I really want a Severum...

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So I really want to get a little 2" Severum baby and watch her grown. I hear they like to eat plants how bad are they about eating plants? I would want to grow her out in a 55 gal tank with a Blue acara and EBJD.

I'm working on making some room for a 80 Gal tank right now so a larger tank is in the future for me. I found one for $100 comes with heater, filter, stand, gravle fake plants, and Light. If my husband gets a new Wet Suit I am getting another tank.

The plan is to keep my 55 gal running and just move my fish around maybe get some more I don't know. I'm cichlid Crazy

What do you think should I get one. I saw some at a pet store for only $4.00 they were labelled as Jack dempseys. Yeah this store has no clue what kind of fish they get in it pathetic. I was so tempted to get one but all my tanks are filled up at the moment I have a fry tank and a holding tank for a fish I am rehoming Or I might keep her if I get the larger tank. .

Thanks. The best part about keeping severums is watching them grow. These little guys will change a lot over the next few months.

very nice severum you have there. i have a very large pair of wild caught rotkiel severums that have bred several times. i currently have 6 of their babies growing in a 55 with some other growouts. the babies are about 3 inches at present.

u have any pics of them babies?

no but im sure i could snap a few this weekend...i need some updated pictures of my fish anyhow.

Aaawww...your little sev babies are so cute. Makes me want to get another one.

Thanks they are Like chips its hard to only have one. These are IMO the perfect fish. I will be getting a 3" Hoplarchus psittacus this week.

I lost my notatus in a tragic way. She got sucked up by a power head that I had in the tank. it was set up in a very unsafe way. I was not thinking. So I took the death trap out and I'm getting a 3" wild Hoplarchus psittacus.