Severum and Firemouth?

Kuli_Loach · 09-01-2007, 05:39 PM

Well I finally got a pair of angels and my other 2 had to go, or they were going to be picked on all the time, they were already picked on so I thought it was best to part with them. I took them to my LFS and got 20$ of credit for them, I only payed 3$ each for them originally so I made money. Now I wasn't thinking and a firemouth caught my eye. I had to have him and by the time I got home I got to wondering would the be ok together? The firemouth is 3" and the severum is 5". They have already interacted but no chasing occurred, the severum just perked up and the firemouth backed down so I think the severum was just making sure he knew he was the boss. Will they be fine together?

Tbx · 09-01-2007, 07:57 PM

They will most likely be fine as fire mouths are only usually aggressive to fish of there same body types and the severum has a round body and his is long. Congratulations on making a $14.00 profit of the fish. I bet raising them bigger was fun so they just basically paid you to keep a nice looking fish for a while.

Kuli_Loach · 09-01-2007, 08:32 PM

Yea, I guess so. He is fine I think, he loves it in there, he is just swimming around and the severum is leaving him alone.

tweaks · 09-02-2007, 11:07 PM

uhmm hey guys yahh my firemouth used to beat up my oscar soo taht whole body type thing is out the window and my female ALWAYS goes for my Convicts its pretty much a size thing if the fish is same size it gets harrassed or smaller but since ur severum is bigger should be find i just actually lost my Male Firemouth to my big female shes ONE MEAN fish wow but yahh good luck haha my firemouth is hmm prob a good 5" long id say and about 2 inches high soo ya they arent as small as some think soo good lkuck hahaha

Kuli_Loach · 09-03-2007, 11:53 AM

My firemouth is cool, he swims all over the tank and the severum ignores him, my severum is just plain lazy.

Tbx · 09-03-2007, 12:27 PM

tweaks the body type thing is only usually true in some cases mostly salt water.

Jay · 09-03-2007, 04:10 PM

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They will most likely be fine as fire mouths are only usually aggressive to fish of there same body types

I am quite interested in this. Could you quote your source of information?

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tweaks the body type thing is only usually true in some cases mostly salt water.

What?

Regards,
Jay

Kuli_Loach · 09-03-2007, 04:35 PM

Yes you did just confuse me as well, at first you made it sound that way with all fish and now it is just saltwater, which is it?

tweaks · 09-03-2007, 08:19 PM

haha yah kuhli mite be cool right now so was mine as a juvi but wen they grow bigger can get quite mean haha like i said my female killed my male so they can kill and will if the other fish thinks its more dominant haha soo keep an eye out for flaring gills lol

Kuli_Loach · 09-03-2007, 08:25 PM

Yea but no offense to your tank and all but you have an aggressive tank and it has to be mean to stay alive in there.

None of my fish that were suppose to be aggressive have ever been anywhere near aggressive.