Gold Severum

Gold Severum
The Gold Severum, also known as the Banded Cichlid, is a color variation of Heros severus Severum. Severum have an iridescent sheen to their scales and off-white to gold background color.

Gold Severums grow very large, and for this reason they should be housed in a large tank. The minimum sized aquarium for an adult is a 30-gallon, though a 55-gallon tank is ideal. They require pH levels between 6.0 and 7.5.

Gold severum and green severum were $200 each (US $4.35), or $400/pair.
A nice adult male gold severum ...

Gold Severum (Cichlasoma severum) and Red Devil (Cichlasoma erythraeum)
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Severum, Gold Severum, Hero or banded Cichlid.
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Distribution Guyana and the Northern Amazon area.

We have a huge gold severum - it has grown quite rapidly and is beautiful! The only trouble is, if it doesn't get fed twice a day, like when we go on vacation, other smaller fish mysteriously disappear.

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There are two main color variations, with the Gold Severum having been developed from the Green Severum. The Gold Severum has been been bred to a pale yellow iridescent color without the original distinctive dark bands.

He recently killed my gold severum before I got the 3 inch jack dempsey. It was my texas that killed it. My texas likes flame tetras as food live, and my 1 inch jack dempsey made friends with the almost 1 inch feeder gold fish I put in.

The image visible here is a gold severum owned by Kateyoup. It is a morph selectively bred from the original green strain. Other strains are available including the popular red severum.

The Gold Severum does not pair as readily as other South American Cichlids, and may take a bit longer. Providing the male with a choice of females will help. An open breeder, the female can lay as many as 1,000 eggs on rocks.

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Other Info= There are two varation of this fish, there is the Gold Severum and the Green Severum.
Breeding Info= TANK: A tank with 51G (200L) per pair, flat stones on the bottom.

Gold Severums are the more spectacular of the two, with a base colour ranging from a creamy white through to a true gold. Both colour morphs are the same species and require identical care and feeding ...

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