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bratyboy2 Big Fish Posts: 355 Kudos: 340 Votes: 1 Registered: 21-Apr-2004	okay i have a severum and hes about 4-5 inches now and how fast will he grow what should i feed him
Posted 26-Jan-2006 12:02
sirbooks Moderator Sociopath Posts: 3875 Kudos: 5164 Votes: 932 Registered: 26-Jul-2004	Didn't you just say on a poll that your severum was fully grown? And when he gets to Heaven, to Saint Peter he will tell: "One more Marine reporting, Sir! I've served my time in Hell."
Posted 26-Jan-2006 12:02
bratyboy2 Big Fish Posts: 355 Kudos: 340 Votes: 1 Registered: 21-Apr-2004	no
Posted 26-Jan-2006 12:02
AndyCLS Fish Addict Posts: 590 Kudos: 1584 Votes: 107 Registered: 13-Mar-2003	Bratyboy2 - This is a direct quote from you in the Severum minimum tank size poll: http://www.fishprofiles.com/interactive/forums/thread.asp?id=46293 i have mine in one and its full grown and stil has room
Posted 26-Jan-2006 12:02
bratyboy2 Big Fish Posts: 355 Kudos: 340 Votes: 1 Registered: 21-Apr-2004	lol sry i meant half grown
Posted 26-Jan-2006 12:02
AndyCLS Fish Addict Posts: 590 Kudos: 1584 Votes: 107 Registered: 13-Mar-2003	I suppose a good question is what are you currently feeding it? An omniverous diet of flake food or cichlid pellets, and possibly some occasional veggies like shelled peas or lettuce would probably be good for your Severum.
Posted 26-Jan-2006 12:02
inkodinkomalinko Fish Guru Posts: 2441 Kudos: 833 Registered: 18-Jan-2003	Quality cichlid flake or pellet. Usually I reccomend pellets more. Try to feed it some tubifex worms or blood worms, usually they will happily take it. If you have it, brine shrimp will help supplement some high protein that will induce faster growth rates.
Posted 26-Jan-2006 12:02
fishiedude Fish Addict Posts: 503 Kudos: 195 Votes: 0 Registered: 22-Aug-2002	My sev's diet: tetra flakes wardley tubifex worms hikari cichlid staple tetra cichlid pellets frozen brine shrimp He also likes plants which is why I no longer have real plants in my tank, just fakes. Lastly but not least, he likes baby fish, which is also why I have one less baby zebra cichlid.
Posted 26-Jan-2006 12:02
Dolf Enthusiast Posts: 203 Kudos: 180 Votes: 46 Registered: 09-May-2004	I feed a mix of processed and frozen: Hikari Cichlid Staple,Tetra Select Tropical Crisps, freeze dried plankton, frozen blood worms and shrimp. They also nibble on the lettuce, zuchini and cucumber I feed my pleco. As an occasional treat I feed watermelon, bits of earthworns, crickets and live ghost shrimp. The sev expert at my lfs says their growth start to slow down at 4-5 inches. They add less overall size but more mass. Mine are at this point and seem to have slowed their growth a bit.
Posted 26-Jan-2006 12:02


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