The Diamond Tetra - An Underrated Community Fish

The Diamond Tetra has an unique look and is an easy to keep larger tetra for the planted aquarium. You may even start a little breeding colony..
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[@frankn4576]

+1 to the Diamond Tetra. They look best in a planted tank.

[@CentralCanada]

Thanks for producing & sharing this vid' 🙂
A local shop has them on sale' this wk.
Wonder how well some young'uns would do in a community tank with three surviving 3yr. old male Congos . A female (with a dropped jaw) passed away last wk. *-)

[@supertoyota]

Should be fine with Congos.

[@gracebromfield9070]

I love your sign-off. I'm a sucker for alliteration.

[@droeksonfishkeeping]

Thanks!

[@SkullAquatics]

I love the Diamond Tetra 👍👍👍

[@Freedom_Fighter72]

I just added four diamond tetras to my 20g long...I love them!!..they're very active with my ottos, 5 male guppies, and a bolivian ram

[@droeksonfishkeeping]

Enjoy them!

[@flower_bone8122]

Dis lekker om n suid afrikaanse accent op n vis video te he. Daai diamond tetras is mooi

[@droeksonfishkeeping]

Dankie man!

[@IDMarketer]

Love these fish, how old are they in adult form?

[@droeksonfishkeeping]

I'd say around a year.

[@wyrmmaster9571]

I tried my 7 diamonds with 2 smaller angelfish and it didn't work. They started to bite their fins. After we seperated the angels, and added some emperor tetras in the mix, it worked perfectly. I would also avoid putting them with nanofish. All in all, a very hardy fish, will breed, and as you say needs time to shine.

[@droeksonfishkeeping]

Good to know. Mine were fine with the angels. Emperor Tetras are great fish also, mine breed like rabbits.

[@skandaabeyesekere4221]

Awesome 😊

[@BlatentlyFakeName]

I think my diamond tetras killed a golden wonder killifish I had, they can be a bit aggressive compared to other tetras. The males are also territorial so they will fight a bit

[@wyrmmaster9571]

Mine go into some cycles probably related to their breeding. 2-3 months of peace, and than a few weeks of crazyness 😅. But aside from some torn fins, all ends up ok. Recently, we added 3 platy fish, and it started bad. Diamonds, and especially females were brutal. Luckily, the next day things calmed down.

[@frankn4576]

Sorry about your Angelfish. I have 9 Diamonds in with 2 Angels but it is a 200L tank. They are doing well and the Diamonds spawn all the time. The tank is heavyily planted.

[@BradK02]

I started liking these but never seen any in Durban.

[@droeksonfishkeeping]

Maybe try online? Perhaps Aqua Empire may have, not sure.

[@waywardgarden]

Can these be kept with cherry shrimp?

[@droeksonfishkeeping]

I wouldn't do that. Biggish tetra, most probably will eat them.

[@christerblanche5191]

Thanks Droeks, where in SA can I buy these?

[@droeksonfishkeeping]

I saw some in Pet World XXL Cape Gate and Brackenfell Pets occasionally has some.

[@luiscarlosherreramarroquin2065]

How many could i put in 41g with punctatus cory and bumblebee catfish?

[@droeksonfishkeeping]

Depending on your stocking level of the other fish about 6, maybe 8 would be a good number.

[@luiscarlosherreramarroquin2065]

@@droeksonfishkeeping i ve finally seen them, i thought they were at the size of a cardinal or blackskirt tetra, instead i gonna pick the serpae tetras

[@bksmotherman]

How big do they get?

[@droeksonfishkeeping]

Up to about just under 7cm, 2.5 inches.