Rummynose Tetra: EVERYTHING you need to know! Complete care guide.

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This video will give you all the knowledge you need to succeed with the amazing Rummynose Tetra and did you know there are actually three species of Rummynose tetra?
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Video chapters
00:00 - Intro
01:27 - What are Rummynose?
03:48 - Location and habitat
04:22 - Aquarium setup
05:09 - Temperature and parameters
06:26 - Sizes and groups
07:47 - Potential problems
09:19 - Tank mates
11:39 - Feeding
12:13 - Breeding
14:00 - Outro
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Plants:
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Fish:
Rummynose Tetra (Petitella bleheri)
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@CoreyBarlow 2 ай бұрын

I’m currently off work poorly because I woke up with a rummynose and a cough 😷

@stevecooper6653 2 ай бұрын

lol 😂 lol 😂

@FishShopMatt 2 ай бұрын

Hahaha brilliant, hope you feel better soon.

@grundeir 2 ай бұрын

@@FishShopMatt Feel Betta soon, surely?

@nobrakes500 2 ай бұрын

You deserve an Oscar 🤪

@NTLabsOfficialSite 2 ай бұрын

The unalived rummynose impression got me🤣👏

@garageaquatics2023 2 ай бұрын

Unalive . . . 😂😂🤣🤣😂😂🤣🤣

@stevenations2883 Ай бұрын

MATT,MATT,MATT...Love your videos in the USA. Love your knowledge and personality. Found you first on MD Fish Tanks.

@darylgregg 2 ай бұрын

Shoaling is a group of fish staying together in general proximity. Schooling refers to fish moving in a coordinated manner. So your tetras can be cruising about loosely shoaling, but when you feed them or they get a fright and all start moving in unison then that’s schooling.

@iancross5370 2 ай бұрын

Great vid Matt, all the info well set out. Nice edit too. 😊

@xiolv 2 ай бұрын

This is what I love from tour Chanel....fish files! 👍

@suffysdave 2 ай бұрын

Thanks again Matt, very informative and entertaining 😊 keep up the good work

@Aquarium_Fantasy-HF 2 ай бұрын

Just what i needed, a video from matt to make the day better 😊.

@LukeLeppard Ай бұрын

Incredible work Matt! You're so smart, appreciate how much info youve just taught me.

@chrisduell4210 2 ай бұрын

Definitely one of my favourite fish to have in a community tank always active and fun to watch

@stoneysscapes7544 2 ай бұрын

Just a boatload of the best information we've been fortunate to get and I have to say that the majority of your files are much more retainable for whatever you have discussed and off the top..... Angels , Amanos , Ropefish , pygmy Cory's , Rams , and Archer's!!! Now I'm remembering a few more but the whole of everything that you do is majorly appreciated and you are head's and tails better than 99% that do KZfaq and hopefully you have things lined up with the areas that you can contribute to growing the channel? I'm sure not any sort of YT expert but my feeling that you would be a great channel to be associated with like NT Labs has before and hopefully you can get the old Rolodex and see what's up ? There's so many Companies that have very little or no bites off of social media apple that could always benefit from a Shark like yourself and watching some of the channels that were just at INTERZOO it won't surprise me if you have a chance to get some of the getting from reaching out to OASE etc. Wonder what was the reason for them to be a no show this time around ? ☯️💟

@davidpion6879 2 ай бұрын

Good work Matt as always! Keep it up❤

@FishShopMatt 2 ай бұрын

Thank you! Will do!

@bonniegoodwin5653 2 ай бұрын

I love Rummy Nose Tetras. They are so active and flashy. Another awesome video! Thanks!

@FishShopMatt 2 ай бұрын

Thanks for watching!

@wirtification 2 ай бұрын

I'm thinking of getting some now to add to my other tetras ❤ well done!!!! 🎉

@susanwatson1599 2 ай бұрын

Love Rummynose tetras. Will definitely be including them in my next setup.

@FishShopMatt 2 ай бұрын

You should!

@postshawn 2 ай бұрын

Great video. I didn't know I want Rummynose Tetras. Now after watching I do.

@FishShopMatt 2 ай бұрын

Hahaha you're welcome.

@space_ghost_z941 2 ай бұрын

Love rummies! Thanks cat shop Matt!

@FishShopMatt 2 ай бұрын

Hahaha my pleasure!

@coelacanth9311 2 ай бұрын

Great video again!

@FishShopMatt 2 ай бұрын

Glad you enjoyed it!

@achilles_heel07 2 ай бұрын

Good point on emphasizing the acidic ph that the rummy nose prefer and thrive. Many become frustrated because they die off early and this is simply because ot the ph. A lot of tetras including cardinals and neons would really show off their intense coloration if the water is on the acidic side. I keep mine between 7.2 to 7.4 & they have been thriving for almost 4 yrs now.

@melissadalke6548 2 ай бұрын

I am literally contemplating adding tummy nose to my tetra island ! This couldn’t have come at a better time ! Thanks for all your info Matt 🇨🇦

@FishShopMatt 2 ай бұрын

You are so welcome!

@TurnersScapes 2 ай бұрын

Are tummy nose a relation, an inverted nose like a belly button with fluff in it?

@melissadalke6548 2 ай бұрын

@TurnersScapes are you saying you’ve never hit the wrong button before ? 😮🤣

@sandywalter9728 2 ай бұрын

Can they be in a betta tank?

@clementbellande8720 2 ай бұрын

Hi Matt, They are really cute❤❤❤

@olderandwisermostly 2 ай бұрын

Thanks!

@LopsidedFrogs 2 ай бұрын

Recently started working at a fish store and yes!! rummynoses scared me so much when they started playing dead. My customers were giving me side eye thinking they were getting sick fish lol

@FishShopMatt 2 ай бұрын

Hahaha it's awful ain't it, the customer leans over and asks are they ok and you have to do your best to convince them.

@beermonster15 2 ай бұрын

love my rummynose tetra, they even come right up to my hand to get food, also they always make me think of P-51 Mustangs

@FishShopMatt 2 ай бұрын

Ooooo yeah they do, although a chrome Rummy with a blue nose would be cool!

@beermonster15 2 ай бұрын

@@FishShopMatt the mythical frozen nosed tetra :p

@frankvermeulen4621 2 ай бұрын

I love these "in the spotlight" videos. 👍 The Flame tetras I got (somewhere last year) liked to play "unalive" in the bag as well. Not all of them, but still. 😅

@FishShopMatt 2 ай бұрын

Hahaha it gives you a mini panic doesn't it! Thank you!

@Chompchompyerded 2 ай бұрын

You were spot on with the pronunciation of their Latin name. Good job!

@FishShopMatt 2 ай бұрын

Yay thank you!

@h.s.levine2932 2 ай бұрын

When I become a professional wrestler, I’ll call myself "Rummynose Tetra".

@gibbnasta 2 ай бұрын

Alright, alright, Matt!! You've twisted my arm enough. I'll get some Rummynoses!! Rummynosi? Rummynoseseses?

@mcbabs7495 2 ай бұрын

Vidéo sympa et intéressante, un grand merci à vous!

@FishShopMatt 2 ай бұрын

Thank you!

@user-ve9uh4ek2l 2 ай бұрын

I've got in my 160 l tank 13 Bleheri with 11 Columbian Tetras. They all look really cool and feel quite good. I've got them now for a year and they grown really big. Very beautiful fish.

@FishShopMatt 2 ай бұрын

That sounds wonderful!

@AHGAQUATICS 2 ай бұрын

Yep ❤my rummy nose feeding time always entertaining

@ILikeChickenOkay Ай бұрын

I got my first group of Rummy's a couple of months ago for my blackwater setup, going by what a lot of people have said I thought great, not much chance of them breeding in a community tank - I was wrong. Their first spawn was within 48hrs of putting them in and they've carried on spawning most nights ever since!🤦🏻‍♂😂

@John-vo2bl 2 ай бұрын

I am one of those: rummynose tetras with angels and discus at 84 degree water, I have 8 with them, and I love these guys. In a 55, I'm going to 125 and adding 10 more soon.

@TurnersScapes 2 ай бұрын

Grwta video again and it is always interesting.

@FishShopMatt 2 ай бұрын

Glad you like them!

@Lilyflowergirl98 2 ай бұрын

Hi there, no pressure my dude but when can we expect a full update of all your tanks ?? Love to see how they've all grown in

@sampetty4649 2 ай бұрын

Rummy’s are my fave, I’ve got 60 in my 6ft tank, they are great in a big school blasting back and forth

@FishShopMatt 2 ай бұрын

That's awesome, must look amazing!

@littlemidwestrebornsdolls 2 ай бұрын

Great video, Matt. Unlived rummynose 😅 Gina 🐠🐠🐠🐟🐟🐟

@KamiInValhalla 2 ай бұрын

In the process of setting up a new tank. The rummynose tetra and pygmy cory are the two I plan on obtaining.

@Hamster-Kingdom 28 күн бұрын

They are the best schooling fish. Especially when you have a dwarf African cichlid in the aquarium.😊

@JenniferDoRego-mp4ky 2 ай бұрын

Thank You, for giving a great (simple) example of shoaling, It seems obvious now. Love from Georgia

@TheRealTMar 2 ай бұрын

I got my rummynoses by surprise actually. I was at Vivarium last year and visited the Aquabeek stand for silvertip tetras. You know how these conventions are. I was sure I had secured to bags of silvertips when I paid for them, but one bag was silver tips and the other one was rummynoses. They are doing quite well I think, although there are just six of them. Started out with seven, but one decided to explore the drop checker which wasn´t a smart idea obviously. They often school together or they shoal with the cardinals and silvertips (if the silvertips feel like shoaling because there are more males than females and they're almost all territorial). I'm considering moving some silvertips though because of the male/female inbalance. No one is getting hurt, but they do chase other fish around.

@FishShopMatt 2 ай бұрын

That's a good and bad thing at the same time, silver tips can be a bit grumpy unfortunately.

@tktropicals4997 2 ай бұрын

nice.

@snyderson1828 2 ай бұрын

Love my Rummies ❤

@FishShopMatt 2 ай бұрын

Same here!

@rachelburnell9532 2 ай бұрын

Matts channel is so much more interesting than MD’s channel. I’m glad I found this, thank you Matt 👊🏻

@FishShopMatt 2 ай бұрын

Glad you enjoy it!

@billyskoda6839 2 ай бұрын

I run a set up with what seems to be the opposite tetras... cochus blue. Hardly shoal, blue in colour as the name suggests and fast enough to steer clear of the silver dollar shoal.

@GardeningandMyDailyLife 2 ай бұрын

Bể cá rất sinh động là một mọi trường sống tốt cho cá cảnh ,cảm ơn bạn đã chia sẻ .

@darylcavanagh3977 2 ай бұрын

Lovely fish, i really struggle with them. I live in SE with very hard water which they dont seem to like

@greenwarrior8971 2 ай бұрын

I've got some Costa Rica tetras and they school all the time .

@judyallinson1281 2 ай бұрын

❤

@cking8776 2 ай бұрын

ALWAYS wanted Rummies. Are they compatible tank mates with Cardinal tetras? Great video Matt!!! ❤❤❤

@beermonster15 2 ай бұрын

yeah they go well together at least they are in my tank i added a group of 12 rummies in with my aging cardinals that have dwindled down to a group of 4 over a couple of years and had got really shy. I had gone to buy some more cardinals to boost their numbers but they were out of stock so got some rummies, cardinals still a bit shy but they have come out of hiding in all my crypts and do occasionally dart around the tank with the rummies now and then as long as no one is near the tank but the rummies don't care, they even come up and take the food from between my fingers when i feed the tank

@FishShopMatt 2 ай бұрын

Yeah they would get on really well!

@cathyhendrix7552 2 ай бұрын

I really enjoy watching the specie spotlights. I love learning about all the different types of fish and how they live. And how to keep them alive of course. I do have a question Matt. My P.H. is 6.2 thru 6.8. But I have hard water at 150-175. How is this possible? With low P.H. shouldn't you have softer water? Or am I just confused on how that works? 🤔

@FishShopMatt 2 ай бұрын

Thank you! I believe there is some very rare cases that this can happen. I've had strange things happen with customers using water softening units and also sometimes what your water supplier puts in it.

@cathyhendrix7552 2 ай бұрын

@FishShopMatt Thanks Matt. My water coming out of my tap has a P.H. of 7.4. 🤷‍♀️. I don't remember what the hardness is . Crap. I should've checked it first. I can check it later and edit it in. 😞 Sorry.

@Sannive 2 ай бұрын

Rummies are awesome :D

@FishShopMatt 2 ай бұрын

Totally agree!!!

@richiep430 2 ай бұрын

Another great video from Matt- please remember to like and subscribe and let’s get him to 70k subs as soon as possible. It’s a really good channel and supporting him will benefit us all 😊😊

@FishShopMatt 2 ай бұрын

Thank you so so much! It really means a lot to me!

@fredetorek6567 2 ай бұрын

I always thought shoaling was staying together in a group and schooling was synchronized movement?

@michaela4814 2 ай бұрын

You have always thought correctly.

@csharpe5787 2 ай бұрын

100%

@FishShopMatt 2 ай бұрын

Yeah I think it gets thrown around quite a lot in many different ways.

@andreagalda28 2 ай бұрын

Yes, this is correct!

@DM-fg9rr 2 ай бұрын

Hi Matt! do you use co2 or what are your personal preferences for using or not using? Especially whats best for the fish health and their environment. Is it really that necessary for plants to have it to maintain and heavy planted jungle ecosystem? The plants in the wild dont need infusions or is there enough in the water naturally?

@BKAqua 2 ай бұрын

What is that food that sticks to the glass call?

@jimj.6412 Ай бұрын

16 gal planted fairly heavy, small canister filter, just getting started. advice needed for stocking. I was thinking of 9 Harlequin Rasbora, 3 Amano shrimp, 3 dwarf Cory , maybe some snails ------ question to many or just about right?

@evilone543 2 ай бұрын

I have a large school of Rummy Nose and Xray in a 60g cube aquarium. I love watching them.

@FishShopMatt 2 ай бұрын

Nice! X-rays are on my list for a future build.

@natitougaku7912 2 ай бұрын

🥰

@sarahlouise65 2 ай бұрын

Where you been Matt? Really missed you.

@FishShopMatt 2 ай бұрын

Busy busy with future plans!

@Lilyflowergirl98 2 ай бұрын

I do like rummynose but my fave shoaling fish are neon tetra lol

@FishShopMatt 2 ай бұрын

They are beautiful too, I change my mind too often! Hahaha

@JiyuuNK 2 ай бұрын

My version of shoaling vs schooling: Shoaling: fish swim and stay together in group. Their head facing random direction but still stay in group. Schooling: fish swim and stay together. Their head and they swim facing the same direction.

@williammcdowell6257 2 ай бұрын

All good stuff, but in my experience they are vulnerable to temperature shock, if for example using a hose to top up and the shoal swims into a cold water stream, they will often die, and to be picky, other tetras seem more robust. I certainly wouldn't keep them below 24 degrees centigrade, if kept in cooler tanks they seem vulnerable to diseases, again that is simply my experience. Cooler tanks extend the life of some fish but not the Rummynose species. I have no experience of breeding them successfully but they will spawn in a well planted soft water tank, if well fed etc., mine spawn quite regularly and devour the eggs with gusto. Interestingly my Bentosi tetras tend to spawn at similar times to my Rummynoses - perhaps a modest water change, golden sunlight hitting the tank are factors.

2 ай бұрын

Is the whole "playing dead" thing common to all Tetra species? I had to transfer my Cardinals and Neons to another tank, and each and every one of them played dead -- one even turned its blue stripe to an orangish-red color, and then colored back up within seconds of being released into the new tank. I still have two neons in the original tank that have proven impossible to catch. As an aside: Cardinals and Neons seem to school (shoal) together quite nicely!

@kovenant7 Ай бұрын

Off topic question. What's the Initial cause of lily pads disintegrating at the tips of the pads? Hard water?

@rebeccaampuero2347 2 ай бұрын

We are surrounded by possums who actually play possum quite well. LOL

@m_dawood 2 ай бұрын

I have 3 angelfish in my community aquarium. One black, one platinum and one tri colored. The platinum stopped eating two days ago while tge rest are doing exceptionally well. The tank is cycled almost 6 months old. I have some sensitive fishes that are also doing fine which means my water parameters are good. I offered blackworms, chopped up mealworm, flakes and every other fish food. But still not eating any. He's not pooping to see if he has internal parasites. Any suggestions?

@0D1N420 2 ай бұрын

What size tank is that, you have your Rummy Nose School in? Looks like a 20'ish gallon?

@jaysheridan9076 2 ай бұрын

I have 15 rummy nose in a tank with- guppies,swordtails-gourami-platys and bristle nose plec however mine are always spit up never shoal- is this because they are comfortable after all this time or are they broken?

@DashDrones 2 ай бұрын

They behave much better in a larger tank, minimum 3ft 👍

@drewmurphy8999 2 ай бұрын

What is that food tab on the glass? I'm trying to find different things to feed my fish

@FishShopMatt 2 ай бұрын

It's an NT labs treat tablet.

@abyssal-labs Ай бұрын

I just got my rummy’s and the love doing laps up and down the front of the tank I hope this is normal

@martinwatson341 20 күн бұрын

My Rummynose only swim left to right. They don’t seem to go to the back of the tank. Are they ok. I have 6 at the moment. with 5 angelfish 2 tiger barbs 3 tetras and 3 dwarf rainbow fish and one rainbow shark plus a bristle nose pleco. In a planted aquarium.

@davyjones6670 2 ай бұрын

What's the best fish that interacts with plants? Like hiding, moving searching amongst them etc! Emperor tetra maybe? Any better suggestions?

@beermonster15 2 ай бұрын

my female cherry barbs have that sort of behaviour always swimming around in the plants and in peace lily roots always got their noses in things, males look great but they were chasing other fish, not sure if it was just playful or aggression but 2 of my males jumped out of the tank and 3rd is now in it's own tank and the rest of the fish seem happier now.

@sweetteael.b2105 2 ай бұрын

Do you collect your leaves and twigs from outside? I saw a small bag at pet smart for 15.00. That’s a lot for dead stuff !!!

@lpoolck17 2 ай бұрын

Odessa barb to be considered for next fish files please?

@FishShopMatt 2 ай бұрын

Beautiful fish! Definitely one on my hit list.

@lpoolck17 2 ай бұрын

@@FishShopMatt excellent! 😁

@valeriebolejack5957 2 ай бұрын

How about with a betta? How is their relationship

@TripleFork 2 ай бұрын

I'm about to buy 100 to 150 rummynose tetra's for my 3m wide soon to be discus tank.

@FishShopMatt 2 ай бұрын

Amazing!!!

@adam6260 2 ай бұрын

Im sure the rummy's will be impressed with your unalive impressions LOL

@FishShopMatt 2 ай бұрын

They told me they loved it! Hahaha

@gregorynull5630 2 ай бұрын

I have an uncle who is a Rummy nose.

@MandyJane123700 2 ай бұрын

I love rummynose tetras. I am down to three and they're about 4yrs old. I'm afraid if I add more they will bring in a bacteria or something and kill off my elderly ones. I will just wait, I think. They are great fish.

@dennisvanopstal7360 2 ай бұрын

The only thing i dont like about rummynose tetras are that they are in almost every aquascape video. And when asked "what shall we put in the scape" Everybody suggests Rummynoses. And there are so many other beautifull schooling fish. My favorite is the Pentazona barb I love their behaviour.

@illumnae 2 ай бұрын

Aren't 2 of the species from the Hemigrammus genus? Not all are Petitella?

@FishShopMatt 2 ай бұрын

I believe they all got placed into petitella a few years back.

@Knights.of.Ni. 2 ай бұрын

Iv never had Rummynose

@WarrenVenter. 2 ай бұрын

Same here. It is a tetra I've wanted to keep though but never have.

@FishShopMatt 2 ай бұрын

They are well worth the time and effort! Absolutely gorgeous fish.

@andreacasoli3371 2 ай бұрын

Since they are so torpedo shaped they swim very fast back and forth, i've read that the advice is to have a 100 cm aquarium in lenght at least, do you confirm?

@DashDrones 2 ай бұрын

Agreed, they do great in a 120cm

@FishShopMatt 2 ай бұрын

Yeah the longer the tank you have they tend to look really good.

@jacquelinemcmillan2793 Ай бұрын

Mine are in 5ft

@JiyuuNK 2 ай бұрын

My partner always said every time we goes to lfs to stock my new aquascape tank: _"AGAIN?? RUMMYNOSE??"_

@JiyuuNK 2 ай бұрын

Also yeah 3 similar species. - Petitella georgiae (False Rummy-nose) - Hemigrammus bleheri (Firehead tetra) - Hemigrammus rhodostomus (True Rummy-nose)

@davyjones6670 2 ай бұрын

Tiger barb planted tank plzzzzz

@FishShopMatt 2 ай бұрын

I do love a good tiger barbs

@davyjones6670 2 ай бұрын

@@FishShopMatt same here! They are active and constantly moving and always very nice to watch but there is not much information about keeping them in planted tanks on KZfaq :/

@thirsa9013 2 ай бұрын

Great video, but the typewrite sounds are uncomfortably loud for me.

@CadenceGillis 2 ай бұрын

I just had a group of 14 from a fairly reputable fish shop. I'm down to 2. I don't know how many were pretending to be unalive but some definitely were unalive. HOW MANY FAKE UNALIVES DID I SAY GOODBYE TO PREMATURELY??? WHERE WERE YOU 2 WEEKS AGO hahahahahahaha

@gauravyadav8937 2 ай бұрын

School depends on the size of the tank.

@SeLoppu 2 ай бұрын

These little jerks ate ALL of my hydrocotyle japan and temple plant 😮‍💨

@FishShopMatt 2 ай бұрын

Oh wow I've never heard of them doing that before.

@jacquelinemcmillan2793 Ай бұрын

Oh speaking of predator my angels ate my albino bn fry 😢

@LuckyMorningStar 2 ай бұрын

I live in the Netherlands and whe call this fish "roodkopzalm" which literally means 'red head salmon'. I'm so confused right now 🤣 it's a tetra and we call them salmon?!?!