severums

[monster eel]

I recently had a terrible experience with my 150ltr tank and my 4 year old eel died along with one that i had for a relatively short time - my Tiger eel survived and
finally healed - then the feeling sorry for my baby set in ( Tiger eels actually sing at night - she used to sing to the 4 yr old at night and twist around him ) regardless she started to sing again aso I purchased a tiretrack eel and a peacock eel for her comfort.

Now here is the problem - at the local fish shop saw a baby golden severum
I had severums a couple of years ago a green and gold male that got along
ok except for feeding time.

Now I thought hmm I need him because Severums have alot of personality and basically their attention and personalities make me happy - whilst there I did see a small green severum - sad looking thing.

Next day went back and purchased the green one - now the gold had only been in my tank for about 24 hours at the most - when the green one was introduced that immediately swam around together - sticking close doing everything together
- THEN I FED THEM and all hell broke loose now my babies hate each other and the Yellow bullies the small green terribly.

Now the yellow is probably only 1cm if that larger then the green one they are both babies -

Question - the green has a spot on the dorsel fin ? does this mean the green is female? the gold used to have quite alot of red on him - thats why I purchased because I felt it had more chance of been a male - but now colour has gone and is just a bright yellow. is this a female to?


None are sick - and other then the OMG your getting to close how dare you swim there and eat that the tank is a happy place.

I dont remember my others fighting because it was sooo long ago that they were introduced and then onsold when they got to big - both were about 4 years old
about 20cm long in a 70ltre tank hence why they went to live somewhere else.

Please dont say 150ltre is to small for 2 severums because its not.

6.8ph
0ppm amonia
0ppm nitrate
0ppm nitrite

hardness 9kh

temp 25 degrees

As you can see it is not overstocked in anyway shape of form - and the eels are ground dwellers anyhow so they dont take up much room.

The tank is heavily planted with lots of stones and hiding places - sometimes when you look at the tank you cannot see anything in it

people are like wow an empty tank brilliant.

Anyway question why fighting - when will it stop!!

Contemplating going to the fish shop and purchasing another 5 and then waiting to pair off and then removing others BUT eel that survived the death of the others im not willing to risk by maybe bringing parasites into tank

advise?

 

[Vip]

Guess what, it is to small for them, NOT is size but in Territory
Its a bit strange for sevs that size claiming there Territory in the tank but its not impossible.

As for males and females IMO there is no way of telling male to females, my male has stuff all red on his face were as my female has alot, the only true way of telling is when they lay eggs.

 

[ryan]

As Vip says, until breeding occurs there is no guarentee on what their sex is. The tank is to small to house two full grown Severums especailly if they are not a pair. You may have ended up with two males that are now fighting to establish their territories. I suggest that you upgrade your tank as some of your other fish also need a large upgrade. Tyre track eels can grow to 40" and will need at least a 100g tank, with age these fish often become aggressive to other eels and bottom dwellers. Peacock Eels also enjoy the company of their own kind so if possible keep a small group of them. I am not sure what the fish you call a Tiger Eel is as I am not familiar with the common name, do you know the scientific name?

 

[semper fi]

As for males and females IMO there is no way of telling male to females, my male has stuff all red on his face were as my female has alot, the only true way of telling is when they lay eggs.

not true. you can also, when the fish is of some size, vent the fish. venting is to look at the two excretion holes located on the underside of the fish. there will be two, one for fish waste and one for reproduction. venting is a skill that does need to be practised. going according to color or eggspots (as in africans) are good to use for guesstimations. unless you are hardpressed to determine the sex, you could just wait and see which pair up.

 

[monster eel]

update - I have just received 2 more severums from my LFS
basically i can keep them till a pair forms and take the others back -
didnt have to pay because im friends with the owner.

Anyway

my green sev is going up to the smaller yellow one beating it up a little then its going down to the bottom and turning its back on it and wiggling its body like its
quivering - it has also turned a darker colour

is this like a wanna drink i like you thing or just plain agression