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Drumachine09
07-26-2007, 12:18 AM
Well, i went to the LFS today, and heres what i came out with.


I did alot of studying on how to sex green severums, and i remembered all of the criteria. I went, and there were a couple that looked like they could be females, but there was one greeny in the gold severum tank that just screamed female. So i got her. (Ive named her lee, so i have Bruce and Lee, my dedication to the best martial artist of all time). After her acclimation, i realesed her into the aquarium. She immediatly swam to the back of the aquarium and was staring at the background. Bruce swam up and stared at her for a few minutes, neither of them moving, and then she started to swim around him, like she is checking him out. Now they are both just chilling out. He is patroling his favorite rockstack, and she is checking out all of the new places. She went to his rockstack, and i was afraid he might chase her away, but he didnt mind at all. It looks like i could possibly have a breeding pair!


Now, i cant go to my Fins & Feathers without "rescuing" a mushroom from the frag tank. I looked over, and they had this mushroom that was almost the diameter of a coke can! Then there was a smaller one that was about the size of a quarter. I had them bagged. They propegate their own corals from the show tank that one of the ladies that works their owns, keeps at the store, and sells to the store. I went to check out, and the lady that owns the tank noticed ive bought several corals from their frag tank. She asked me about my setup, so i told her, and she told me i could just have the two shrooms. This is one of the mest trips to the LFS EVER!

YaYgoldFish
07-26-2007, 12:25 AM
Lol sweet! I hope your severums spawn, that could be pretty exciting!

Drumachine09
07-26-2007, 12:37 AM
Lol sweet! I hope your severums spawn, that could be pretty exciting!


That makes two of us! They are still getting the feel for eachother. Tomorrow and every day after, i will increase the temperature untill i reach 85 degrees. Then i will do LARGE waterchanges everyday untill they spawn.

gm72
07-26-2007, 12:44 AM
Wow, very cool. I'd just be happy if I had a LFS that was worth a crap.

Drumachine09
07-26-2007, 12:47 AM
Wow, very cool. I'd just be happy if I had a LFS that was worth a crap.


Yeah, this one is by far my favorite one. The girl that owns the big reef tank also started a nano around the time i started mine, and she is using the same corals i am. She is doing all inverts and no fish though.

Kuli_Loach
07-26-2007, 01:53 AM
Lol, my severum is still to young to sex but I hope it is a female.

Drumachine09
07-26-2007, 01:55 AM
Why a female?

Kuli_Loach
07-26-2007, 02:07 AM
Wouldn't it be less aggressive towards it's tank mates?

Drumachine09
07-26-2007, 02:09 AM
It really depends. There are times when bruce will actually school with the tiger barbs (or whats left of them) and there will be times where he flares up when he sees them.

The new female seems pretty uninterested in her surroundings, just hangin around a rock stack.

Kuli_Loach
07-26-2007, 02:11 AM
Mine has his corner and nothing better get in it!! He isn't really aggressive but he makes sure everyone knows it is the boss of the tank!!! He will flare up and run it out of his stack of rocks but not chase it. He likes to get his share of the food as well, I have to spread it out all over the tank to make sure everything gets there share.:ezpi_wink1:

Drumachine09
07-26-2007, 02:15 AM
Haha, yea, sounds like mine. Ill feed him pellets, and he wont let the barbs near the "feeding area" i have to feed them flakes on the other side of the tank before i feed him to keep them out of his way.

Kuli_Loach
07-26-2007, 02:24 AM
My angels will swim around my fingers as to touching me constantly as I feed frozen food. They love me.:malelovies: My Severum will eat cucumbers out of my hand, well nibble on them.

MeganL3985
07-26-2007, 01:50 PM
Bruce Lee...hahaha :) Love it. Maybe you can name one of his fry Brandon! :) Let us know if anything happens!

SkarloeysMom
07-26-2007, 02:06 PM
Its nice to have such a good trip to the LFS. I'm glad your new little lady is getting along so swimmingly :ezpi_wink1: with your guy. Free shrooms! You gotta love that!!

Drumachine09
07-26-2007, 05:26 PM
Well, i was really excited to wake up and turn on my lights today so i could se the corals all opened up, when the biggest one i have just up and went missing. I have ni idea whter its att. The littler one i got opened up and it is almost as big as the other one now that i look at it, but i cant find the huge one. Im going to move some rock around to see if i can find it. Updates will soon follow.

Drumachine09
07-26-2007, 05:36 PM
Ok, i found it.

I put it on a rock near a "tunnel" though the rock that is frequented by my damsel. He must have knocked it through, because i found it under that rock. Its still closed up, and its not looking to hot. I dont know if it will make it, but im hoping it will.

tropfish
07-26-2007, 05:53 PM
Some people get all the luck!. Hope the severums mate! that would be awesome

Drumachine09
07-26-2007, 05:55 PM
I am slowly acclimating the coral towards where i want him. Hes about halfway up the tank now, and he is opening up a bit, so hopefully, hell be ok.

Incredulous_Ed
07-26-2007, 09:25 PM
Hopefully the fish don't have the same fate as bruce lee. lol

zackish
07-27-2007, 11:01 PM
So if the corals are real real small that means they are unhealthy?