Wild Redneck Severum

[fishprotector]

Willis, thanks for that . I have not heard of a 'Belem Severum' before though. Do you have any links to any information about them please?

 

[fishprotector]

Ok I feel silly now as just realised that Belem is actually a place.

 

[Wills]

F1 means that they are 1 generation away from wild fish - so the parents were wild. Mine were labeled up as Wild Red Faced, but when I asked Niel he said they were F1 Belems. Most commercial Green Severums are a mix of regional variants of Heros Efasticious but sp.Belem is the most common source strain of the breeding programs.

So being close to wild they will have better colours and the Red in the face is only going to get stronger. The half black bars that are showing are an other regional trait. Very nice looking pics

Wills

 

[fishprotector]

Brilliant thanks for that info, much appreciated. They did have some larger specimans in the tank on the left as you walk in (above the cold water section) and they looked lovely. Any idea of sex?

 

[Wills]

I knew you were going to ask lol.... its a tough one as even female Belems show the red on the cheeks and a little across the nose but the males have brighter red across the nose and this is half way between what I would expect of the two... I am leaning towards Male though

Wills

 

[GShorty1981]

100% male

 

[fishprotector]

Thanks again guys

 

[AquaJason]

Any pics taken yet. As far as I know the heros sp appendiculatus can be called a redface/redneck severum but I've also heard of the rotkeil called redneck. It all gets very confusing. We have four rotkiel


This is one of our females when she was younger

Our adult male

And our young breeding pair

This is the appendiculatus
My link

Hi, truly beautiful fish however i am interested how you posted these images as i would love to post some of mine cheers

 

[bonzo]

[/quote]Hi, truly beautiful fish however i am interested how you posted these images as i would love to post some of mine cheers
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You need to save your photos to photobucket then right click on photo and click image location then click image icon on reply to post which will bring up a box then right click in it and click paste