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| Value for Money | 7/10  |
|---|---|
| Reviewer Rating | 8.5/10 |
| Overall Rating | 7.3/10  |
Full review by
Helen of Troy
expert review 
on 20th Sep 2006
User Rating : 8
Respect :
0
Good Points: SEVERUMS: Reasonably hardy for tropical fish Beautiful graceful looking
General comments: SEVERUMS:
These are beautiful fish of the cichlid family. In the wild they are a greenish colour but you can also purchase these in gold. I believe there is another colour but can't say I have ever seen any other but green and gold.
I had three gold Severums and one green. Unfortunately I lost them all last year due to a faulty heater. Until then I had the three gold ones for seven years, the green one I introduced a little later.
These fish can grow to about six or seven inches, about the size of my hand, so a large tank is essential. They like little hiding places so the tank needs to be furnished with bogwood, broken flower pots or similar, and plants in pots (or they will uproot them!) on a gravel base.
Very beautiful fish, roundish in shape with floaty fins and tail. Large faces, the iris of the eye is red and their mouths are small.
They feed on flaked food or cichlid gold, and they are very partial to a little bloodworm.
They are not quite as "messy" as Oscars but will re-arrange their own tanks!
If you want to mix Severums with other fish, they should be cichlids or you will be left once more with just Severums (They will eat them!). Gourami are a good choice, mine accepted one, though the largest Severum chased it around a lot initially! Keep checking for white spot if you introduce other fish, also one of mine had fin rot which luckily was cured with treatment. A pleco will be fine as an addition to the tank to help clean it.
These are "friendly" little creatures and are very curious when you approach the tank, lining up to take a look at you, or to eat the food they think you will give them! They can also be a little shy, which is why they need little "hiding" places like broken pots and bogwood. They look quite amusing peeping at you through a hole in the bogwood!!
Helen of Troy's review and ratings | 351 words | 4 comments added.
Review by
e4chin
on 28th Jul 2006
User Rating : 9
Respect :
+2
I have 2 Tiger Oscar Cichlid fish. They are great fish, and they have a definite personality and recognize you after a short time. They are VERY messy (most Cichlid's are), and they need a fairly powerful filter. When they eat, sometimes food comes out of their gills. When they are fully grown, one's filter should be a canister filter, because any filter that hangs on the tank will not have the umph necessary to clean the water quickly enough. They grow up to 30cm long, but as I have found with ...
e4chin's full review | 190 words | 38 comments added.
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