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FisheasyFreshwater
Severum
Heros severus
Family: Cichlidae
📍 Amazon & Orinoco Basins, South America
Large, deep-bodied cichlid with a friendly temperament for its size. Comes in green, gold, and red colour variants. Often bonds strongly with its keeper and will hand-feed.
Keeping this species
- pH
- 6.0–7.5
- diet
- omnivore/herbivore
- maxSize
- 8 inches
- minTankSize
- 55 gallons
- temperature
- 73–84°F (23–29°C)
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Temperature
73–84°F
23–29°C
Natural Habitat Temperature
79°F — 82°F seasonal range · (Jan low, Mar high)
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