the water staying clowdy and its geting really anoyiing im filtering over 1300 gallons of water every hour the amonya lvl is fine same with the pH i just cant figure it out 
any suggestions o and i saw your 75 gal and i love your tank how do you keep it so clean? | |
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May 14th, 2009
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| | Fish Master
| Thanks I keep my tank clean by just doing really thorough gravel vacuums and water changes weekly. The plants help eat up extra nitrates and waste at the bottom of the tank. I am currently running an aquaclear 110 for filtration. In your 125, is there anything in it that is making the water cloudy? | |
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May 14th, 2009
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| | Fish Bum
| the 125 is crystal clear cant even see the water in it its my 55 that is staying clowdy i did a 75% water change 2 days ago and if i look through the tank the long way i can see about 1/4 of the way down the tank. i have a dual cartrage filter (60) gallon with a multi stage 20 gallon filter and two medium sized corner filters that run off bubbles. | |
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May 14th, 2009
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| | Fish Master
| Oh okay, I misunderstood
Do you vacuum the gravel when you do water changes? I am sure there is a lot of fish poop in there with all those cichlids. High nitrates and overfeeding can cause a bacterial bloom which causes cloudy water. You might want to try cutting back on how much you feed your fish and giving the gravel a really good vacuum. What is the nitrate reading of your water right now?
Here is a good link that explains the phenomenon of cloudy water: http://www.howtogetridofstuff.com/st...quarium-water/ | |
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May 14th, 2009
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| | Fish Bum
| yes i do vacume the rocks i rinse all the big rocks and fake plants clean the glass and everything lol and after i add the new water i use amquel to remove nitrates, nitrite, ammonia, chloramines and chlorine in the water.
and i do not know the nitrate lvl in my water i have never sen any test kits in the fish shops around here. | |
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May 15th, 2009
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| | Fish Master
| wonderful pics! thanks for sharing! | |
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May 15th, 2009
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| | Fish Bum
| y thank you | |
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May 16th, 2009
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| | Fish Keeper
| Yeah, I agree you are very lucky. I bought two severums, and once I found out that they would outgrow my tank, I tried to get rid of them. By the time I took them back two weeks later, one had already killed the other. | |
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May 16th, 2009
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| | Fish Bum
| im srry to hear that and i just found out my new green severums have ICH =[ | |
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May 20th, 2009
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| | Fish Bum
| Hello,
I too have two severums. My Gold is about 5 inches "male" and my Green is about 71/2 inches. I've had my gold since the time when he was about as big as a quarter. He is peaceful to my other fish but I have to be really careful on adding any smaller fish now. My green is way bigger "female" and my male is scared of her. I think I made the mistake of buying her when she was already big. She doesn't bite the gold but follows him around and he doesn't appreciate that at all. He was used to being the biggest and now he isn't. Probably going to have to get rid of her, even though I don't want to. My community consists of: 1 bala shark, 1 super veil angel, 1veil tail angel, 2 rainbow sharks, 2 synodontis eupteris, 1 bichir, 1 gourami, 2 chinese algae eaters. | |
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May 20th, 2009
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| | Fish Bum
| Here's my 80 tall. My gold is hiding in the rocks, but you can see the green severum in the background. Sorry about the glare from the sun | |
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May 20th, 2009
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| | Fish Master
| I keep severums as well. I have an 8 inch gold sev in a 75 gallon that I've had for over 5 years, and a wild caught Rotkeil pair I got last summer in a 120 gallon. Both the Rotkeils are around 7 inches. All my severums are pretty mild mannered. The Rotkeils are even in a community setup. | |
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May 20th, 2009
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| | Fish Bum
| that is an awsome looking tank u have and yes i love how all fish stores will say severums are horid but i found hat they are qwite peacfull to all my other fish.. heck my 8 inch gold severum gets beat up by my 2 inch electric blue cichlid =p | |
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May 20th, 2009
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| | Fish Mentor
| Severums are likely easy going until they pair-off. Once and if that happens you are going to see them defending their territory as Convicts do, and then some.
Pepe
Santo Domingo | |
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May 21st, 2009
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| | Fish Bum
| yeah i would exspect just about the same from al fish but ive been meaning to ask would anone happen to know at what size do green severums start to breed at? | |
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May 21st, 2009
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| | Fish Master
| not all fish are vigorous at protecting their spawn....some eat them and dont protect
but at about 4-6 inches is what ive seen for breeding... | |
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May 21st, 2009
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| | Fish Bum
| yeah with the exseption of those fish =p and thx now ill keep an eye on my green severums see if they start to act like a breeding pair | |
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