Dayz15 Posted April 10, 2008 Report Share Posted April 10, 2008 Hey, a while ago i brought a tank off TM and it came with 5 convicts when i got there i found the tank had 3 baby green severums and there was 7 convicts the cons had major white spot!!! but the sev's suprisingly had nothing all but 3 con's died and they are 3 female but the fins are badly damaged they have been like this for 6 months now will the fins ever grow back?? back to what i was going to say. i was hoping it would be 2 female sev's and 1 male but they had to all be boys there is 1 large (none fully grown yet) at 12-13cm then medium 10-11cm then small 6-7cm will all 3 males be fine together?? they are fine together now and have always been will i have to buy a bigger tank?? they grow to about 25-30cm long each my tanks ATM is 193L (keeps breaking tables so its on a rimu table as its a strong wood) will they still be fine with their tank mates?? (3 angels, 1 glowlight, 1 silvershark, 1 albino rainbow shark, 1 pakastan loach, and a huge plec, oh and a female bristlenose and 2 sterbai corydora) cheers Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David R Posted April 10, 2008 Report Share Posted April 10, 2008 will all 3 males be fine together?? Hmm, I'll check my crystal ball... :lol: You can never tell with cichlids, might work or it might not. One day one of them might have a change of heart about sharing his tank and suddenly it doesn't work any more. A larger tank will help anyway. Keep the water warm and clean and add a little salt and the convicts fins should grow back, they're tough as nails. Good to hear they are all females too!! How big is 193L? I think you'd want at least 4'x18"x18" to house a severum for life. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dayz15 Posted April 12, 2008 Author Report Share Posted April 12, 2008 Hey, i think its 50 high x 91 long x 40-45 wide ( cm ) but i can measure it up when i find the tape measure!! and howmuch salt?? and should i do it daily?? and yea there used to be 2 males and 5 females i think as at one stage after i was treating them some eggs had been layed and then babys in about a few days, but they only lasted 2weeks as they got through the seperation part and the other con's ate them (they knew where they came out and waited there :lol: ) Cheers Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scuba Sam Posted April 14, 2008 Report Share Posted April 14, 2008 Hi there, if your glowlight is a glowlight tetra, it might get swallowed - one of my severums likes to hide behind plants and jump out and grab tetras... Good luck with keeping them together, and do consider a bigger tank for your severums when they grow up. Sam Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dayz15 Posted April 15, 2008 Author Report Share Posted April 15, 2008 Hey, yea me glowlight is a tetra. its 3-4cm long and abit over weight as its very wide. and i cant have plants with mine as i had $40 worth of them and the severums went in the tank for a week while their tank was getting cleaned and every single plant was gone!!! i have plastic plants now and im going to buy more as i want the plecs to haev places to hide. and what size tank do you think for 3 adult severums?? cheers Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ira Posted April 15, 2008 Report Share Posted April 15, 2008 4 foot is a good size. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scuba Sam Posted April 15, 2008 Report Share Posted April 15, 2008 I agree with Ira - a four foot would be great, particularly if the front to back dimension is eighteen inches to allow front to back swimming as the fish get bigger. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dayz15 Posted April 24, 2008 Author Report Share Posted April 24, 2008 Cheers for that will see if im aloud to get another tank lol i have 7 tanks already. does anyone know where i can get some live brineshrimp?? i have 2 vials here and they both arnt hatchng!! i started trying o hatch them 2weeks befor i got my axie eggs and i now have them hatchng (axie eggs not brineshrimp) went down to petshop and got liquifry 1 as they said someone came in to get some the other day aswell but they dont sell them so the lady got the liquafry 1 for egg laying fish. hope they atempt at eating it as i know they only eat live food when young cheers Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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