Green Severums and Angles?

[fish23]

anyone here have any experience keeping these together?

[jm1212]

i havent kept green severums but i have kept angels. they can get pretty terretorial in small tanks... what ive read tells me that severums are pretty peacefull and will do well with angels.

BTW how big is your tank?

[fish23]

the tank is a 55g with 3 angles 2 dwarf powderblues, 3 diamond tetras, 3 precox rainbows. Then wife unknowingly bought 3 juvy severums from lfs :eek:
She loves the sevs so now I'm thinking of taking largest sev back to store and having 2 sevs, 2-3 angles and a syno. eup. in 55g then get a 29 or 40g for 1 angle, dwarfs, tetras, and rainbows
tank specs:
40w light with moonlights
eheim ecco 2236
aquaclear 300 (hob) used when chemical filtration needed
2 30 aquaclear powerheads for UG filter

[jm1212]

i think that would be good :)

[Sully]

several angels and several severums in a 55? I would not. severums turn into "big" (everything is relative) fish. I would not keep 3 adult severums in a 55 by themselves.

[jm1212]

severums only get to about 8 to 10 inches... a 55 should be fine...and he said he was going to take the biggest back to the LFS

[Sploke]

A pair of sevs in a 55 would be fine, but not with all that other stuff. Especially if you get a breeding pair. When they spawn they will beat the crap out of anything else in the tank.

[Star_Rider]

angels also get relatively large and if you get a spawning pair they will get territorial and aggressive.
removing one may help with the load calculate 10 gal per angel.
sevs are capable of up to 10" but ..
the min size tank is a 55 for a pair..

I think you may be close to max with the sev and the angels in thre same tank

watch for aggressive behavior. you may be fine with the mix as with all cichlids they can vary in behavior

[DHR]

It will work till everyone is full grown, but like Sploke said, if you get a breeding pair of severums, the angels won't have a good time.