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- Subject: Re: (F) [F] Severums in a community?
- Message-ID: <1993Jan21.222156.13932@bsu-ucs>
- Date: 22 Jan 93 03:21:55 GMT
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- > I wouldn't consider firemouths to be "relatively peaceful." Mine have
- > been quite aggressive. They were able to hold there own against two
- > pairs of breeding convicts. I also would hesitate to consider severums
- > as "relatively peaceful" as well. Although they may not be as
- > intolerant as some other cichlids--mine didn't go out of its way to
- > harass other fish, being mostly content to be left alone, it didn't
- > hesitate to assert itself when another fish came too close.
-
- By relatively peaceful, I mean relative to Red-devil, Green Terror, Jack
- Dempsey, Convict, Dovii. Although I do admit that, from what I've heard,
- Severums are indeed more agressive than I'd thought previously.
-
- > A firemouth would, IMHO, definately be a poor choice for a community
- > tank, unless it was a tank of similar sized fish. A firemouth and
- > severum could probably co-exist, provided they both had space to
- > establish their own territories. I'd strongly advise against an
- > angelfish/severum combination as the angelfish will fare badly against
- > a severum. I don't know much about a Blue Acara. I think that a
- > severum would be fairly aggressive against any other cichlids in the
- > same tank. If the other cichlid were about the same size and of a
- > similarly moderate-level of aggressiveness *AND* both had space to
- > establish their own territories, then they might make a good
- > combination.
-
- I generally assume, when speaking of a community-cichlid tank that this implies
- cichlids of ~equal size, based on the fact that around 90% of all cichlids will
- eat/pick on anything smaller than they are. Firemouths, Blue Acaras, and
- convicts all get ~ the same size, but the convict -- in my opinion -- is the
- one that would be the obvious choice to leave out of the community tank.
- (Unless there is unlimited space:-)
-
- Anywho...... 8-)
-
- -Matt
-