Oh no another addition. ID Please

[Adrenalin4lif]

Well guys being I have friends that love fish and I have 4 tanks when someone moves or falls out of love. Lol... I seem to inherit a few fish.
This guy is a newbie I got yesterday because the guy wasn't in love with his color and as we all know with a fish this young he might turn out to be pretty later on.
I'm a sucker for the freebies so here is a pic...
Suggestions on what color it may be?
Thanks

 

[StanV]

Kind of Looks like a Green Sevrum to me.

 

[richiep]

I was thinking the same StanV before reading your answer

 

[StanV]

I was thinking the same StanV before reading your answer

Def a good looking fish when grown, never owned any but I’ve see. Online and they are good looking

 

[Adrenalin4lif]

Def a good looking fish when grown, never owned any but I’ve see. Online and they are good looking

Thanks! Knew it was a Sevrum but my forte is not in coloring. I thought possibly turquoise, blue or green but when this young it's a guessing game for me.
Some guys have seen a million and know right away.
I'm not one of them.
I do know I feed well and get better colors out of my fish then some so will see what it does. Got him with an Acara so he should do fine.

 

[StanV]

Thanks! Knew it was a Sevrum but my forte is not in coloring. I thought possibly turquoise, blue or green but when this young it's a guessing game for me.
Some guys have seen a million and know right away.
I'm not one of them.
I do know I feed well and get better colors out of my fish then some so will see what it does. Got him with an Acara so he should do well.

Haha nice, I had an electric blue acara in a 55 with a albino Blue eyed BN Pleco, and 4 rams (2 gold, 2 German, and still looking for 2 electric blues) but he passed away out of no where a few months ago. Water was fine, so not sure what happened. Now I’m on the look for another one but my LFS seem to have only washed out, mine had a nice blue to him with a super long dorsal fin

 

[richiep]

This is my pair which I bought as green but they developed the red, they are a breeding pair

 

[Adrenalin4lif]

Haha nice, I had an electric blue acara in a 55 with a albino Blue eyed BN Pleco, and 4 rams (2 gold, 2 German, and still looking for 2 electric blues) but he passed away out of no where a few months ago. Water was fine, so not sure what happened. Now I’m on the look for another one but my LFS seem to have only washed out, mine had a nice blue to him with a super long dorsal fin

Oh definitely a nice blue! Yeah yours had way more color then mine does. Yet another freebie but I'm not complaining they got a home with me, I enjoy all...

This is my pair which I bought as green but they developed the red, they are a breeding pair

Great looking pair! How is temperament when breeding?

 

[StanV]

This is my pair which I bought as green but they developed the red, they are a breeding pair

Looks like Red shoulder sevrums

 

[richiep]

Looks like Red shoulder sevrums

I always tossed the coin on Red shoulder or Rainbow although sold as green
But you've put things right thanks

 

[Adrenalin4lif]

Looks like Red shoulder sevrums

I have to agree on this one! Looked up some pics, that's what they are.

 

[StanV]

I always tossed the coin on Red shoulder or Rainbow although sold as green
But you've put things right thanks

Beautiful pair

 

[86 ssinit]

Well I was thinking convict cichlid.

 

[StanV]

Well I was thinking convict cichlid.

I believe that juveniles convicts already have the bold black lines and are more of a ash grey color, from what I’ve seen. I’m not familiar with convicts

 

[SouthAmericanCichlids]

Thanks! Knew it was a Sevrum but my forte is not in coloring. I thought possibly turquoise, blue or green but when this young it's a guessing game for me.
Some guys have seen a million and know right away.
I'm not one of them.
I do know I feed well and get better colors out of my fish then some so will see what it does. Got him with an Acara so he should do fine.

It isn't just a color variety but a whole separate species from the regular gold severum.

 

[TClare]

I believe the gold severum is a tank bred variety of the green severum, Heros efasciatus, so it is the same species, just a colour variety not found in the wild. There are at least four other “severum” species that are much less commonly available, including Heros severus and a mouthbrooding species H. liberifer. I believe the taxonomic status of the rotkeil (red shoulder) severum is still debated, it might be a line bred variety or a separate species or subspecies.

Anyway they are lovely fish!

 

[SouthAmericanCichlids]

I believe the gold severum is a tank bred variety of the green severum, Heros efasciatus, so it is the same species, just a colour variety not found in the wild. There are at least four other “severum” species that are much less commonly available, including Heros severus and a mouthbrooding species H. liberifer. I believe the taxonomic status of the rotkeil (red shoulder) severum is still debated, it might be a line bred variety or a separate species or subspecies.

Anyway they are lovely fish!

Oh sorry, I thought they were 2 different species gold and green. I'm going to do some searching.

Edit: Okay, I did, I guess they are the same, I thought I remembered them being different, my bad! Sorry.

 

[Leeman75]

Thanks! Knew it was a Sevrum but my forte is not in coloring. I thought possibly turquoise, blue or green but when this young it's a guessing game for me.
Some guys have seen a million and know right away.
I'm not one of them.
I do know I feed well and get better colors out of my fish then some so will see what it does. Got him with an Acara so he should do fine.

They should be fine together as younger, but keep an eye on them as they get older. I had to get rid of a Gold Severum because he was too much for my tank with 2 Acaras and 2 Firemouths. Severums are usually supposed to be peaceful, so that's just my experience...but just have a backup plan.

Haha nice, I had an electric blue acara in a 55 with a albino Blue eyed BN Pleco, and 4 rams (2 gold, 2 German, and still looking for 2 electric blues) but he passed away out of no where a few months ago. Water was fine, so not sure what happened. Now I’m on the look for another one but my LFS seem to have only washed out, mine had a nice blue to him with a super long dorsal fin

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