Help!! I Think I bought a Convict???
Okay,
I don't have a picture, but a t Petsmart (yah I know) they told these were baby turquoise sevs. I don't know a total lot of severums..but I'm getting a gold and was wanting a turquoise. They were surrounded by the tank with convicts (obvious convicts w/ dark stripes and purplish bodies.) There be two "severums" with faint stripes 3 large spots and for a time red on their belly. They were a greenish/yellow color..not like the two obv. convicts. I thought how cute! and bought one. Now that I look, his body seem fatter and he's shaped less round than other severums I have seen.
Can anyone let somebody know me if he sounds like a convict..or a young severum (hopefully!!)
Thanks!!
i think you did but you shouldn't worry
Severum. it called Green Severum. I got one of those. No convict get green/yellow coulour. Hope this oblige
Answers: ok this is a cooperation of what a gold severum looks like and her is some info on them The Gold Severum, also known as the Banded Cichlid, is a color variability of Heros severus Severum. Severum have an iridescent sheen to their scales and off-white to gold background color. The Gold Severum is a trusting fish, and will repeatedly accept food directly from their owner's hand.
The Gold Severum requires a 30 gallon or larger tank specifically at least 40 inches long and 20 inches tall. The larger the tank the better. They prefer a lightly-planted cistern with a soft bottom and a few rooted plants. Adding a few large rocks would be appropriate as long as there is still plenty of unambiguous room for swimming. The Gold Severum can be aggressive when spawning, and for this reason should only be housed with other semi-aggressive fish.
Differentiating between the mannish and female is very difficult. Positive identification can simply be made after close examination of the genital papillae. The Gold Severum does not pair as readily as other South American Cichlids, and may take a bit longer. Providing the mannish with a choice of females will help. An open breeder, the womanly can lay as many as 1,000 eggs on rocks. The water should be mildly acidic, soft near a pH of 6.0-6.5 and a hardness of dH 5. The temperature should range from 77-82°F. The Gold Severum supportively tends to its fry.
The Gold Severum is a carnivore and will eat most prepared and frozen foods, including freeze-dried bloodworms, tubifex, and ocean plankton, as resourcefully as flake food and Cichlid pellets.
as for a Convict there are a few differnet types so here is a link for them you cant cart a look at them
