[petslover]

Hi Experts,

I have a pair of red spotted severums. Its hard to find weather its a male or female with their current size. Experts help me with ur guess whether its a male or female. Only 2 weeks back i housed them in a new tank. Thanks in advance for ur valuable suggestions...

Here is the link...

http://www.flickr.com/photos/[email protected]/

Thanks & Regards,
Vip

 

[petslover]

35 Views, any guys reply with ur suggestions...

 

[Mad About Cichlids]

I remember female green/turquoise severums don't have markings on gillplate so I'm guessing yours a male.

 

[Riceburner]

That's what I know of as well.

males have a colorful series of striations surrounding their mouth, forehead, cheeks ..... females are more unifirmly colored in that area

That's what I'm basing mine below on.

my male

and female

 

[Chromedome52]

I would say both male, but given the possibly hybrid nature of that strain, it's hard to be certain. I can't say that I've seen any photos of what I would expect females to look like, and I've yet to hear of a successful breeding within the strain.

 

[Riceburner]

I should have vented them when I got them. Will try sometime int he future.

 

[DDRE00]

I watched the pictures and saw that both have the typical markings for males, but then I get a bit uncertain due to that they are a colormorph that might affect this.

I googled abit and it turns out that the red spotted hero has markings on the face no matter of sex. I guess then you need to go for how elongated the fins are and overall size.

 

[petslover]

Ok, thanks guys so the 2 red spotted severums i got with me are males :-(

 

[petslover]

Riceburner

Hi riceburner your severum and gravel/sand looking awesome. can u post me some pics preferably fully tank snaps and items present inside the tank. Thanks again...

kent

 

[Lestango]

It has been yrs. since I kept and bred green severum - but if my ancient experience memory saerves me correctly :? males of the same age as females generally had noticeably more elongated trailing filaments on their dorsal, anal, and pectoral fins. Based on this my first reaction was that your #1 was a male and #2 female (definitely more rounded fins from what I saw in pictures). Time will tell opcorn:

 

[Riceburner]

thanks Kent. That's actually the bkg. The gravel is black. I don't take too many FTS, should sometime.