Description
Red Shoulder Severum Cichlid Freshwater Fish
Heros sp rotkeil
aka: Orange Shoulder Severum
The Red Shoulder Severum Cichlid, formerly from the Amazon, is a very trusting species that will sometimes take food directly from your hand. To keep this fish content, provide them with a home in a 20-gallon or larger tank that features few plants and a soft bottom. Also consider complementing the tank with a few big rocks, just as long as there is still a lot of room for swimming. They will also be most content living amongst a large school of fish. They will like eating frozen foods, including freeze-dried bloodworms, tubifex, and ocean plankton, as well as flake food and Cichlid pellets.
- Semi-aggressive
- Max Size: 8″
- Diet: Carnivore
- Temp: 73-77 F
- Water Parameters: KH 4-5, pH 6.0-6.5
- Origin: Amazon, Northern South America