Cichlids Review

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Cichlids
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Helen of Troy's review of Cichlids

“SEVERUMS: ”

★★★★☆

written by Helen of Troy on 20/09/2006

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!!

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E4Chin's Response to Helen of Troy's Review

Written on: 06/11/2006

How come your review is expert!?!

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E4Chin's Response to Helen of Troy's Review

Written on: 29/12/2006

I did not know. Thank you; but don't blame us! The picture is courtesy of Emily!

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Helen Of Troy's Response to Helen of Troy's Review

Written on: 29/12/2006

I did not submit the picture, I just wrote a review about a type of cichlid, the Severum as per the heading Cichlids (type of fish).
<br/>Far prettier fish than the one in the picture, as are Oscars!

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Lee2008's Response to Helen of Troy's Review

Written on: 28/12/2006

Hi there. Are you aware that the photograph used in your review is that of a Blood parrot fish? It is in fact a cichlid, but the worst possible example of a cichlid. It is a hybrid cichlid with no bi-nominal nomenclature (scientific name), first created in Taiwan in around 1986. It's parentage is unknown, but most commonly speculated pairings are midas cichlid (amphilophus citrinellus) with red devil cichlid (amphilophus labiatus) and the severum (heros severus).
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<br>Because this hybrid cichlid has various anatomical deformities, controversy exists over the ethics of creating of the blood parrot. Cichlid enthusiasts have called for their removal from the market and organised boycotts against pet stores that sell them.
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<br>The blood parrot is the Frankenstein's monster of the fish world.
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<br>I have been keeping Malawi cichlids for about 3 years with some success, after an unsuccessful attempt in keeping a saltwater marine aquarium with invertebrates.

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