Severum tankmates/tanksize
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55gal is a good size i would say. Like is ay with a lot of cichlids.......bigger is better 
for bigger cichlids. Maybe even a 60-75gal. But a 55gal could work, i've seen it done before.
Silver dollars are good tank mates.....even larger cichlids like JD's, and GT's will work out well. Oscars too if you have a big enought ank for these fish.
They are pretty peaceful but get on the large size if well cared for.
My opinion
for bigger cichlids. Maybe even a 60-75gal. But a 55gal could work, i've seen it done before.Silver dollars are good tank mates.....even larger cichlids like JD's, and GT's will work out well. Oscars too if you have a big enought ank for these fish.
They are pretty peaceful but get on the large size if well cared for.
My opinion
I would get a 75 gal, 55gals are only 13" wide a severums get close to that in size, they are cramped when adult, uarus are good tankmates, festivum, angels, geophagus most peaceful large cichlids should be ok, I wouldnt put them with more agressive cichlids, and do the hobby a favor and dont get blood parrots, plz
maybe it would be ok for the blood parrots to be sold, if they could at least sell nice specimens, not saying that i approve of the whole color die situation. the ones i saw just yesterday at my lfs aren't even worth buying, the dye (which is why most ppl get them to begin w/) was already faded in blotches and most really looked like crap, really diseased and battered, the man wanted $30 a piece, not to mention the flowerhorn about 3 inches long w/o a tail he was trying to sell for $20, i think sometimes that tmy only purpose in life is to go to college come back and put this man out of buisness. he doesn't even advertise what the fish are and his 15 year old son runs the store. i don't approve of selling hybrids, but whatever does happen in your tank is your own buisness. i do however have a bp and haven't had trouble w/it yet, but i really would have like to know first off that i was buying a hybrid instead of finding out weeks later that it is something that i wouldn't have done if i had known, although on the other hand, i wouldn't have the heart to return the lil guy. i just wish that lfs would step up the quality alittle more and try and inform ppl of what the are buying b4 they end up researching (which is what you will truly do if you want what is best, and i have been guilty of not doing also) and finding out that the lfs owner passed off your fish as a more expensive fish in the tank w/it, oh and by the way it will kill everything in the tank with it and is gonna grow to be a monster of a fish (which i don't mind but someone else might) big breath*** why can't everyone be nice and not try to scam (sometimes) honest ppl out of their cash? ok now im done sorry if i offended someone out there, i just think there are alot of crummy ppl w/petstores in their possesion (not all ppl) and ppl deserve better.
yeah
i got off the subject a little bit uumm yeah ok but bps would alright with the severums b/c both are pretty non-aggressive. also if you were thinking of something less of a hybrid, danios would be ok, or like other ppl have said silver dollars, but to be warned from my past experiences they are just a tiny bit prone to getting tail rot and ick, it is something for you to experiment with i guess.
i got off the subject a little bit uumm yeah ok but bps would alright with the severums b/c both are pretty non-aggressive. also if you were thinking of something less of a hybrid, danios would be ok, or like other ppl have said silver dollars, but to be warned from my past experiences they are just a tiny bit prone to getting tail rot and ick, it is something for you to experiment with i guess.
so maybe it wasn't the silver dollars, but the water conditions were fine, it was a newly cycled tank, the only thing i can think of is that they were sick when i bought them or the bala sharks i had bought at the same time were sick. i have seen very nice silver dollars too. plus my water conditions are taken care of 99% of the time or i wouldn't still have any of the fish i have now, including angelfish which are hard to keep anyways. just let i be known the buyer beware thing should be taken a more seriously when buying new fish.
There are many species most are peaceful http://www.tangledupincichlids.com/photo.html you can see them under the south american section, the gymnogeophagines are colder water and some are a bit mroe agressive, but the geophagines are for the most part very peaceful and are warm water
http://www.cichlidae.com/gallery/Geophagus/brasiliensis.html
http://www.sydneycichlid.com/geophagus.html
http://www.cichlidae.com/articles/a037.html
http://www.cichlid-forum.com/photogallery/ (south american section on drop down menu)
http://www.cichlidae.com/gallery/Geophagus/brasiliensis.html
http://www.sydneycichlid.com/geophagus.html
http://www.cichlidae.com/articles/a037.html
http://www.cichlid-forum.com/photogallery/ (south american section on drop down menu)
the red hump geophagus or steindachneri (sp?) are actually a bit on the aggressive side IMO and IME, so you may avoid them, but the others would be superb for your tank.
nah, angels are tough as nails anymore....unless they are altums.
altums angels are becoming what discus were......even discus are getting more hardy and tolerant of high ph water and such.
with the propensity of oscars getting HITH in high nitrate water, i would go as far as to say that angels are even hardier than oscars anymore.
M
nah, angels are tough as nails anymore....unless they are altums.
altums angels are becoming what discus were......even discus are getting more hardy and tolerant of high ph water and such.
with the propensity of oscars getting HITH in high nitrate water, i would go as far as to say that angels are even hardier than oscars anymore.
M
Wow, I was at www.tangledupincichlids.com. And I looked under South american cichlids and I was browsing through some Geophagus types and I saw a geophagus brasiliensis male. And wow!*thumbsup2.
Are they peaceful? Are they good tankmates for Severums?
Are they peaceful? Are they good tankmates for Severums?