Planted Community Aquarium ft. Schooling Blue Emperor tetras (Inpaichthys kerri).
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- Опубліковано 8 гру 2022
- A video of this planted community aquarium after feeding live Daphnia just some minutes earlier. I took a video of the feeding, but after some time, the blue/purple emperor tetras, royal tetras, or kerri tetras (Inpaichthys kerri) started to school around so I decided to take more videos of the scene.
Whenever they do school around the tank, the Beckford's pencilfish and otocinclus, which are kind of similarly patterned, almost always school with them when they pass through. - Домашні улюбленці та дикі тварини
Most apparent schooling at 0:55, 2:55, and 3:30.
So beautiful to watch and tune out. Mesmerizing. Thanks.
Glad you enjoyed it! 💙
Finally someone who has a group of them instead of 2 or 3. I'm amazed by how weird some people are. Amazing tank! 🎉
I'd have more if the local stores would stock them more often. It's just that tetras do not sell well as other fishes here.
@@MorningDriftwood it's a compliment towards you. No critique.😁
@@TerryLestrange Yeah, I got that but I would want more than what I have now. 👍
Great mix of fish
Gracias a tu video me inspiré para pintar en acuarela al tetra emperador. Muchas gracias, está hermoso el acuario comunitario ❤
Te busqué para etiquetarte en IG pero no te encontré 😢
I'm glad for that but I do not use instagram, at least, not yet.
You can leave your instagram handle if you want to.
4:09 sae on the right scared from big sae and after looks back him :D
😂
What are those brownish ones with the black and white top fin please
Rosy tetras (Hyphessobrycon rosaceus)
They turn vivid pink when spawning.
This is what people need to deal with stress, more healthy than a tv
Try a discus only tank..you'll know what stress actually is.
Your tank looks cool and healthy... what's the tank size and how many total fish are you housing above in this video?
This is a "50 gallon breeder" tank. At the time of taking this video, there's almost a hundred of fishes, mostly are tetras, so bioload isn't a problem. At some point, I decided to decrease it to just around 60.
Wow, nice tank, what size is it and how many fish are you stocking in total ?
This is a "50 gallon breeder". At the time this video was recorded, there were over 80 fish in here, mostly are tetras. I had gradually lowered the population since then. At the time of this reply, I have under 60 fish in here, mostly are still tetras.
What do you feed for the otocinclus?
And what are the things you add to keep the plants without melting?
Also how do you keep algae out?
The otocinclus act like any other bottom feeder. They feed on food that drops on to the bottom. They constantly feed on the surfaces. Sometimes, I target feed them with sinking fish food.
I do not add anything particular to keep the plants without melting. When the tank was set up, there was much more diversity of plants. Those that melted, I avoided adding more and kept only plants that did well.
To minimize algae, I just avoid adding too much food. The light is not too intense, also. There's also the plants to utilize the nutrients before the algae do so.
@@MorningDriftwoodAlso, otocinclus eat algae if I'm not mistaken so that probably helps too.
What are the different species in your tank. I really want a similar community, but I can only identify the emperor tetra, phantom tetra, swordtail, and im not quite sure about the others. Your tank is so lovely I rewatch this every time.
To be exact, the Emperor tetras are Inpaichthys kerri and not Nematobrycon palmeri. These two do not behave similarly if you're after their activities.
The others you may not be indentifying are Rosy tetras, Glass bloodfin tetras, and Green fire tetra/ Rathbun's bloodfin/ Green flank bloodfin/ Red belly tetras. The last one has a lot of different names.
Do you have a bolivian ram in there too? What size tank do you have?
@@maryannyoung326 there is a Bolivian Ram in there. It's a "50 gallon" breeder tank.
thanks! how big do the blue emperors get?
just under 2 inches for the largest ones but much commonly 1.5 inches.
How do the livebearers react to the tetra’s? Do you have any problems during spawning for example?
There's no "reaction" against each other. Spawning happens a lot of times in the tank, but it's a community tank where fry have almost impossible chances of growing even to juvenile stage. Maybe some livebearers can make it but still very low relatively.
@@MorningDriftwood And that is because the fry are pretty much eaten by both the tetra’s and the livebearer I presume? It’s kind of dark but it does allow these fish to exhibit their natural hunting behaviour.
@@fij715 the eggs or fry are immediate food for a community tank unless there are very dense vegetation.
Thinking of getting Emperor Tetras - are they always this active?
At larger numbers (20+). It also depends if the tank has thick vegetation, they would rather hide instead of school.
A really active tetra but known to be more aggressive are the Blue King Tetras.
What is your Tank size, also how many Blue emperor tetras do you have?
It's a "50 gallon breeder" tank size (36×18×18 inhes). I have 18 at this time, but I also observed schooling at a smaller school of only 9 fish.
@@MorningDriftwood Damn if you can keep all of this in your 50 gallon I can only imagine what I can keep in my 90 gallon. Do you have any cichlids or gourami’s in there?
As long as your biological filtration can take the bioload and they don't seem to be contending for space. I have an Angelfish and a Bolivian Ram. I intended this for a New World fish only in the first place, so no gourami. I had to break my rule when I didn't have anywhere to put my SAE.
What is your filtration like?
@maryannyoung326 There's a top 3-layer trickle filter (1 layer mechanical, 2 layers purely biomedia), an internal filter with biomedia, and a UV filter. Then, there's also the plants and lots of gravel and pea-sized lava rocks in the substrate.
What is the tetra species called with the red tail? The one with the white body.
Glass bloodfin tetra (Prionobrama filigera)
They're known to be jumpers, so lids are recommended for their setups.
@@MorningDriftwood Thank you for your reaction. Do they primarily inhabit the upper regions of the tank and do they jump at night or only when they are startled. Do they jump when the hood is closed and maybe burn themselves against the lights?
@@fij715 they primarily swim at the top of the tank. Most of the time, they jump out when the lights are off for me. I only have some small openings on my tank for the wires, but still, they manage to find these gaps and jump out through them.
@@MorningDriftwood Because of flies or other insects?