Golden Severum Male Female
Females are usually paler in color and don t have the squiggle marks.
Golden severum male female. The gold severum does not. Mature males that are well fed can develop a nuchal hump. The green severum males normally have pointed fins and reddish brown spots and worm like markings on their heads.
Sexing a gold severum. Difference between male female severum. The dorsal fin is usually pointed on the male and rounded on the female.
Sat apr 12 2008 1 36 pm. They have stunning bands on their scales that make them look more attractive. The eggs can hatch in 24 to 72 hour these fish are mouth brooders the fry are released once they are free swimming both male female take care of the fry.
Judgeing by the fins the most reliable way of sexing with most chiclids you have 2 males. The spawning is an act of jaw lock fin slapping the female can lay up to 1000 eggs. Sat apr 12 2008 2 52 pm.
The male has more pointed anal and dorsal fins. 2 the golden severum grows to a length of 7 20 cm. Im looking for a female golden now.
The most common severums are the golden severum green severum and red spotted severum with the golden one developed from green severums. The severum fry can be fed baby brine shrimp mini pellets micro worms crushed readily available fish food like flakes. Females usually have a dark patch on the dorsal fin.
How to understand the difference between male and female severum. At least thats how you sex the green severum. 3 it can take up to a year depending on the diet environment and fish.
Male i see markings between the mouth and eyes. Both male female can be kept along with these fry as these mouth brooders make excellent parents. But as you can see severums are hard to sex and people are going to disagree.
Males usually have longer and pointed dorsal and anal fins. They have the same deep oval shaped body but are pale yellow gold in color. The regular severum has no red markings on its face.
Thus the name banded cichlid. Males usually grow faster and larger than females. Im saying female based on its lack of facial patterns orange as oppsed to red eyes and shorter more rounded fins males usualy extend pass the anal fin.
Unfertilized severum eggs 3 30 08 hi hope this isn t too stupid a question but at least it and the answer should be short. Their scientific names are heros severus and cichlasoma severum with the common names being banded cichlid hero cichlid and severum. The red on the face has very little to do with sexing.
1 the female has a dark spot on the dorsal and lacks patterning on her head. The golden severum is one such captive bred color morph of the severum cichlid. In your pic with the tail and then the other fish face the face on that one looks like a female re.
It appears to be female. I have a single female gold severum who just laid her first eggs. Their anal pelvic and pectoral fins are all yellow while the tail and dorsal fin tend to be a white with yellow specks.
