Red Spot Gold Severums

[Cheryl P.]

I'm relatively new to breeding and I have questions!  I bought 2 red spot gold severums as babies and just happened to end up with a male and female that have paired off.  They have spawned twice in their own tank but it appears the eggs are infertile and they just end up eating them after a couple of days.

I was reading different posts on breeding them and there was a couple of mentions that a lot of gold severums are infertile but the posts are 10+ years old so I'm not sure if the info is accurate.  I'm wondering if anyone has experience breeding these guys to know if this is true.

I do realize that they are a young couple and just might not be doing things right yet too.  I'll let them do their thing a few more times to see if they are eventually successful.

[Fish Folk]

On 6/18/2022 at 11:31 AM, Cheryl P. said:

I'm relatively new to breeding and I have questions!  I bought 2 red spot gold severums as babies and just happened to end up with a male and female that have paired off.  They have spawned twice in their own tank but it appears the eggs are infertile and they just end up eating them after a couple of days.

I was reading different posts on breeding them and there was a couple of mentions that a lot of gold severums are infertile but the posts are 10+ years old so I'm not sure if the info is accurate.  I'm wondering if anyone has experience breeding these guys to know if this is true.

I do realize that they are a young couple and just might not be doing things right yet too.  I'll let them do their thing a few more times to see if they are eventually successful.

How do you know the eggs are infertile vs. Severums are just eating them before they hatch? 

[Cheryl P.]

Most of them turned white a day or so after spawning.  Last night (day 2) there were a handful good looking eggs but this morning there were only a few white ones left that the parents were still fanning.  Unless I'm mistaken, aren't white eggs infertile?