Top 10 Tetras
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- Top 10 Tetras. There are over 150 species of Tetras with so many beautiful and colorful choices
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I had my Neon Tetra’s for well over 15 years. I had them in a heavily planted 55 gallon aquarium. It was a Dutch Style tank and very natural. I started out with about 20, and over the years the number increased to over 50. The Fry would hide in the plants. I let nature takes it course, so I think I could have had a bigger amount of Tetras. I had a decent amount of Otocinclus Catfish as my cleaning crew. I move across the country, so I sold the whole setup with fish and all. I even helped setting up the tank for the lady.
That sounds amazing
I love the way she educate people about this beautiful tetras🙂
Thanks
You r welcome... waiting for more posts and news from you 🙂 im tetras lover and it is a full reward to grow them
I've kept lemons a few times and they're my favorite tetra. They look phenomenal in person, and she's right they look phenomenal when backdropped by heavy foliage and with plenty of shade.
Yes they are!
Rummy Nose are on my fish-bucket list.
They are great
Another note: Columbian tetras are extremely easy to breed if you are a beginning breeder. I have had them spawn in a quarantine tank, eggs hatched, fry appeared (some were not eaten). OBviously if you remove parents after spawning, protect eggs, etc -- you will have better luck. Mine spawned in tap water (slightly hard) so they are not picky about water hardness or pH either.
so good to know, thank you!
Well, that definitely sparked up many ideas for setups!
i agree. they bred for me in my community tank and i did manage to save a few fry that got to adulthood. they are nice and big too- i love them in my 125. they deserve lots of space. one of my favourites for sure.
I have about 5 lemon tetras in my 55 gallon with many other tetras and let me tell you, they are AMAZING. I also have black phantom tetras in that tank (that I’m planning on moving to another aquarium though) but the contrast between black and yellow, gorgeous
I love my lemons
@@QueAquatics understandable, they’re AMAZING little creatures
@@leonardpiittinen9946definitely get more if you have space!
Mine are more on the silver side. Not sure what I'm doing wrong.
Rummynose tetras, hardy beautiful fish, it has taken me several attempts, as I found they do not tolerate change, moving an are most stressed when you first get them, I found treating them for everything in quarantine an feeding small often brine shrimp baby brine cyclops an small blood worms, feed them up.
Once through provided your tank is stable they are hardy
Fish stores are not what they use to be back in the 60's and 70's. i really liked all the fish that came from the Ross Scolof fish farms in Florida. The platties were my Favorite. Surprised you did not have the Cardinal Tetra on your list. back 50+ years ago there were at least 15 or more Tropical fish stores in my area. Now sadly only about 2 and they both were originals from 60 years ago. i worked for one of them when i was in jr high. was soooo much fun. every night at closing the owner would tell me another installment about the fish trade or where certain fish camr from. I also remember all the fish we could no longer get back then b/c they were from the wild and their populations were dwindling. One of them was the Tr-colored shark or as they are sold at Petsmart, the Bala shark. Another was Red Tail sharks. Back then too they never told u how big the fish you were buying would eventually get...like Plecoo's and Clown loaches and the tri-color sharks....lol
So true
2nd comment. I have the Rummy nose tetras. I've been lucky that I have never had an issue. The group of 10 I have had for three years now. My water is almost mineral free out of my well. You might want to try adding RO water with water changes. I dont think they like hard water. My Ph stays around 6.8 if this helps TDS around 45 in this tank. Hardness 4 with not much gh. And I do water changes every week about 20%. Temperature 76. Hope it helps.
My ph is at 6.8 my TDS is around 300 tight out of the tap. I never thought about using RO water
I love black neon tetras. Those mint green stripes are so pretty, and they look good with red and blue Columbian tetras.
Thank you
I think the most underrated tetra is a Rosey tetra (the males are always displaying for the ladies). My bucket list has two congo and green neon tetra.
Bucket lists keep me hoping hahaha
I have a 10 gallon with neon and Black Skirt tetras. I love all of them and they get along for the most part until feeding time. The black skirts are bullies and always get the food first, lol.
Sounds like a great tank
Good info with some great picks 😀
Thank you
my Rummy nose tips are, rare small water changes ,filter threw charcoal peat & spagnum moss, lots of leaf litter , i collected from my back yard boil the leaves ( condences to black water , they dig black water ) let them dry very very dry then place in planted tank , also i noticed they like a heavily planted tank with intermitten clear spaces like hedge rows,lots of jungle val, guppy grass,crips,& highgrow sperma driftwood & sandy substright
I I’m ll have to try that
The Rummy is my favorite then the Buenos Aries and black neon. Rummy love warm water and I wonder if the water changes are stressing them with the temp changes with it
I don’t think I have ever kept black neons, I should
Great list, well commentated.
For me:
1. Glass bloodfin
2. Black line tetra
3. Emperor tetra (palmeri)
4. Brycinus longipinnis
5. Congo tetra
6. Marble hatchet
7. Glowlights (also the albino variety)
8. Pretty tetra
9. Red pencil tetra
10. Yellow tetra (H. bifasciatus; although unable to find them for more than 40 years now).
As for the Rummy nose, they do well feeding on live Artemia, 2-4 times a week, having their own spacy planted (not heavily) tanks.
love your choices and thatnks for tips on the rummynoses!!
Great information 🥰🏴🇬🇧
Thanks
I ❤ Tetras. I have 7 different kinds in my tanks right now 😊
Tetras are great
We have similar taste in tetras. I just got my Congo tetras. I had been looking for them since you did the species spot light on them. I’ve had similar experience with rummy nose tetras. I wish I had the magic solution for you, but I’ve killed more than I’ve kept alive. I currently have a small school of six which I’m hoping to enlarge soon. The Pristilla tetra or X-ray tetra is pretty cool too. You can see all it’s insides.
I have one, someday I will figure them out
You nailed the issues with Rummynose. Small changes. I have a slew of them in a 55, and I change 5 gallons a week on average. I use a faucet aerator diverter that uses an aquarium airline hose and my water change fills are down SLOWLY. Radical changes, like you alluded to by moving them from tank to tank never seems to fare well, especially if they've been established in a tank for a good while. A lot of people I know struggle with them also, I seem to have great luck with them. Nothing more incredible than Rummynose housed with a school of Neon's or Cardinals, or as I do, both. I unlike most, like Neon's better than Cardinals. Cardinals color is deeper, but Neon's are brighter and sparkle with the silver.
Sounds like an amazing tank!
Awesome!! I may try again in the future
I absolutely love you and your love of true specific species profile. I have 4 tetra that I can’t identify. White-black-white dorsal fine? Any help.
Maybe if you sent a picture, do you have insta or facebook?
I’ve had a dozen in my planted 75 for almost 2 years, I use a 70/30 mix of ro water to tap.
I might start using my RO water and mix it in too
This top 10 tetra video is twice as good as the first one that came out. 😁 I thought I fell asleep on the first one. All kidding aside great video, good information. Thank you.
Thank you so much for coming back and watching the whole video!!!
Black shirt tetra is best tetra 💕❤️
Great Tetra!
I have about 20 rummmy nose in my 125 gallon. They like large school of them . I’ve had them live for years! Feed XTreme krill flakes!!!
I bet they look amazing in the 125
I had Lemons, Cardinals and Rummy Noses in a planted tank with bogwood arches and caves, Java Moss and a big centrepiece Amazon Swordplant. That was a blast of a display.
Tip if you get Lemons - they're washed out looking in dealer tanks. When you put them in a proper planted tank, feed them a mix of colour food and live food. Once they grow a little, they'll be bursts of sunshine yellow in your aquarium.
As for Neons - recently they've been problematic due to inbreeding, and Neon Tetra Disease destroys them mercilessly. Cardinals are much less prone to inbreeding weakness.
With Rummy Noses, the BIG problem is that they dump stress hormones into the bag at the dealer. They need to be kept in the dark after bagging to stop them dumping stress hormones in the bag, and acclimatised to the aquarium in subdued light. Once they settle in, several feedings of live Daphnia will bring them round, after which they'll be a lot more robust. They also appreciate having tankmates swimming above them to act as "warning canaries" to feel safe, and if you can pop a couple of floating plants in the tank, even better.
Another odd feature of my Rummy Noses, was that they seemed to prefer plants such as Amazon Swordplants and Vallisneria to bushy plants like Cabomba. Might be worth trying this next time you run with them.
Thank you so much, I will!
Lemon is on my wishlist too! Dans fish has some now.
I’ll have to check it out
Great video, I also love the Congo Tetra, I just bought 7 of them, they are beautiful ❤ I also want to try the bleeding heart tetra because they don’t nip fins and are peaceful 🐠
Great choices!
How about Serpae tetras? I have a 75 gal with a juvenile gold severum and three young angels and I'm looking to displace some of the severum's aggression toward the angels. Nobody has gotten hurt but I don't want the angels to get too bullied.
Are Serpae's fin-nippers? They look great and have longfin varieties and could be just enough distraction for the severum.
Sounds like a good plan
I have a 90 gallon tank that has almost all Tetras, two of the fish are Hillstream Loaches. I have 25 Rummynose tetras, 25 Cardinal Tetras and 20 hengli Rasboras. This is the most peaceful community tank I have ever had, there is zero stress in that tank all the fish get along great. Along with being a planted tank makes it an awesome tank. I have been thinking of also adding some Panda Cory cats which I think would be a perfect addition to finalize the stocking. Also could leave it as is, it's pretty good just the way it is.
P.S. I have 25 Rummy nose tetras, they are all thriving with no problems. I don't know if I'm doing something different than you are or what the secret may be but they are doing great, haven't lost a single one and it's been about five months now. I do 50% water change once a week, I also inject CO2 into the tank for the plants. The tank is heavily planted, maybe it is the size of the group or something? They start schooling back and forth at dusk every day and the Cardinal tetras join them it is quite the sight to see them all schooling back and forth together like that. The one thing I do is make sure everything about the tank stays stable, I don't chase parameters so much as I work to keep the tank stable.
OMG that tank sounds amazing! I want to do something similar with my dieted planted 75 gallon starting with lemon tetras
@@QueAquatics
Thank You, it is an awesome tank I really like it. I'm surprised I've had the success that I have. It's my first attempt at a high tech tank and it all went good, almost to good lol. Now watch, I probably just jinxed myself. I liked your list and the lemon tetras would be a pretty awesome fish to start with. If your doing a tank for schooling fish I would think fewer species and larger schools of 20 or more. A school of 20 0r more lemon tetras in a planted tank would look pretty sweet. Cheers!
I have ember tetras in a 20L and love them! I have a dwarf gourami as the centerpiece fish and he goes after my 2 female platys, but ignores the tetras, and they avoid him. I guessed your #1 as you hadn't mentioned gorgeous Congo tetras yet. I'm moving soon and want to add another small tetra species to the tank when I get situated there.
Sounds great!! I love the Congo tetra
Black Phantom Tetras!
Great one!
I know this has been out for awhile now, but hey! Nice list. I recently put a dozen red eyes in a 40g with a pair of German blue rams. I’ve never had these before and I love ‘em.
That sounds like an amazing tank!
Runny nose, Tetris I have them for 2 years and everything is good I a learn that they like small food. One of my tetras died because he ate a big piece of food. Other wise no problem
Aren’t they great?? Thanks for the tip for the small food!
Trick on rummynose tetra is water change 20% 2x a week, mine is every monday and thursday, as for me they are hardy fish same as my celebes rainbow fish no issues encountered with them they are almost 2 yrs now in my aquarium community tank
Great tip, thanks
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Nice video. I have a 110 gallon jungle tank and it's South American themed. So I have neons that are almost 2" and also von Rios and Embers. So I like the smaller tetras. I hope to get a bluish tetra I have seen through Arizona Aquatics that is always oos. Thanks for the nice video.
Thank you
I’ll keep my eye out for lemon tetras, I recommend red phantom tetras.
They are gorgeous!
Diamond Tetras!
Beautiful
My very first fish was a lemon tetra... Over 30 yrs ago. You left my absolute favorite completely off the list: diamond tetras!! Easy to sex, easy to breed, flashy, beautiful long lavender fins on the males. I lost mine in a tragic well failure and I grieved...
That is a beautiful fish the diamond tetra! OMG what a horrible way to lose them
The Tetras are very colorful , I just want to know if they're hard to find at your local fish shop 🤔
No, I have some amazing fish stores here in SE Pennsylvania
The regular neon tetra or standard neon tetra is what the average person who’s not knowledgeable about aquariums thinks of immediately when they think of freshwater tropical fish💯
They do…
I have an 120 gallon aquarium with predominantly clown and yo-yo loaches and one old silver dollar. The tank temp is 82 degrees. My water is very soft. The PH runs between 7.2-7.5. The dimensions are 4’ x 2’ x 2.5’. I run 2 Fluval 407’s so there is good water flow. Which larger tetra do you feel will be a near perfect fit?
I love the Congo Tetra, but I don’t think it gets very large but they are my favorite
One little itty bitty thing I want to add is that the BA tetras have been moved from Hyphessobrycon to Psalidodon, so their scientific name is now Psalidodon anisitsi.
Won't change anything, but I just thought I should put this here.
Thank you so much!!
No cardinal tetras? Otherwise a good list.
I do love the cardinals!
I had rummy nose tetras years before I knew what their species name was but I always knew they were a species of tetra and I never had problems with them dyin’ easy but I also didn’t do a whole lot of water changes and when I did it was only 1/3 of the water but that was mostly from laziness not because I knew what they needed💀😂
Hahahahaha
Dont understand how anyone can like neons more than cardinals but more for me
hahahah yep!
Okay, this is what you do for water changes. Keep the old water and filter is with carbon, just keep running the water though the carbon for an hour, then add five drops of pure lemon juice per three gallons of water. Keep it for the next water change and your good. I raise tetras for years.
OMG thank you!!
%20 change on rummy
Perfect
Can you explaine what does Biotope mean?
Basically, it is reenacting the environment where the fish originally came from with the same kind of substrate, leave droppings, same rocks (if any) flow, water parameters etc
My Neons and tetras in general sure don’t last in my 150 gl tanks think my Pleco might be getting at them.
oh no!!
I am based in Kansas City and have a friend who breeds rare tetras.
What kind? Sounds cool
Oh wow.....Rummy nose Tetra is very hardy for me but other fish seem to not make it. I live where there is very hard water, I keep them in a planted tank, not too big. Perhaps you live where there is soft water and that's the difference. I have them with balloon mollies, mono shrimp and snails. I don't know....go figure.
I do have soft water:(
Do you have the Golden tetra? I’m looking for them and Rosbara mini.
No I do not, I hope you find them
Are u buying fishes from Guyana
I am not, are you?
My favourites...
Cardinals
Neons
Black skirts
Congos
Rasboras
Serpas
Glolights
Glofish
...read more
Awesome
How is this for experience and common sense . Encouraging for the less experienced. No sign of the “ fish police “ who had out absolutes .
Thank you
Serpae denied yet again
Hahahah sorry Whip
@@QueAquatics It's all good 😁 Morr for me 😉