Severums and plants?
Conrad Strydom
treated as tasty lettuce? And who knows of any other fish that can be kept
succesfully with them?
Thank You
Conrad Strydom
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Jeff Dantzler
> Which plants can I keep with 4 small severums , cause most will just be
> treated as tasty lettuce? And who knows of any other fish that can be kept
> succesfully with them?
My friend Shamus has a big old Severum who eats virtually anything green
and alive in his tank. He will sometimes shred unpalatable plants instead
of eating them. He has had luck with a few plants though. Crinum bulbs are
doing well in his tank. Java Moss and Java Fern get molested, but not
eaten. They are tough plants. One I would recommend also is Anubias. It is
from Africa and has very tough leaves. Like the Java Fern, it can be
attached to driftwood or rocks and therefore cannot be dug up.
As far as other fish go, his Severum does not bother the loaches, tetras
or even the tiny (<1") checkerboard cichlids that share the tank. That
said, his is a loner. I have heard that Severums can be really mean when
breeding so if you get a pair eventually, any other fish might suffer and
need a new home. I would not keep really aggresive cichlids like Nandopsis
sp., red devils, salvinis, etc. with your severums. Biotope-wise,
I think severums hang out with tetras, Uarus and discus among others.
JLD
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and refuse to resort to plastic------i do have two pleco's in with him and they
get along just fine---------they are in a 45 gallon collumn tank ( just moved
from a 29 ) -- good luck fox
Jacques BESSON
Anubias , Microsorium, Echinodorus schluteri and bleheri BUT if I forgot to put
2 or 3 leaves of lettuce they begin to attack this plants.
J.Besson
PS the behaviour of this couple is very strange : I have too a pot of
Cryptocorine sp ( ?) , this plant is very close a E. schluteri ( a big who
flowers) and no problem with it.
My question : they destroy plants to eat or to see better around ( or the 2)?
for exemple I found little peaces of leaves in the tank : they havn't eat
Jeff Dantzler a écrit:
DerBatz.
snack food. They're especially fond of Duckweed. I grow this in another tank
and give them a netful from time to time.
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UncleS
sfully with them?
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> My friend Shamus has a big old Severum who eats virtually anything green
> and alive in his tank. He will sometimes shred unpalatable plants instead
> of eating them. He has had luck with a few plants though. Crinum bulbs are
> doing well in his tank. Java Moss and Java Fern get molested, but not
> eaten. They are tough plants. One I would recommend also is Anubias. It is
> from Africa and has very tough leaves. Like the Java Fern, it can be
> attached to driftwood or rocks and therefore cannot be dug up.
A couple of minor points: The Severum does, in fact eat the java moss.
He shreds the Java fern for fun. He doesn't eat the leaves of Amazon
swords, but he does dig them up and eat the roots. You might be able
to get away with potted Amazon swords. The Severum does seem to
completely ignore the Anubias nana and the Crinum Thaianum.
> As far as other fish go, his Severum does not bother the loaches, tetras
> or even the tiny (<1") checkerboard cichlids that share the tank. That
> said, his is a loner. I have heard that Severums can be really mean when
> breeding so if you get a pair eventually, any other fish might suffer and
> need a new home. I would not keep really aggresive cichlids like Nandopsis
> sp., red devils, salvinis, etc. with your severums. Biotope-wise,
> I think severums hang out with tetras, Uarus and discus among others.
The most agressive fish I've kept Severums were Dempsys and Firemouths.
The only fish I've had that have had problems with severums are other
severums. Even if you don't have a breeding pair, they tend to not like
to share the tank with members of their own species. I wouldn't
recommend keeping severums with discus. the discus will probably get
bullied. if you've got plenty of tank space, I'd recommend a medium
big, peaceful cichlid like a festivum or keyhole cichlid.
Shamus
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Michelle Walden
Valisneria, rotala, south american swords. Somebody mowed the rotala
recently, but I've been forgetting to put salad in the tank. I generally
have no problems with severums eating the plants when I remember to toss in
a slice of zucchini or a piece of spinach.
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