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RE: Male or female?

BonnieandClyde — Fri, 22 Aug 2008 08:23:29 GMT

yeah my Severum has the lines on his face he is about 5 to 6 inches. so i would say that that was good information you got there.

RE: Male or female?

plecodiscus — Tue, 19 Aug 2008 06:25:39 GMT

I read somewhere that male severums have spots and squiggly lines on their forehead and cheeks, and that they develop these when they are around 3-4 inches in length. Also, this isnt a very good pic of my severum. normally, when it's having fun swimming in and out of my driftwood structures, it has very dark bands down its sides and shiny green spots and a couple squiggly lines on its gill covers.

RE: Male or female?

MtnFishBoy — Mon, 18 Aug 2008 18:08:32 GMT

I am pretty sure that your severum is a girl (my favorite fish btw, I have 2 just like yours). Your tetra females will be a little bit rounder than males, but it is hard to tell them apart if your fish are well fed.

EDIT: Turqousie and green are the same thing. It just depends on the seller as to what they call it.

RE: Male or female?

plecodiscus — Mon, 18 Aug 2008 18:01:00 GMT

Its still an immature severum. Its about 2.5" long including the tail fin. Also, can anyone tell me if its a green or turquoise severum? i bought it as a turquoise, but it hasnt colored up yet. when do severums usually color up?

RE: Male or female?

BonnieandClyde — Mon, 18 Aug 2008 16:57:24 GMT

well just looking at how round the fins are its safe to say its female!

RE: Male or female?

Nikita — Mon, 18 Aug 2008 14:29:15 GMT

If the severum is still immature, it will not have developed the longer finnage.

The fish is either immature, or a female, however - it has not yet developed the typical "male cichlid forehead bulge".

RE: Male or female?

BonnieandClyde — Mon, 18 Aug 2008 14:06:03 GMT

all i can tell you is that your Severum is a female I have a male his fins on top and bottom come all the way out to his tail fin

RE: Male or female?

Nikita — Mon, 18 Aug 2008 13:14:27 GMT

It's difficult to distinguish sexes in non-dimorphic fish from just pictures. I can't eyeball the animals from all angles and check the most subtle differences.

Generally, your female fish will be wider and more robust than the males. Look at the fish from above. Are certain ones thicker than others? Do some have deeper bodies? Males are going to be a bit more streamlined. But this variety of tetra will show almost no difference in the sexes because of its natural body shape.

These fish will not pair off for any length of time, so distinguishing them is not of utmost importance - as long as you have a few males and a few females, things should be fine. But you need at least six, and a specialized setup. I only saw four tetras in those pictures.

RE: Male or female?

FattFishy — Mon, 18 Aug 2008 12:53:00 GMT

AHH! Big pictures.

I'm not good at sexing fish that aren't told apart easily so... did you check www.badmanstropicalfish.com/profile.html? It has a lot of information there... they also probably have some sexing info too.

Male or female?

plecodiscus — Mon, 18 Aug 2008 12:49:04 GMT

I'm having trouble determining the genders of some of my fish. I've posted pics of them. at the top is my severum and at the bottom is my small school of red & blue colombian tetras (how many are male and how many are female? They range from 1.5" to 2" long). Also, i would like to know if my severum is a green or turquoise severum (its almost 3" long including the tail. when do they star to color up?), and I would like to know if it is possible for me to breed my tetras in my tank right now.

severum:

Red & blue colombian tetras: