Male or female?

[paulinajgu]

Hi
I would be grateful if somebody could identify my fish.
I have then all form babies so unsure whether they are boys or girls
Gold severum
Ro

tkeil severum
Uaru

 

[Ichthys]

You seem to have labelled the pictures wrong. The spotted one is a Uaru and the other two are Severums. They all look too young to be sexed yet.

Btw, Uaru need to be kept in a decent sized group, and can grow more than a foot long. I hope your tank is big enough.

 

[paulinajgu]

I didnt mean to label the picture.
Are both severum too young to be sexed? I know Uary is still a baby but teh severums have been with me for a while.
When i got the Uaru I was told to either get a single one or a group of 5-6 and my 200l is too small for a group. Did they give me incorrect info?

 

[GaryE]

Your severum are unsexable at that size, and will be too big for a 200l soon, in how I would keep them. Adding a Uara to a tank that size?

Yikes.

It's never a good idea to go with a "they" who then takes your money. The supposed expert may be sincere and just badly trained in fishkeeping,or they may have a 'sell fast and let them die young' approach to fish.

Years ago when I was new at Cichlids, a clerk refused to sell me a fish because he said I was overstocked. I wasn't very happy with him, but I said nothing. I went home, thought about it, and went back to thank him. I was met by a smiling guy who told I could add several of the fish to my tank. I asked where the original guy was and was told Mr Smiles had replaced him. He hoped the other guy hadn't been unhelpful in selling fish.

That store lost a customer, and I learned a little more about retail.