Hello! I have a 10 gallon tank with a male betta in now and planning on bringing cardinal tetras. Due to the tank size, was only gonna adopt 6 of them but is it better for them to be in a bigger group or will they need their space in the tank, meaning keep just 6? Thank you!!
Having work as an aquarium store clerk in my youth, it was pretty depressing seen how negligent, careless, and selfish some people can be. You are not buying toys, these are not things, these are living beings with needs beyond flake food and water.
The guy on the right is definitely into racketeering. Protection rackets. If you own a bar, he'll protect it but if you don't pay him, he'll send round the boys to give you an incentive to pay.
I always bought a pair of these and a pair of those. My ears have always been open but I was never educated. granted that is on me but never was I offered advice to that end and my total outlook is changed and new and on target thanks to Cory and his crew. Great job young man, you are impressive...
Great video! I learned after my first pet store fish purchase years that that is not the place to get guidance unless you don’t mind frantically setting up an unplanned tank to separate the “compatible” fish that aren’t or later upgrade to a much larger tank for the fish you didn’t know grew huge. 🤐 Lesson #1 is always do more research than you think you need and only after that go to the fish store with a plan. If you see something that makes you want to change your plans don’t impulse buy-leave and research it. Waiting another day or two will help you and the fish be in a good situation. I’ve really enjoyed your videos! Thankyou for spreading the knowledge!
I had a disaster event with my Zebra Danios, originally a group of six. I wake up to this horrible grinding noise so rush downstairs and check the tank. Four of them, yes four, had swam 'up-stream' right in to the filter powerhead and got themselves wrapped around the impeller. I didn't get any more after that, maybe emotional, but the two remaining, one male and one female, went in to my new community tank. The male was awesome, a little water-puppy. He'd swim in to my palm if i cupped a puddle of water just under the surface. Sadly he passed away, now I have a lone surviving female of five years old. After the male passed away, the female began schooling with my dwarf rainbows!
Thanks for a great video, in the past l have kept neons, l think l had six, they were very skittish and only lasted two years. I took a chance on them again when l set up my 100g planted tank & added 100 they are an absolute joy to watch, their behavior as a school throughout the day is so interesting and after 6 months l haven't lost a single fish. I know not everyone can have a hundred, but the pleasure from having these fish is multiplied by the number you have, if that makes sense! Paul UK
@@KarenNamaste Hi Karen, the truthful answer is you can't! You do get used to seeing a shoal of a certain size though & l feel l would notice if it got smaller, in the past l generally found their bodies & so far so good.
Good job and thank you - I'm sure most of your viewers already know this, but it's amazing how many serious hobbiests do not understand how important the numbers can be. And I do understand that your store may try to educate, but hopefully this video helps a little bit too. Then again, there are too many stores that are all about the sale, not the fish. And I also have a tank with one of this species of cory and two of that. Usually pick them up at the aquarium society auction when no one is bidding on them. Like Lamont, I look to add to their number as soon as possible. It's a 55g with endlers and corys so they are somewhat happy but they do better when I get some more (and sometimes give their species their own tank when I get enough).
Yes, I am an actual ordained minister. I carry credentials from a major evangelical denomination. I do however avoid claiming any affiliation because my ministry crosses many boundaries and I do not wish to become embroiled in denominational debates. Suffice it to say, if the Bible says something LITERALLY, I follow that. When someone says, the Bible could be or should be interpreted to say ... I seldom take a stance. My primary concern is to be an evangelist. I preach Jesus Christ, the Son of God, born of a virgin, lived a perfect life, was crucified, dead, buried, and then resurrected. He later ascended into heaven where He sits on the right hand of God Almighty. I prefer not to condemn those that often feel unloved or are unwelcome in traditional churches. I do appreciate your blessing. Thank you so very much!
I had a problem with my local fish store . I already did the research on pea puffers and I listened to what you had to say Cory . This staff member had no idea . I asked her how many pea puffers I could put in a 5 gallon tank. I already new the answer . She told me 10 . I said , are you sure . Yes she said. I was gob smacked and walked away . I didn't buy the pea puffers as i testing their knowledge about that particular fish.
Well...honestly they are probably very experienced so you could have told them what you thought was the case and there was probably another reason that you were given that answer x
I had a reticulate loach hang with an angel like you described. Pet store told me I only needed 1 and later I worked out you need a minimum of 3 of those loaches, been awhile since then and im a better fish keeper now. I've learnt to never listen to the pet store and just research everything. Even the water parameters they tell you to keep them are what they keep them at and often it isnt actually ideal. Best thing is to walk into a shop with the species and needs in mind and never impulse buy unless you know how to look after that species.
first time i watched this convinced me i desperately needed to get more emerald corys. i finally found 3 more yesterday. it's not enough, but it's a start
I've actually seen that defense mechanism of a neon playing dead after taking the rest out of my quarantine tank. He happened to be the last one out of the tank. I thought he was dying andI was astonished whey I saw him recover after a few hours. Awesome, I've never heard of that until watching your video, and I've read a good amount of books and watched lots of videos. Great stuff!
+Joe Amazon Yeah we find that "real" information isn't easy to find out there. So we are doing our part to try and give as much information as possible. While most information is opinion based, we feel we can still make a difference. Thanks for watching :)
It's truly nice to know you can tune in and get facts. Not someone setting and blowing smoke. My wife and I have had the 120 dual overflow tank [ freshwater ] for 2 years . and couldn't be any prouder. all due to Cory from aquarium co-op sir thank you from the 2 of us so much.
Schooling fish are fish that don't want to work in the real world. They just want to go to class, take tests, hang out at the library and live off their parents. :-)
@@Tr1Hard777 In my own experience it is capitalist fish that don't want to work, but always want to make their money off other much harder working fish.
@@vids595 that's not what socialism is. Socialism is working for your own money and someone else forcing you to give it to a lazy uneducated person that doesn't want to get their own. Socialists are usually jealous and resentful.
I was given a "rescue tank" that already was way overloaded, and inappropriately stocked. 10gal tank, there was a 5 inch pleco, and a 3 inch African clawed frog along with an African dwarf frog. I took the pleco and clawed frog to my LFS, and kept what was left in the tank. They had all been together for about a year and no massacres. 2 tiger barbs, 1 blue platy, 1 sword tail, 1 Columbian tetra, 1 serpae tetra, 2 corydoras, 1 african dwarf frog, and 3 nerite snails. It has worked unbelievably well. I NEVER would have thought that could work. The corys and the platy are moving into a new tank in like a week!
I’m the tiger barb guy. I had 6 that did great until I had to re-home them due to unrelated events. I was so happy when you put all of those tiger barbs in your 800g. Coolest thing ever man. When those guys get almost 2.5” long and pot-bellied you’re gonna go broke feeding them lol.
Overstocking is a subjective term though. There's a huge difference between putting 3 Oscar's in a 40 breeder, vs putting 30 tetras, 10 corys, 10 otos, and 2 Rams in the same 40 breeder. The first scenario is definitely not enough space for "only" 3 fish even though it doesn't technically violate the 1 inch per gallon "rule". But the second scenario has 12 more fish than the "rule", and is arguably perfectly fine; as the fish stay small, have a low bio load, and occupy different levels and niches in the aquarium. Decor, filtration (and maintenance), and aquascape also have a huge impact on the argument.
I have 16 neons tetras with 16 white clouds with two remaining of ten black neons and 20+ cherry shrinp and three mystery snails in a 55 gallon. It's like an ever changing lava lamp. I have found that schooling fish are just absolute jerks to each other when there is no school. One alon is as good as a single Betta. One singke salt water damsel fish was a favorite for all two+ years of it's life.
75 gallon tank, 72-74 F, 6.5 PH, sand Growing out my live java ferns with tall fake hornwort plants "rooted" in sand to fill it out. (The "+" means maybe add more? Also feel free to suggest m/f ratio.) Plan to overfilter. 5 golden dojo loaches 7+ panda cories 9+ odessa barbs (4m/3f) 15+ green neon tetras 3 pearl gouramis (1m/2f)
👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻👏👏👏👏👏 Just adopted 2 pale rasporas and put them to my group. Immediately they changed color to red. Who doesn’t have enough swarm fish and no money: start breeding by yourself!
Loving my school of cardinal tetras in my 29g. Currently a group of 9. They move in unison in a pretty tight school through the plants. It's fantastic to see under the LED lights. Planning to add another 9 or 10 to round out the school. love it.
@@DragonSkaterrr The rule of thumb I hear often is 1" of adult fish per gallon of water. Neon tetras get to around 1", so if it's just them, 25-30 in a 29-gallon tank.
my neon tetras are so chill. I’ve got nine but they just act almost like the rest of the independent fish, just hunting around for food scraps and derping around. I wanted them to school, so I’m gonna get like nine more. 😄. And I have seven Corys but I’m gonna get maybe three more. I really don’t think of them as cleaner fish they’re just part of the aquarium and they do actually earn their keep which is nice, but theyre just so fun to watch. honestly, though my otocinclus ARE cleaner fish, they are always working lol.
I raised two 'plain' oscars together, and they were absolutely compatible right up to when they were almost a foot long. We used to take the fish out of the tank and measure it every once in a while, and they actually got used to the handling, would pout for a half hour when we put them back in their tank, but if we offered them food, the pouting session would end immediately, because eating was their favorite thing. When they grew up they started to show some mating behaviors, mouth wrestling, flashing colors, etc, but never was there a ripped fin or scraped -off scale. We lost them in an accident before they could breed, but I never forgot those two. They were more beautiful than any oscars I ever see in a store anymore.
There's always "well I've had these fish together for years and they are fine". I've told one customer that he can't get a goldfish as a tank mate to his Oscar. Supposedly he's done it before and it will be fine!
I’ve done that! My Tiger Oscar picked a feeder fish out of 20 to be his buddy and never ate him. They grew to be huge fish together with their pleco buddies in a 200 gal.
About tiger barbs. I agree if you have only four. I have glow barbs I don't know if that makes a difference but here's my story.. But if you have six to eight you should be fine. I had a problem with four because I was establishing a new tank and I couldn't put any more than that I didn't want to build up ammonia. They were definitely hurting each other but when I upgraded to a 20 20 gallon long tank input total of 7 of them in there. They seem to be fine! yes they chase each other but I don't see them doing any damage.. It's been about 5 weeks. I also don't see any of these issues you're talking about with tiger Barbs on TH-cam with anything that is six or above.
Oh my, I think you were in my house looking at my set ups!! THIS ENTIRE VIDEO WAS ABOUT ME!! Of course I am new at this game. I have fallen in love with fish keeping. Currently I have 4 tanks so far. I bought a 5 gallon complete setup and loved it, it contains one female betta. Then I bought a 10 gallon complete set up and I love that one ( it contains two male betta's with a divider). Two were given to me, a 20 gallon with stand and nothing else and a 40 gallon complete set up with fish but no stand (I improvised a stand). Problem one, I love the 40 gallon but I "like" the fish in it, I don't "love" them. I had to promise to keep all the fish if I took the set up (I know it sounds silly but I was trusted by this person and I feel like I have to keep my side of the bargain). I have 5 fish in it. 4 Silver dollars about 3 to 4 inches each and a rather large Pleco about 8-9 inches or so. The fish to me are a bit boring to watch. They are scared to death if I come to close to the tank and don't do much of anything. I feel the tank is too small for all these poor fish and wish they could be in a 125 gallon were they have more room to swim. Also the Aqueon 55/75 filter is soooo loud!! Because I wanted to have different fish I started to set up the 20 gallon...there in lies the problem, I have a Noah's Arc tank, 2 by 2 these poor fish are in my tank...I had no clue they could be so stressed. I wanted a nice little community tank to watch and here I created a MONSTER!! I feel terrible about this. Can I right my wrongs? I have 2 yo yo loaches ( just like you said one is dominant over the other), 2 Cardinal Tetra's, 2 Red and green (whatever) Tetra's which don't seem to think the other tetra's are a kin to them so they don't hang out together, 2 dwarf pea puffer fish (which are looking to get the hell out a dodge!), constantly searching the sides of the tank for the port hole to another dimension. 2 Danio's (one is dominant over the entire tank and the other Danio). One Danio is bigger then the other one which leads to aggression as well as a whole host of other problems. One fresh water gobi who seems to have lost his mind. Constantly going up and down on the sides of the tank desperate to get out. For now I am running a crappy filter a Marine land heater and a bubble wand under some large rocks (to make caves and crevices), a glass top, and a make shift light with some Java ferns. What filter do you recommend and what type of decorations can I get to make these fish feel more at ease. I am waiting a large delivery of live plants so the 20 gallon will eventually be a planted tank. Should I run out and purchase 4 more Danio's, 4 more of each tetra's, and more Gobi's??? I just looked and the poor Danio "pair" have split up, one is banished to the bottom of the tank and the other is swimming (normal pattern mid to upper tank back and forth). Please help!!
+Destiny's Pet Project Dog Rescue Hi Destiny, My advice is keep what you'd like to keep and do is what is best for the animal. So on the 40 gallon tank. Perhaps if you can find a suitable home for those fish with someone with a larger tank who wants to enjoy them it makes more sense. It's like I wouldn't want to see someone own a puppy, but really wanted to own a cat. Let someone who really wants a dog adopt the dog, and that person adopt a cat, both animals win! As for your 20 gallon. If you're enjoying the fish you have in there I would fill out their schools. If you don't love a fish that is in there, I'd say donate it back to the pet store and fill in the schools you do like. If your collection of fish outgrows the 20 you could upgrade them to the 40 gallon. As for decorations I'd say that live plants will be wonderful. Make sure you have some decent lighting on there and put in plant fertilizers. Plants make the best decorations in our opinion.
I was a pair guy till I started watching this channel xD now I know better. Also I will say my corries (panda and peppered seperate tanks) shull fine. Also my blood fin and Lampeye tetras school together I've got 3 and 2. Also my petsmart will tell you when buying fish oh you might want x-amount for then to school or shull properly. So that's nice :3
After watching this and a couple other pf yout video's i now realize the pet store i got to suck and kept giving me bad information. Thanks for putting out good information.
My 75 heavily planted tank has : 7 Angels, 16 Minor tetra, 11 Panda Cory, 9 otocats, and 4 gold nugget plecos( which will be relocated once bigger to their own 100 gallon), and 3 giant mystery snails, a few pond snails too, I believe one more group, say 14 leopard danios might be a good addition, but that’s it, I’d rather be under stocked with 2/3 groups than the Noah’s ark approach most big tanks are and my fish are happy 😃👍🏻
Keep in mind that Neon Tetras are notorious fin nippers. They can eat fins, Gourami feelers and snail tentacles. The Cardinal Tetra doesn’t have that reputation.
I have 3 tinfoil barbs and they're amazing!!! Tinfoil barbs are in my opinion the best schooling fish but they get huge so you need a 55 gallon minimum for 3 of them. I have a 75 and oddly enough my 3 plecos and 3 oscars and 3 tinfoil barbs all get along fine. Getting paired up as babies is the trick. If fish that don't normally get along grow up together it makes them less aggressive towards each other
My eye started twitching when you said 55 gallon for tinfoil barbs and my whole head started spasming when you said 3 plecos, 3 oscars, and 3 tinfoils in a 75. A SINGLE LONE oscar is fine in a 75, no smaller and no other fish. You should have AT LEAST a 125 for those fish, a 180 would be better. Tinfoils NEED at LEAST a 6 foot tank.
For a 120 gallons Tetras: at least 10 per species Cichlids : American : 2-4 per species African: 4 to 10 over all Plecos: depends I have 6 of them Cory: 4
I work in a pet store and I see people try to do this often. It annoys me, to the point where I refuse to sell 2-3 tetras to someone unless they’re adding to a school.
Aquarium Co-Op also can you give some advice on how to focus on a certain type of fish you like? i find myself loving many diff species and end up setting up a tank for them and end up getting caught up in another new fish species i never had
I tend to be very non-confrontational and argumeetivie. Bought from a local petstore (instead of PetSmart) and asked if they had SAE, lady pointed at one and I was like "are you sure? That's albino, do they get albino? I don't see the long line, are you sure this isn't a Chinese AE?" Lady said "oh people get those mixed up, this is SAE, it's very peaceful in a community tank" I kept thinking she was wrong, but took it home and put it in my tank anyway. Guess what? It started bullying my cardinal and xray tetras, it has a sucker mouth like a CAE and not the horn things like a SAE and posted a picture and everyone told me that ain't no SAE. Now we can't get him out cause he's FAST! Even putting algae wafer in a net and leaving the net along for hours and come back and he's never near it.
QUICK QUESTION. I made the mistake of buying before researching. And I'm finding a few items saying that angel fish are capable of aggression. No problem. However I'm just switching to a community tank setup and decided in my 90 gallon I wanted 3 loaches. 2 short body rams. 4 angel fish and about 30 to 40 neon tetras. Plus my giant plecos.... all of the fish other than plecos are just tiny babies. Thoughts on how much aggression and damage one might. Cause the other? After reading into it and hearing this video I thinking I might be lucky since they're so young? THOUGHTS?
So I have 16 tetras in a 50lt planted tank. There was a bit of aggression at the start but since I added air bubbles and got rid of a cynobacteria outbreak my tetras have become a lot more docile. However i still have one that hides in the back behind some plants. It seems healthy enough and comes out to eat. I can't figure out why it's still hiding. I did wonder if it was pregnant as its a female, but any suggestions would be appreciated
I have 12 regular neons and 9 black neons and they school as one species in a standard 20 gallon live planted tank I really want two dozen of each and two dozen panda Cory cats I have a 55 gallon hang on the back pump Is that enough filtration to handle that kind of bio load??
I was wondering if the cardinals and neons would school together, I'd look like to set my son a tetra tank up but I dont know which species will school together, any thoughts?
I like you guy's your cool and i'm a subscriber, and was wondering if you could maybe do a video on Synodontis nigriventris, the upside down catfish, the latest edition to my 450 L.
I have a 20 gallon fresh water thank, with live plants... I want to do neon tetras, some algae eating shrimp, some kind of pleco or something like that, and maybe one other kind of fish. How many of each should I get? Suggestions on what other kind of fish I could get in addition to tetras? Thanks
Julia Bauerfeind you could try some fancy guppies a hopefully peaceful Betta never goldfish they are horrible for a community tank hope this helped also almost all live bearers are good and peaceful tankmates
I have 11 black neon tetras on my 36 gallon tank in they school really well. When you are buying tetras but the whole group and be sure they are already schooling. I think a group of 9-12 would be good for your tank. You have two options either not get the pleco or be ready to move it into a bigger tank in a year. Most plecos that I know of grow to be about a foot which would be too big for your tank. At the same time plecos are unkillable so it will be miserable but alive fully grown in your tank. If you are looking for a statement fish. I recomend a dwarf gourami they do fine alone [and bad in pairs] and are not aggressive. Get the orange or blue one [NOT PINK they grow to about a foot].
They're all different species not just the colour, they'll always be happier with their own. I have 5 Neons, and 4 Green Neons, they might bunch up at times but they show real schooling behaviour separately. So I'm gonna set up a tank for Greens only and make it about 10 and do the same for the regular Neons.
its always better if you buy in schools than a couple or so cause you still have to quarantine your fish which stresses them out. since i keep fish in quarantine for a couple months i always buy schools if i can.
good info guy. some of us in the hobby tend to overlook or forget some of this "basic" info. Cant imagine how difficult it is to explain things like this to customers in a business setting. Cant be easy. Do I spy a few metaframe tanks in the background there? Any good plans for those?
+Rich's Fishes Yeah there are a few metaframes behind us. No plans for them specifically yet. Still deciding what we want to do. Toying around with setting up a 125 gallon metaframe that I have. All depends on getting time to do such a thing :D
Yup... My PetCo rep said that Buenos Aires Tetras are great community fish... OMG my plants... My Beautiful plants :( however they actually don't touch my neons... Go figure
I'm kind of confused by some of this advice. I know more is better for the fish's mental health, but I thought when starting a tank to increase the bio load slowly. How do you navigate both of those issues?
Bio load is a result of how much you feed. Whether you have 1 fish or 10 fish, if you feed 4 pellets, the bio load is the same. And thus managing feeding is managing the bioload.
In the last two weeks I’ve bought $100 worth of schooling fish and I’ve only lost two Three dozen fish and only four species 12 longfin zebra danios 12 neon tetras 12 black neon tetras 4 otto cats and 1 Amano shrimp because they only had one at the time which makes five species in my tank but I’m getting more All in a standard 20 gallon live planted tank that’s been running for three years I’m getting more fish of the same species and adding one species but not til’ I overstock my tank with plants I have four good sized plants and one baby plant I had more fish and plants over the last three years but my light went out and my fish died off over the last 2 1/2 years and I can’t see well enough to drive I also got NO help until recently💯😒
Hey Cory, et al, enjoying all of your informative videos and just ordered your new sponge filter with air stone! So my question is: I'm setting up a 65 gallon Discus tank to house 6 Discus, I'm struggling on quantity of tetra. I'm going with Cardinal and Rummy nose and was going to get a total of 24-30. Good amount? Tanks got your imput. Pappy
I have 7 Cardinal tetras, and one of them is older, larger and sort of aggressive, like the tetra in the video. Adding more cardinal tetras will help with that? They are in a species-only tank with a couple of cherry shrimp. Having only cardinals in the tank isn't stressful for them, right?
I had a bunch of tanks, a few years ago. Just got a 75 gallon. It's the biggest I've had yet. Planning a planted, community tank. I was thinking about just two angelfish... I had two in my 55, and they were alright. I'm also planning on 5 bosemani rainbow, 6 corydoras, one bristle nose pleco, 12 neon tetra, and some shrimp & snails. What do you think? My plan is to introduce one species at a time, starting with the angelfish. I'm thinking of getting six, to start, and seeing if I can find a breeding pair, then sell the others, or take them back to the store. Then, get like 15 neon or cardinal tetra. I anticipate some dying, it's just a thing that happens... Thoughts?
i have 6 pygmy corys and 5 normans lampeyes. i notice sometimes they will school together. i had always planned on getting more lampeyes anyway, but is this likely to be that stress schooling that you mention? the corys aren't very shy; i often see them midwater, dancing up the glass, snuffling about the plants etc, but does the fact that they school with the killis indicate i should get more of them too? (hadn't planned on it because i would be starting to push it for stocking levels but i'll weigh it up if my fish are under stress!!)
Thanks for the great info. I'm new to the hobby and have a 10 gal tank. I currently have 6 Celestial Pear Danio, 3 Endlers and 2 Oto's. Would it be beneficial to get a third Oto? Will there still be enough algae in the tank to support 3? Thanks
Hi, I have 2 questions 1. What kind of Tetras we can keep together (as you said for schooling 10 in 1 type as a group) 2. I want to have 1 Betta, 4 parrots, can I keep them together? Thanks
Is it good idea to have say 12 neon tetra's in a school instead of 6 neon and 6 green neon tetra? or 6 neon+ 6 green neon will still work out as 12 neon tetras?
Much better to have all of a kind, than two sets half the size. Yes, the green neons will probably school with the regular neons, but it will be the difference between surviving and actually thriving, they will feel obligated to for safety, not because they really want to. Personally I won't keep tetras in schools smaller than 12-15; my 25 gallon has 5 julii corys, 15 glowlight tetrats, and 15 neons (had a dwarf gourami that tied all the colours together, but sadly he died mysteriously). I have a single cardinal that is in there, that will often school with the neons, but only because he's the sole survivor out of 12 from what turned out to be a bad fish store. That cardinal stresses out far more easily than do any of the others, even during large water changes, so I try to keep things extra stable for him.
wow i didn't know tiger barbs could be so aggressive as my 5 seem to do fine, is it just chance that they get along well and don't murder each other or are there other factors to it?
How many different species of small schooling fish (having 20-30 fish of every species) you can keep in a big tank (about 200 gallons)? *I don't ask because I want to know how many fish you can keep in one aquarium. I want to know how many different species you can keep in one big tank.
Hi , thanks for your videos. They have been a great help to me . I have 1 quaestion that I could not get answer . I have 55 gallon planted tank . Can I mix 5 different types of peaceful tetra in my tank ? I will buy at least 6 fish from each type.
For tanks with multiple Bristlenose Plecos, what would you determine to be the ideal ratio? Personally, I believe one male and two females would be ideal since the males are typically more aggressive towards each other than are females. What is your opinion on this.
+Home Aquatics Well I personally would rather have 2 males and 1 female if I was going to keep multiple in a tank like that, as the male has to sit on eggs and bristlenose are very likely to breed. So the males can get starved out by having to constantly sit on eggs. But there is a lot that goes into what ratios, tank size, availability of food and caves etc.
I have a 30 gal tank. What is the optimal number of neon tetras of they are the only fish? Also, assuming the tank is properly cycled, is it better to add the neons all at once, or in smaller groups?
So I just finished setting up my 68L planted tank (15 gallons) and it's now ready to accept the first fish, I was thinking at first a school of 8 neon tetras as it looked to me as a good compromise between schooling necessities and aquarium space (of course I plan to add other fish too in the future). How would you rate that?
I guess this would be a good video to ask for some input on my tetra tank. 30 gallons Moderately planted, 6 masked Cory cats, 6 bloodfins, 6 lamp eyes, 6 black neons and soon ill be transferring 6 Celestial Pearl Danios so I can have a free tank for my beta breeding. Ammonia and nitrite is zero and a minuscule amount of nitrate. I guess if water parameters are good it's an okay setup? Looks somewhat overcrowded but I've got 175 gallons worth of filtration in it and an unknown amount of filtration from a bio filter I made from a Ciroc Bottle
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Hello! I have a 10 gallon tank with a male betta in now and planning on bringing cardinal tetras. Due to the tank size, was only gonna adopt 6 of them but is it better for them to be in a bigger group or will they need their space in the tank, meaning keep just 6?
Thank you!!
Having work as an aquarium store clerk in my youth, it was pretty depressing seen how negligent, careless, and selfish some people can be. You are not buying toys, these are not things, these are living beings with needs beyond flake food and water.
I would probably get fired because I am such a brat
You guys look more like mob enforcers than fish keepers.
The guy on the right is definitely into racketeering. Protection rackets. If you own a bar, he'll protect it but if you don't pay him, he'll send round the boys to give you an incentive to pay.
I always bought a pair of these and a pair of those. My ears have always been open but I was never educated. granted that is on me but never was I offered advice to that end and my total outlook is changed and new and on target thanks to Cory and his crew. Great job young man, you are impressive...
Great video! I learned after my first pet store fish purchase years that that is not the place to get guidance unless you don’t mind frantically setting up an unplanned tank to separate the “compatible” fish that aren’t or later upgrade to a much larger tank for the fish you didn’t know grew huge. 🤐 Lesson #1 is always do more research than you think you need and only after that go to the fish store with a plan. If you see something that makes you want to change your plans don’t impulse buy-leave and research it. Waiting another day or two will help you and the fish be in a good situation.
I’ve really enjoyed your videos! Thankyou for spreading the knowledge!
I know this an old video, but new to me ive been learning a lot on my 48hrs of watching vids for caring for my fish 😁
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Lol your assistant helper
Guy definitely looks like he has taken lives. Or was in boondock saints or something
I had a disaster event with my Zebra Danios, originally a group of six. I wake up to this horrible grinding noise so rush downstairs and check the tank. Four of them, yes four, had swam 'up-stream' right in to the filter powerhead and got themselves wrapped around the impeller. I didn't get any more after that, maybe emotional, but the two remaining, one male and one female, went in to my new community tank. The male was awesome, a little water-puppy. He'd swim in to my palm if i cupped a puddle of water just under the surface. Sadly he passed away, now I have a lone surviving female of five years old. After the male passed away, the female began schooling with my dwarf rainbows!
Thanks for a great video, in the past l have kept neons, l think l had six, they were very skittish and only lasted two years. I took a chance on them again when l set up my 100g planted tank & added 100 they are an absolute joy to watch, their behavior as a school throughout the day is so interesting and after 6 months l haven't lost a single fish. I know not everyone can have a hundred, but the pleasure from having these fish is multiplied by the number you have, if that makes sense! Paul UK
@@KarenNamaste Hi Karen, the truthful answer is you can't! You do get used to seeing a shoal of a certain size though & l feel l would notice if it got smaller, in the past l generally found their bodies & so far so good.
I should say l also have 20 panda corydoras & they shoal wonderfully too, probably better than the neons & yes l really can count those😉
I have seen videos of large shoals of neon tetras and I could probably watch them swimming for hours at a time.
Good job and thank you - I'm sure most of your viewers already know this, but it's amazing how many serious hobbiests do not understand how important the numbers can be. And I do understand that your store may try to educate, but hopefully this video helps a little bit too. Then again, there are too many stores that are all about the sale, not the fish.
And I also have a tank with one of this species of cory and two of that. Usually pick them up at the aquarium society auction when no one is bidding on them. Like Lamont, I look to add to their number as soon as possible. It's a 55g with endlers and corys so they are somewhat happy but they do better when I get some more (and sometimes give their species their own tank when I get enough).
Yes, I am an actual ordained minister. I carry credentials from a major evangelical denomination. I do however avoid claiming any affiliation because my ministry crosses many boundaries and I do not wish to become embroiled in denominational debates.
Suffice it to say, if the Bible says something LITERALLY, I follow that. When someone says, the Bible could be or should be interpreted to say ... I seldom take a stance.
My primary concern is to be an evangelist. I preach Jesus Christ, the Son of God, born of a virgin, lived a perfect life, was crucified, dead, buried, and then resurrected. He later ascended into heaven where He sits on the right hand of God Almighty.
I prefer not to condemn those that often feel unloved or are unwelcome in traditional churches.
I do appreciate your blessing. Thank you so very much!
I'm new and never thought about the "pair" dynamic you guys talked about. Learned something so good video.
I had a problem with my local fish store . I already did the research on pea puffers and I listened to what you had to say Cory . This staff member had no idea . I asked her how many pea puffers I could put in a 5 gallon tank. I already new the answer . She told me 10 . I said , are you sure . Yes she said. I was gob smacked and walked away . I didn't buy the pea puffers as i testing their knowledge about that particular fish.
Well...honestly they are probably very experienced so you could have told them what you thought was the case and there was probably another reason that you were given that answer x
alright dwight
I had a reticulate loach hang with an angel like you described. Pet store told me I only needed 1 and later I worked out you need a minimum of 3 of those loaches, been awhile since then and im a better fish keeper now. I've learnt to never listen to the pet store and just research everything. Even the water parameters they tell you to keep them are what they keep them at and often it isnt actually ideal. Best thing is to walk into a shop with the species and needs in mind and never impulse buy unless you know how to look after that species.
first time i watched this convinced me i desperately needed to get more emerald corys. i finally found 3 more yesterday. it's not enough, but it's a start
I've actually seen that defense mechanism of a neon playing dead after taking the rest out of my quarantine tank. He happened to be the last one out of the tank. I thought he was dying andI was astonished whey I saw him recover after a few hours. Awesome, I've never heard of that until watching your video, and I've read a good amount of books and watched lots of videos. Great stuff!
+Joe Amazon Yeah we find that "real" information isn't easy to find out there. So we are doing our part to try and give as much information as possible. While most information is opinion based, we feel we can still make a difference. Thanks for watching :)
It's truly nice to know you can tune in and get facts. Not someone setting and blowing smoke. My wife and I have had the 120 dual overflow tank [ freshwater ] for 2 years . and couldn't be any prouder. all due to Cory from aquarium co-op sir thank you from the 2 of us so much.
Schooling fish are fish that don't want to work in the real world. They just want to go to class, take tests, hang out at the library and live off their parents. :-)
+paducahFishFan xD
socialists fish
@@Tr1Hard777 In my own experience it is capitalist fish that don't want to work, but always want to make their money off other much harder working fish.
Tony Logan It sounds like you just described a socialist fish
@@vids595 that's not what socialism is. Socialism is working for your own money and someone else forcing you to give it to a lazy uneducated person that doesn't want to get their own. Socialists are usually jealous and resentful.
I was given a "rescue tank" that already was way overloaded, and inappropriately stocked. 10gal tank, there was a 5 inch pleco, and a 3 inch African clawed frog along with an African dwarf frog. I took the pleco and clawed frog to my LFS, and kept what was left in the tank. They had all been together for about a year and no massacres. 2 tiger barbs, 1 blue platy, 1 sword tail, 1 Columbian tetra, 1 serpae tetra, 2 corydoras, 1 african dwarf frog, and 3 nerite snails. It has worked unbelievably well. I NEVER would have thought that could work. The corys and the platy are moving into a new tank in like a week!
I’m the tiger barb guy. I had 6 that did great until I had to re-home them due to unrelated events.
I was so happy when you put all of those tiger barbs in your 800g. Coolest thing ever man. When those guys get almost 2.5” long and pot-bellied you’re gonna go broke feeding them lol.
One of my biggest pet peeves is the noah's ark syndrome, that and overstocking.
Noahs ark? u mean the vet
@@AlexTheFishEnjoyer I think he means 2 of each fish. lol
Overstocking is a subjective term though. There's a huge difference between putting 3 Oscar's in a 40 breeder, vs putting 30 tetras, 10 corys, 10 otos, and 2 Rams in the same 40 breeder. The first scenario is definitely not enough space for "only" 3 fish even though it doesn't technically violate the 1 inch per gallon "rule". But the second scenario has 12 more fish than the "rule", and is arguably perfectly fine; as the fish stay small, have a low bio load, and occupy different levels and niches in the aquarium. Decor, filtration (and maintenance), and aquascape also have a huge impact on the argument.
@@espeterson522 you mean my 8 inch Oscar isn’t good in the 10 gallon😂
@ikaikaboy88 I have 12 platies, 6 Corys, a bristlenose and a gourami in a 29
I have 16 neons tetras with 16 white clouds with two remaining of ten black neons and 20+ cherry shrinp and three mystery snails in a 55 gallon.
It's like an ever changing lava lamp.
I have found that schooling fish are just absolute jerks to each other when there is no school.
One alon is as good as a single Betta.
One singke salt water damsel fish was a favorite for all two+ years of it's life.
75 gallon tank, 72-74 F, 6.5 PH, sand
Growing out my live java ferns with tall fake hornwort plants "rooted" in sand to fill it out.
(The "+" means maybe add more? Also feel free to suggest m/f ratio.) Plan to overfilter.
5 golden dojo loaches
7+ panda cories
9+ odessa barbs (4m/3f)
15+ green neon tetras
3 pearl gouramis (1m/2f)
👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻👏👏👏👏👏
Just adopted 2 pale rasporas and put them to my group. Immediately they changed color to red.
Who doesn’t have enough swarm fish and no money: start breeding by yourself!
Loving my school of cardinal tetras in my 29g. Currently a group of 9. They move in unison in a pretty tight school through the plants. It's fantastic to see under the LED lights. Planning to add another 9 or 10 to round out the school. love it.
i have a 29g, i have 20 neon tetras, its still not much, a store owner told me in a 80cm aquarium there can fit 40 neon tetras
@@DragonSkaterrr The rule of thumb I hear often is 1" of adult fish per gallon of water. Neon tetras get to around 1", so if it's just them, 25-30 in a 29-gallon tank.
my neon tetras are so chill. I’ve got nine but they just act almost like the rest of the independent fish, just hunting around for food scraps and derping around. I wanted them to school, so I’m gonna get like nine more. 😄. And I have seven Corys but I’m gonna get maybe three more. I really don’t think of them as cleaner fish they’re just part of the aquarium and they do actually earn their keep which is nice, but theyre just so fun to watch. honestly, though my otocinclus ARE cleaner fish, they are always working lol.
I raised two 'plain' oscars together, and they were absolutely compatible right up to when they were almost a foot long. We used to take the fish out of the tank and measure it every once in a while, and they actually got used to the handling, would pout for a half hour when we put them back in their tank, but if we offered them food, the pouting session would end immediately, because eating was their favorite thing. When they grew up they started to show some mating behaviors, mouth wrestling, flashing colors, etc, but never was there a ripped fin or scraped -off scale. We lost them in an accident before they could breed, but I never forgot those two. They were more beautiful than any oscars I ever see in a store anymore.
So you would take them out and hold them and they let you do it? How old were they when they died
There's always "well I've had these fish together for years and they are fine". I've told one customer that he can't get a goldfish as a tank mate to his Oscar. Supposedly he's done it before and it will be fine!
I’ve done that! My Tiger Oscar picked a feeder fish out of 20 to be his buddy and never ate him. They grew to be huge fish together with their pleco buddies in a 200 gal.
I keep saying this, but I learn soooo much from your videos!
About tiger barbs. I agree if you have only four.
I have glow barbs I don't know if that makes a difference but here's my story..
But if you have six to eight you should be fine.
I had a problem with four because I was establishing a new tank and I couldn't put any more than that I didn't want to build up ammonia. They were definitely hurting each other but when I upgraded to a 20 20 gallon long tank input total of 7 of them in there.
They seem to be fine!
yes they chase each other but I don't see them doing any damage..
It's been about 5 weeks.
I also don't see any of these issues you're talking about with tiger Barbs on TH-cam with anything that is six or above.
Oh my, I think you were in my house looking at my set ups!! THIS ENTIRE VIDEO WAS ABOUT ME!! Of course I am new at this game. I have fallen in love with fish keeping. Currently I have 4 tanks so far. I bought a 5 gallon complete setup and loved it, it contains one female betta. Then I bought a 10 gallon complete set up and I love that one ( it contains two male betta's with a divider). Two were given to me, a 20 gallon with stand and nothing else and a 40 gallon complete set up with fish but no stand (I improvised a stand).
Problem one, I love the 40 gallon but I "like" the fish in it, I don't "love" them. I had to promise to keep all the fish if I took the set up (I know it sounds silly but I was trusted by this person and I feel like I have to keep my side of the bargain). I have 5 fish in it. 4 Silver dollars about 3 to 4 inches each and a rather large Pleco about 8-9 inches or so. The fish to me are a bit boring to watch. They are scared to death if I come to close to the tank and don't do much of anything. I feel the tank is too small for all these poor fish and wish they could be in a 125 gallon were they have more room to swim. Also the Aqueon 55/75 filter is soooo loud!!
Because I wanted to have different fish I started to set up the 20 gallon...there in lies the problem, I have a Noah's Arc tank, 2 by 2 these poor fish are in my tank...I had no clue they could be so stressed. I wanted a nice little community tank to watch and here I created a MONSTER!! I feel terrible about this. Can I right my wrongs?
I have 2 yo yo loaches ( just like you said one is dominant over the other), 2 Cardinal Tetra's, 2 Red and green (whatever) Tetra's which don't seem to think the other tetra's are a kin to them so they don't hang out together, 2 dwarf pea puffer fish (which are looking to get the hell out a dodge!), constantly searching the sides of the tank for the port hole to another dimension. 2 Danio's (one is dominant over the entire tank and the other Danio). One Danio is bigger then the other one which leads to aggression as well as a whole host of other problems. One fresh water gobi who seems to have lost his mind. Constantly going up and down on the sides of the tank desperate to get out.
For now I am running a crappy filter a Marine land heater and a bubble wand under some large rocks (to make caves and crevices), a glass top, and a make shift light with some Java ferns. What filter do you recommend and what type of decorations can I get to make these fish feel more at ease. I am waiting a large delivery of live plants so the 20 gallon will eventually be a planted tank. Should I run out and purchase 4 more Danio's, 4 more of each tetra's, and more Gobi's???
I just looked and the poor Danio "pair" have split up, one is banished to the bottom of the tank and the other is swimming (normal pattern mid to upper tank back and forth). Please help!!
+Destiny's Pet Project Dog Rescue Hi Destiny, My advice is keep what you'd like to keep and do is what is best for the animal. So on the 40 gallon tank. Perhaps if you can find a suitable home for those fish with someone with a larger tank who wants to enjoy them it makes more sense. It's like I wouldn't want to see someone own a puppy, but really wanted to own a cat. Let someone who really wants a dog adopt the dog, and that person adopt a cat, both animals win!
As for your 20 gallon. If you're enjoying the fish you have in there I would fill out their schools. If you don't love a fish that is in there, I'd say donate it back to the pet store and fill in the schools you do like. If your collection of fish outgrows the 20 you could upgrade them to the 40 gallon.
As for decorations I'd say that live plants will be wonderful. Make sure you have some decent lighting on there and put in plant fertilizers. Plants make the best decorations in our opinion.
really unique presentation method, nice job, if you guys are ever in Jersey and want to tour my tanks lmk
You guys are 2 of the Best ☺
Thank you ... I watch lots of your videos and learn so much 💖💃🏼
Man I miss the Lamont days...
I had no idea neon tetras play dead! Explains a lot after netting them.
I was a pair guy till I started watching this channel xD now I know better. Also I will say my corries (panda and peppered seperate tanks) shull fine. Also my blood fin and Lampeye tetras school together I've got 3 and 2.
Also my petsmart will tell you when buying fish oh you might want x-amount for then to school or shull properly. So that's nice :3
After watching this and a couple other pf yout video's i now realize the pet store i got to suck and kept giving me bad information. Thanks for putting out good information.
Keep pushing out vidjao's guys. Loving the channel.
+erxkeel Thanks for the encouragement. Once I eat lunch it's back into the fish room for me!
Love this. Old school vids!
My 75 heavily planted tank has : 7 Angels, 16 Minor tetra, 11 Panda Cory, 9 otocats, and 4 gold nugget plecos( which will be relocated once bigger to their own 100 gallon), and 3 giant mystery snails, a few pond snails too, I believe one more group, say 14 leopard danios might be a good addition, but that’s it, I’d rather be under stocked with 2/3 groups than the Noah’s ark approach most big tanks are and my fish are happy 😃👍🏻
Wow that sounds beautiful
Hey Cory, i was the 1000th like on this video!
Thanks so much learned a lot i have 9 rosy barbs doing great and 3 tiger barbs also doing great I will be adding ten more this week due to this video
I just bought 2 neon tetra I will be buying more once I have the funds I also bought two cichild yesterday but only one survived do to red ear slider
*I have 2 panda corydoras and they are doing very well. Have them for 9 months. They cost me $4 each at my local fish store.*
I really like to know just how much 1" fish is okay and not overcrowded for a 20 gallon tank. This 1" per gallon seems kind of whacky!
Keep in mind that Neon Tetras are notorious fin nippers. They can eat fins, Gourami feelers and snail tentacles. The Cardinal Tetra doesn’t have that reputation.
I have 3 albino tiger barbs in my tank with guppies. They only pick on each other at this point. But I am very diligent in watching their behavior.
I have 3 tinfoil barbs and they're amazing!!! Tinfoil barbs are in my opinion the best schooling fish but they get huge so you need a 55 gallon minimum for 3 of them. I have a 75 and oddly enough my 3 plecos and 3 oscars and 3 tinfoil barbs all get along fine. Getting paired up as babies is the trick. If fish that don't normally get along grow up together it makes them less aggressive towards each other
My eye started twitching when you said 55 gallon for tinfoil barbs and my whole head started spasming when you said 3 plecos, 3 oscars, and 3 tinfoils in a 75. A SINGLE LONE oscar is fine in a 75, no smaller and no other fish. You should have AT LEAST a 125 for those fish, a 180 would be better. Tinfoils NEED at LEAST a 6 foot tank.
Fascinating stuff
For a 120 gallons
Tetras: at least 10 per species
Cichlids : American : 2-4 per species African: 4 to 10 over all
Plecos: depends I have 6 of them
Cory: 4
I hv a cory that is a loner. So even fishes have social withdrawal tendencies and my cory count is 10.
sterbais for $5-7 jeesus the cheapest ive found is $15
I work in a pet store and I see people try to do this often. It annoys me, to the point where I refuse to sell 2-3 tetras to someone unless they’re adding to a school.
Can you guys talk about some of the rare fishes you breed over the years and some fish stories from the early years
+Rico Suave Added to the list, look for it in the future at some point.
Aquarium Co-Op also can you give some advice on how to focus on a certain type of fish you like? i find myself loving many diff species and end up setting up a tank for them and end up getting caught up in another new fish species i never had
I tend to be very non-confrontational and argumeetivie. Bought from a local petstore (instead of PetSmart) and asked if they had SAE, lady pointed at one and I was like "are you sure? That's albino, do they get albino? I don't see the long line, are you sure this isn't a Chinese AE?"
Lady said "oh people get those mixed up, this is SAE, it's very peaceful in a community tank"
I kept thinking she was wrong, but took it home and put it in my tank anyway.
Guess what? It started bullying my cardinal and xray tetras, it has a sucker mouth like a CAE and not the horn things like a SAE and posted a picture and everyone told me that ain't no SAE.
Now we can't get him out cause he's FAST! Even putting algae wafer in a net and leaving the net along for hours and come back and he's never near it.
I’ve just got myself 12 cardinals, they are doing very nicely!
thanks for the video! I've been wanting to do a school.
Nanci-Griffin's Aquatics; I recommend neon tetras their amazing
I appreciate the knowledge
QUICK QUESTION. I made the mistake of buying before researching. And I'm finding a few items saying that angel fish are capable of aggression. No problem. However I'm just switching to a community tank setup and decided in my 90 gallon I wanted 3 loaches. 2 short body rams. 4 angel fish and about 30 to 40 neon tetras. Plus my giant plecos.... all of the fish other than plecos are just tiny babies. Thoughts on how much aggression and damage one might. Cause the other? After reading into it and hearing this video I thinking I might be lucky since they're so young? THOUGHTS?
So I have 16 tetras in a 50lt planted tank. There was a bit of aggression at the start but since I added air bubbles and got rid of a cynobacteria outbreak my tetras have become a lot more docile.
However i still have one that hides in the back behind some plants. It seems healthy enough and comes out to eat. I can't figure out why it's still hiding. I did wonder if it was pregnant as its a female, but any suggestions would be appreciated
I'd try commenting on a more recent video or in a live stream or email them
Same issue with me buddy!…12 neon trtras…one always hides in plants and stays seperatly from the school!
Ahhhh it Lamont !! :9)
I’ve been looking for rummy nose tetras but I can’t find them anywhere :/
good viodes
Brilliant! Thanks,
I have 12 regular neons and 9 black neons and they school as one species in a standard 20 gallon live planted tank I really want two dozen of each and two dozen panda Cory cats I have a 55 gallon hang on the back pump Is that enough filtration to handle that kind of bio load??
I was wondering if the cardinals and neons would school together, I'd look like to set my son a tetra tank up but I dont know which species will school together, any thoughts?
I got 4 and it went well in the past
I like you guy's your cool and i'm a subscriber, and was wondering if you could maybe do a video on Synodontis nigriventris, the upside down catfish, the latest edition to my 450 L.
nice advice
I’ve found that red minor tetra and black phantom tetra will school together
I have a 20 gallon fresh water thank, with live plants... I want to do neon tetras, some algae eating shrimp, some kind of pleco or something like that, and maybe one other kind of fish. How many of each should I get? Suggestions on what other kind of fish I could get in addition to tetras? Thanks
Julia Bauerfeind you could try some fancy guppies a hopefully peaceful Betta never goldfish they are horrible for a community tank hope this helped also almost all live bearers are good and peaceful tankmates
i personally would get ten to 15 neons, 10 shrimps and a clown pleco!
Henry Humpernicle isn't a pletco to big for a 20 gallons
clown plecos stay pretty small, smaller of the typically found species in most pet shops.
I have 11 black neon tetras on my 36 gallon tank in they school really well. When you are buying tetras but the whole group and be sure they are already schooling. I think a group of 9-12 would be good for your tank.
You have two options either not get the pleco or be ready to move it into a bigger tank in a year. Most plecos that I know of grow to be about a foot which would be too big for your tank. At the same time plecos are unkillable so it will be miserable but alive fully grown in your tank.
If you are looking for a statement fish. I recomend a dwarf gourami they do fine alone [and bad in pairs] and are not aggressive. Get the orange or blue one [NOT PINK they grow to about a foot].
Will different colors of tetras school together? Like neons, black neons, and/or cardinal.
yes
They're all different species not just the colour, they'll always be happier with their own. I have 5 Neons, and 4 Green Neons, they might bunch up at times but they show real schooling behaviour separately. So I'm gonna set up a tank for Greens only and make it about 10 and do the same for the regular Neons.
@@adamdownes4725 barbs do that as well
its always better if you buy in schools than a couple or so cause you still have to quarantine your fish which stresses them out. since i keep fish in quarantine for a couple months i always buy schools if i can.
+1deaver Couldn't agree more.
good info guy. some of us in the hobby tend to overlook or forget some of this "basic" info. Cant imagine how difficult it is to explain things like this to customers in a business setting. Cant be easy. Do I spy a few metaframe tanks in the background there? Any good plans for those?
+Rich's Fishes Yeah there are a few metaframes behind us. No plans for them specifically yet. Still deciding what we want to do. Toying around with setting up a 125 gallon metaframe that I have. All depends on getting time to do such a thing :D
Yup... My PetCo rep said that Buenos Aires Tetras are great community fish... OMG my plants... My Beautiful plants :( however they actually don't touch my neons... Go figure
My favorite schooling fish are bala sharks!
Which among these fishes school better n hardy fish
Neon or. Cardina tetra...?
I have 7 rosy red minnows
I'm kind of confused by some of this advice. I know more is better for the fish's mental health, but I thought when starting a tank to increase the bio load slowly. How do you navigate both of those issues?
Bio load is a result of how much you feed. Whether you have 1 fish or 10 fish, if you feed 4 pellets, the bio load is the same. And thus managing feeding is managing the bioload.
Thanks for the help!
In the last two weeks I’ve bought $100 worth of schooling fish and I’ve only lost two Three dozen fish and only four species 12 longfin zebra danios 12 neon tetras 12 black neon tetras 4 otto cats and 1 Amano shrimp because they only had one at the time which makes five species in my tank but I’m getting more All in a standard 20 gallon live planted tank that’s been running for three years I’m getting more fish of the same species and adding one species but not til’ I overstock my tank with plants I have four good sized plants and one baby plant I had more fish and plants over the last three years but my light went out and my fish died off over the last 2 1/2 years and I can’t see well enough to drive I also got NO help until recently💯😒
What are those plants at the right of the screen
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Hey Cory, et al, enjoying all of your informative videos and just ordered your new sponge filter with air stone! So my question is: I'm setting up a 65 gallon Discus tank to house 6 Discus, I'm struggling on quantity of tetra. I'm going with Cardinal and Rummy nose and was going to get a total of 24-30. Good amount? Tanks got your imput.
Pappy
Should be just fine for the tetras.
I have 7 Cardinal tetras, and one of them is older, larger and sort of aggressive, like the tetra in the video. Adding more cardinal tetras will help with that? They are in a species-only tank with a couple of cherry shrimp. Having only cardinals in the tank isn't stressful for them, right?
I had a bunch of tanks, a few years ago. Just got a 75 gallon. It's the biggest I've had yet. Planning a planted, community tank. I was thinking about just two angelfish... I had two in my 55, and they were alright. I'm also planning on 5 bosemani rainbow, 6 corydoras, one bristle nose pleco, 12 neon tetra, and some shrimp & snails. What do you think?
My plan is to introduce one species at a time, starting with the angelfish. I'm thinking of getting six, to start, and seeing if I can find a breeding pair, then sell the others, or take them back to the store. Then, get like 15 neon or cardinal tetra. I anticipate some dying, it's just a thing that happens...
Thoughts?
i have 6 pygmy corys and 5 normans lampeyes. i notice sometimes they will school together. i had always planned on getting more lampeyes anyway, but is this likely to be that stress schooling that you mention? the corys aren't very shy; i often see them midwater, dancing up the glass, snuffling about the plants etc, but does the fact that they school with the killis indicate i should get more of them too? (hadn't planned on it because i would be starting to push it for stocking levels but i'll weigh it up if my fish are under stress!!)
Thanks for the great info. I'm new to the hobby and have a 10 gal tank. I currently have 6 Celestial Pear Danio, 3 Endlers and 2 Oto's. Would it be beneficial to get a third Oto? Will there still be enough algae in the tank to support 3? Thanks
Thanks! Helpful for a newbie like me !
Hi,
I have 2 questions
1. What kind of Tetras we can keep together (as you said for schooling 10 in 1 type as a group)
2. I want to have 1 Betta, 4 parrots, can I keep them together?
Thanks
wow.. ye bettas live with arowanas and oscars too so ye
Is it good idea to have say 12 neon tetra's in a school instead of 6 neon and 6 green neon tetra? or 6 neon+ 6 green neon will still work out as 12 neon tetras?
Much better to have all of a kind, than two sets half the size. Yes, the green neons will probably school with the regular neons, but it will be the difference between surviving and actually thriving, they will feel obligated to for safety, not because they really want to. Personally I won't keep tetras in schools smaller than 12-15; my 25 gallon has 5 julii corys, 15 glowlight tetrats, and 15 neons (had a dwarf gourami that tied all the colours together, but sadly he died mysteriously). I have a single cardinal that is in there, that will often school with the neons, but only because he's the sole survivor out of 12 from what turned out to be a bad fish store. That cardinal stresses out far more easily than do any of the others, even during large water changes, so I try to keep things extra stable for him.
wow i didn't know tiger barbs could be so aggressive as my 5 seem to do fine, is it just chance that they get along well and don't murder each other or are there other factors to it?
How many different species of small schooling fish (having 20-30 fish of every species) you can keep in a big tank (about 200 gallons)? *I don't ask because I want to know how many fish you can keep in one aquarium. I want to know how many different species you can keep in one big tank.
Hi , thanks for your videos.
They have been a great help to me .
I have 1 quaestion that I could not get answer . I have 55 gallon planted tank .
Can I mix 5 different types of peaceful tetra in my tank ? I will buy at least 6 fish from each type.
Sounds like a plan, make sure to add heavy plants like valliseria and other hiding spots for the tetras
For tanks with multiple Bristlenose Plecos, what would you determine to be the ideal ratio? Personally, I believe one male and two females would be ideal since the males are typically more aggressive towards each other than are females. What is your opinion on this.
+Home Aquatics Well I personally would rather have 2 males and 1 female if I was going to keep multiple in a tank like that, as the male has to sit on eggs and bristlenose are very likely to breed. So the males can get starved out by having to constantly sit on eggs. But there is a lot that goes into what ratios, tank size, availability of food and caves etc.
+Aquarium Co-Op For that setup the male would be separated between batches to allow him to rest and not be over bred.
If that is the scenario, why not just go with a pair instead of a trio?
I accidentally got 4 endler fry from my LFS when I bought my tetra school. They've survived the gourami in my tank by schooling with the tetra's lol
They were very very small when they were introduced, I actually didn't have any intention of them growing up but it's been 2 months and they're here
I love Cory Cat fish
my neon trtra fish alwys dies but other fish it wont happen nothing what is the cause
Rams 12 in a 40 gallon or 18 in a 20 gallon? (12:40)
I have a 30 gal tank. What is the optimal number of neon tetras of they are the only fish? Also, assuming the tank is properly cycled, is it better to add the neons all at once, or in smaller groups?
So I just finished setting up my 68L planted tank (15 gallons) and it's now ready to accept the first fish, I was thinking at first a school of 8 neon tetras as it looked to me as a good compromise between schooling necessities and aquarium space (of course I plan to add other fish too in the future).
How would you rate that?
I have what I'm certain is a tetra but I never seen them before and can't find this fish.it has blue from head to tail and a red tail fin
I guess this would be a good video to ask for some input on my tetra tank. 30 gallons Moderately planted, 6 masked Cory cats, 6 bloodfins, 6 lamp eyes, 6 black neons and soon ill be transferring 6 Celestial Pearl Danios so I can have a free tank for my beta breeding. Ammonia and nitrite is zero and a minuscule amount of nitrate. I guess if water parameters are good it's an okay setup? Looks somewhat overcrowded but I've got 175 gallons worth of filtration in it and an unknown amount of filtration from a bio filter I made from a Ciroc Bottle
The way you describe it, it sounds like it's doing ok. Just keep an eye on it by testing regularly and intervene if any problems arise.
Aquarium Co-Op Awesome. I always appreciate your input!