Shrimpy Posted September 7, 2007 Report Share Posted September 7, 2007 Would two golden (I think) severums be fine with a group of 7 smallish (4-5cm) africans (socolofi, ice blues, orange malawi) in a 260l tank? They are fairly mellow tempered fish in general. Theres a couple in the pet store i have my eye on. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gannet Posted September 7, 2007 Report Share Posted September 7, 2007 im going to say no as they need different water pH etc... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shrimpy Posted September 7, 2007 Author Report Share Posted September 7, 2007 Yeah I was thinking that but ive seen a couple of sites that say people have kept severums in 8.0+ PH Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ryanjury Posted September 7, 2007 Report Share Posted September 7, 2007 You could do it and the fish would be fine, but it is not recommended, the africans and sev would happily live at a PH of 7.5 but it would be frowned upon due to the differences in types of fish and you may run into aggression problems, if you did it id say you probably wouldn't be happy with it and ultimately end up getting rid of one type of fish.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David R Posted September 7, 2007 Report Share Posted September 7, 2007 im going to say no as they need different water pH etc... They don't need different water, they just (maybe) do better in different water. In all honesty I've seen perfectly looking africans kept in water just above 7, and sevrums are pretty tough and could probably handle it fine. You could run into aggression problems tho... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shrimpy Posted September 7, 2007 Author Report Share Posted September 7, 2007 Aggression from severums or africans? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
herefishiefishie Posted September 7, 2007 Report Share Posted September 7, 2007 Chances are they are all on the same water. Unless Shrimpy keeps his African's in buffered water. Anyone think to ask? Severums are meant to be kept in softer water. I have had a mate keep severums with africans, he used to have mixed tanks etc. As long as it looked nice to him who cares. Water also wasn't buffered. The thing is, his Severums were of a mature/adult size, therefore they could handle themselves. Small severums with africans, can be to much for the severums. Therefore it is trial & error really. They can get picked on in fights for territory by the more robust africans. Oh, your africans are still pretty much mild mannered, that is because they are still young. Frenchy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dimebag Posted September 7, 2007 Report Share Posted September 7, 2007 my brother in law has a sev in with some malawis, along with a bgk, eel, kribs, and some others. bit of a weird mixture but everyone seems to get along fine. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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