Cichlid Gem from South America - SEVERUM! [Species Profile #4]
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Severums! Their mellow, sometimes shy temperament, their look, shape and colors are making them some of my favorite cichlids. Available in a variety of colors, this not overly aggressive and usually available fish should be in every South American cichlid tank. In this the third installment of my Species Profile series we take a look at a fish originating in the Amazon Basin, Heros efasciatus, the very regal looking Severum.
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Glad you are finding peaceful cichlids, outside the Africans. The gold and red spot variety are a top 5 fish for me out of the hundreds of species I have kept. They live a long time but can get 12 inches in length.
If you want to keep your Heroes happy put some Desert roots in the top of your tank so that the roots kind of drip down in to the tank. This setup gives the Heroes a chance to swim between the roots which gives them a sense of security and they will calm down😉
Absolutely beautiful fish uncle Ben great video 🤩
Weird Ben.....I just bought a Green Severum about an inch or so long.
I wish these were more readily available... beautiful fish to watch thank you for that. I definitely can see you enjoy your fish too.
Awesome fish! My Severum eats crickets out of my hand 😀 ive had him for just over 9 months and he is currently about 6inches. Looking forward to many years with him! Im so glad you've moved into South Americans 👍
I recently setup a 75-gallon New World tank & purchased my first Red Shoulder Severum along with 4 Electric Blue Acaras & a Chocolate Cichlid. So far so good!
I can’t wait to get one, thanks for the profile Ben!
Beautiful fish!
I have had experience keeping the green severums. They are pretty, but they do show aggression at times towards other fish. I intend on trying the other varieties though, as I have heard the other types do not seem to show aggression (like yours). Thanks for the clip Ben. Great stuff!!!!!
I have a gold Severum that is pretty human friendly and feisty, I have some Geophagus (idk which type for sure but they look very similar to yours) growing out I'd like to add to their aquarium eventually but I'm worried the severum will tear them up. Great fish, like having an Oscar almost that can reasonably fit in a 55 gallon.
Lovely fish. Nothing to do with money. Just the love of these. 🇬🇧
I currently have 2 gold and 1 red spot. I rehomed a breeding pair of turquoise. Severums are definitely one of my favorite fish.
Perfect timing for my coffee this morning lol
Love my Sevrum his name is Freckles he's about 4yo and around 7". It is true very sweet and shy fish. If I have a fish that is being punked on in another tank I'll put it in with him to grow out a bit and he's never bothered them. Actually has a small angel fish living with him now its his little buddy. Thanks for this video they are a wonderful fish.❤
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My two red shoulder severum are very shy and spend a lot of time hiding. But they Beautiful fish I’m looking to adding more soon it’s not long been setup. Have a great vacation
I have super male red spotted severum and a male red shoulder severum ( I didn’t know it was a red shoulder at the time) I got them together 4 years ago and they were in horrible conditions. I considered this my rehab project. Got them back to 100% in about 4 weeks and they ended up getting beautiful colorations while very young. They are actually very friendly towards each other except when it’s breeding season and they get aggressive with each other but when that happens I separate them for about 1 month and then they are back to normal. Both are not timid, they are usually the first ones to eat and are usually the first ones to greet me every morning. They are my center piece fish and I’m overly obsessed with them. They are now slightly bigger than my hand now.
Wow what fish was the black one with small white spots?? It is beautiful!
Never had any severums when i had sa ca cichlids yrs ago but theyre nice