View Full Version : Heros sp. 'Rotkeil' (Redhead)
Marcus
08-18-2003, 4:26 PM
I just picked up two of the Red-Headed Severum from Jeff Rapps. They are only about 2"-3" at this point and don't look any different than an ordinary Sevrum but they grow up to be beauts!!
http://www.aquanet.de/privat/P.Dittrich/Berichte/HerosRotkeil3.jpg
I also just placed an order on that beautiful severums...2 exact. :D
I think he only has 2" severums left. I can't wait to get them.
DarthV
08-18-2003, 7:22 PM
Originally posted by peifc
I also just placed an order on that beautiful severums...2 exact. :D
I think he only has 2" severums left. I can't wait to get them.
From all the fish you've ordered from Jeff, you'd be putting his kids through college!
1 fish 2 fish
08-18-2003, 9:39 PM
If I had the money and the space, I would definatly get some, Is is just a color variation or a different kind of severum?
Marcus
08-18-2003, 10:00 PM
It's an undescribed species meaning that it could just be a geographical variant of an already known species or something new entirely.
The funny part is that other tropical fish have been collected from the area where the severum is found for years but somehow it escaped unnoticed. Just goes to show that sometimes looking under your own nose oft times shows you something new.
peifc
08-19-2003, 10:47 AM
Originally posted by DarthV
From all the fish you've ordered from Jeff, you'd be putting his kids through college!
Hahaha!!! I think we already have helped him on the college funds.
Last time, Jeff did give a short description of the tank maintence and etc. It is a lot of work. No wonder all his fish are in good health. I mean...the fish goes through all those transport and etc., they arrive healthy and very alert. My Escondido today is a little devil. I've also place a few more order on Escondido to give that little guy some playmates :D Heck! I even ordered another set of Flag Cichlids. He told me they are wild caught. Too bad that you are living in Canada, DarthV. I think you would be like all of us here...getting fish from Jeff. :D
DarthV
08-19-2003, 6:25 PM
I'll keep my comments to myself about how easy it is for you folks south of the border to order fish. :P
Tiger15
08-19-2003, 8:19 PM
Severum is nicknamed poor man discus, because they are cheaper and much easier to keep. But these new strain isn't going to be cheap or hardy because of their newness.
I also read from my text, "Large Cichlids (American Cichlids II) by Dr Wolfgan Staeck and Horst Linke that Severum is a surprise delayed mouth brooder. It's hard to believe there is mouthbrooder in Heros genus.
I guess I will find out about this mouthbrooder. My Green Severums just laid eggs :D
Marcus
08-20-2003, 11:55 AM
Darth has access to an importer in Montreal that has just as many neat fish as Jeff, if not more!! His name is Oliver Lucanus of Below Water. Not only does he bring in lots of cool cichlids he also deals in other fish as well as reptiles and frogs.
www.belowwater.com
Check it out!!
DarthV
08-20-2003, 1:16 PM
I emailed them a week or so ago and they said they didn't have any mid-american fish in. So no go.
Marcus
08-20-2003, 1:26 PM
So get some South Americans!! They have some of the most awesome pikes and geos that you'll ever see! Not to mention the severums in this thread and other oddities like Acaricthys, Biotodoma and Retroculus. While a Red Tiger Motoguense can be nice, a gorgeous pair of Flame Pikes would be spectacular!!
http://www.cichlidnewsmagazine.com/issues/oct2000/images/page16-tapajosi-rgb.jpg
Check out this Geo:
http://www.amazon-exotic-import.de/Gallerie/Cichliden/Bilder/Geo.%20cf.%20altifrons%20Rio%20Negro-1.jpg
In any case, don't sell yourself short because you are dead set on CA...
:cool:
Rare Cichlids
08-20-2003, 4:06 PM
The real Heros severus are mouthbrooders, not the fish commonly sold as "Severum".
DarthV
08-20-2003, 5:34 PM
I do have one SA fish now, a green terror. But I pretty much decided on a pair of sajica for my 20gal tank. Once I get my 75gal in the fall, I'll have an open 55 that I want to try and breed nicaraguense in. I know there are a lot of interesting SA fish, but just by the luck of the draw, the fish I want to try next are centrals.
Marcus
08-21-2003, 12:36 AM
I do know how you feel. It always seems what I want I can't find or have. My tap water is basically liquid rock. For years I kept Africans and CA's because SA's just didn't thrive in my water. Recently I picked up an RO unit and have gone nutso with SA's lately. Sooner or later I'll come full circle and end up with Afriggins again... :rolleyes:
Good luck on those sajica!! :)