Greetings from UK. I have 10 of them in only a 5 Gallon Tank and they are very happy. I keep the light level quite Low as I have A lot of floating plants, Frog Bit Water Lettuce with long roots. I feed them Micro Pellets and frozen Daphnia and Brine Shrimp and sometimes live versions of the latter 2. Temp 24c 75f. I don't feed flake as I feel flake makes a lot of mess in the substrate. I will probably get slated for such a small tank, however I test frequently for Bio load and water quality. They are quite happy in this environment.
@@gregsexton8806 I would not worry. I find that often what works for some does not work for others. This does not mean there is a right or wrong. It is different for everyone. I have done so many things that many would not recommend, but it works for me. I am glad you are having success.
I love serpae tetras and it lives well with all small tropical South America fishes. They're not agressive or fin nippers in my South America aquarium not even with the Angels.
It's also worth noting that these fish come from water that does not support bacteria at all. This makes the fish more prone to bacteria infections, as they never needed to adapt to high bacteria levels. High filtration and really good water quality is essential for these fish. This is the same for fish that live in similar areas in the world, like neon tetras
@@asheraley779 clean water should be a part of your daily routine’s. I change water 25% daily in many of my High end tanks and twice a week on my Non Discus and Angelfish tanks. I agree many of these species are found in areas where millions of gallons of clean water is turned over every hour or day. I mention this in many of my videos. Thank you for the excellent comment. I hope you will both Like and Subscribe. New subscribers are entered into my latest giveaway a $200.00 Visa Gift card when we reach 20,000 subscribers.
I made the mistake of keeping them with guppies in a 35 gallons community tank. ☹ I saw the nipped fines on the guppies, but I've never put two and two together until I research a bit about callistus, because I never cought them in the act.🧐 Yesterday, I've transfer them in another 35 gallons long that have 10 tiger barbs, may the best fin nippers win. 😈
I have never tried that. I am a purist in the hobby and don’t believe in that angle. I really don’t know how to answer that? You should do some research online!
So I have a school of six serpaes and I surrendered one because she was a bit deformed and wasn't really joining the others. I know they don't school like a lot of tetras, but she was dirper, delayed reactions, and was getting harassed not just by the males but by the other females. I've been fish keeping for a few years now with ten gallon tanks, weekly water changes, spring water that has no chlorine, and everyone is pretty happy. I had a small school of neon tetras but the serpaes would fin nip on occasion and seriously hurt the neons, so they have their own tank now. At the end of your video, you say you can keep ten to twelve in a species only tank. I was wondering if you had any extra advice for that? Would it be better or worse to introduce instead another similar species like Candy Cane tetras or Black Phantom Tetras, or even long fin versus short fin serpaes? Would long fin and short fin school together? (I am not interested in breeding anything.) Again, I keep my tank perimeters stable and I do weekly water changes of fifty per cent, every two weeks a hundred per cent. The tank is bare bottom so I can grab all the debris easily but will I need extra hiding spaces? They seem to enjoy the open space and zip around the tank happily. I know this video is old but I enjoyed it greatly, there is strangely not that much specific info on them beyond peraimeters. And finding info on what you can do with a ten gallon tank when you aren't a newbie is extremely difficult.
@@aquaticconceptsbringingwaterto Well now I'm dissapointed to see they've changed up the design on the newer ones. They don't look the same, different lights etc.
@@aquaticconceptsbringingwaterto Yeah, look in their site, or at some videos that came out around the time of this one or later. Moved the filter housing to the back, plastic cheap looking bottom, different lesser lights, different filter style etc. It's disappointing because your style is a sharp looking tank. The newer style just looks cheap.
Greetings from UK. I have 10 of them in only a 5 Gallon Tank and they are very happy. I keep the light level quite Low as I have A lot of floating plants, Frog Bit Water Lettuce with long roots. I feed them Micro Pellets and frozen Daphnia and Brine Shrimp and sometimes live versions of the latter 2. Temp 24c 75f. I don't feed flake as I feel flake makes a lot of mess in the substrate.
I will probably get slated for such a small tank, however I test frequently for Bio load and water quality. They are quite happy in this environment.
@@gregsexton8806 I would not worry. I find that often what works for some does not work for others. This does not mean there is a right or wrong. It is different for everyone. I have done so many things that many would not recommend, but it works for me. I am glad you are having success.
I love serpae tetras and it lives well with all small tropical South America fishes. They're not agressive or fin nippers in my South America aquarium not even with the Angels.
They really do well with all other Tetras and even larger fish like Angels as you said!
It's also worth noting that these fish come from water that does not support bacteria at all. This makes the fish more prone to bacteria infections, as they never needed to adapt to high bacteria levels. High filtration and really good water quality is essential for these fish. This is the same for fish that live in similar areas in the world, like neon tetras
@@asheraley779 clean water should be a part of your daily routine’s. I change water 25% daily in many of my High end tanks and twice a week on my Non Discus and Angelfish tanks. I agree many of these species are found in areas where millions of gallons of clean water is turned over every hour or day. I mention this in many of my videos. Thank you for the excellent comment. I hope you will both Like and Subscribe. New subscribers are entered into my latest giveaway a $200.00 Visa Gift card when we reach 20,000 subscribers.
they look dope. never been interested in serpaes but the long fins are nice
They look amazing in the right setting. Thank you and enjoy!
I made the mistake of keeping them with guppies in a 35 gallons community tank. ☹
I saw the nipped fines on the guppies, but I've never put two and two together until I research a bit about callistus, because I never cought them in the act.🧐
Yesterday, I've transfer them in another 35 gallons long that have 10 tiger barbs, may the best fin nippers win. 😈
Will these cross breed with other similar tetras like maybe Colombian or Buenos Aries tetras I have all three plus black and white pearl skirts
I have never tried that. I am a purist in the hobby and don’t believe in that angle. I really don’t know how to answer that? You should do some research online!
So I have a school of six serpaes and I surrendered one because she was a bit deformed and wasn't really joining the others. I know they don't school like a lot of tetras, but she was dirper, delayed reactions, and was getting harassed not just by the males but by the other females. I've been fish keeping for a few years now with ten gallon tanks, weekly water changes, spring water that has no chlorine, and everyone is pretty happy. I had a small school of neon tetras but the serpaes would fin nip on occasion and seriously hurt the neons, so they have their own tank now. At the end of your video, you say you can keep ten to twelve in a species only tank. I was wondering if you had any extra advice for that? Would it be better or worse to introduce instead another similar species like Candy Cane tetras or Black Phantom Tetras, or even long fin versus short fin serpaes? Would long fin and short fin school together? (I am not interested in breeding anything.) Again, I keep my tank perimeters stable and I do weekly water changes of fifty per cent, every two weeks a hundred per cent. The tank is bare bottom so I can grab all the debris easily but will I need extra hiding spaces? They seem to enjoy the open space and zip around the tank happily. I know this video is old but I enjoyed it greatly, there is strangely not that much specific info on them beyond peraimeters. And finding info on what you can do with a ten gallon tank when you aren't a newbie is extremely difficult.
These with keyholes?
can you mix longfinned serpae and non-longfinned serpae together?
I have and I actually liked it. Enjoy.
@@aquaticconceptsbringingwaterto whAt was the benifits
*May I get your consent to use this video for my presentation about them? ^^*
Moonlight M. Aeri4Life sure as long as my channel is mentioned!
George Wheeler The Art of Water
*Definitely gonna do that, thanks a lot ^^*
Does anyone recommend putting the long fin S. Tetra w Betta's?
@@michaelvenuti6560 I would not. The more flash and longer finned the tank mates are the chances for tank harmony go down. You can try any?
How's that Top Fin tank growing plants for you? I am kinda wanting one.
It does realy well with low to Moderate plants. Anubis, Swords Etc.
@@aquaticconceptsbringingwaterto Well now I'm dissapointed to see they've changed up the design on the newer ones. They don't look the same, different lights etc.
Charlie Wilson I was not aware of that?
@@aquaticconceptsbringingwaterto Yeah, look in their site, or at some videos that came out around the time of this one or later. Moved the filter housing to the back, plastic cheap looking bottom, different lesser lights, different filter style etc. It's disappointing because your style is a sharp looking tank. The newer style just looks cheap.
Need higher volume when recording 😊
Old video. All new equipment on my newer videos. Thanks.
Mine get pissy with each other sometimes but not the other tetras
Check my video I have 21 if them in a 20 gallon tank from fry to 2 months. Single species tank to keep the aggression low.
You need at least 30 of them
Obviously not to be extreme just a good tip
callistus? I thought it was eques?
Five gallon is good enough
Just to quarantine. After that a 20 Gallon or bigger for a school of 15 - 17