Glad you enjoyed it! 💙

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. 👍

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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.

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This was 1.5 years ago. Since then, I had been lowering the stock and the setup currently only have 2 species of tetra, the swordtails, SAE, and bristlenose cats. I do agree that the SAE look out of place and I did avoid putting in Old World fish for over a year, but this tank is the only one large enough to house them in my place. There's a plan to reset the tank. The swordtails may not be coming back but the SAE will because it's still the only large-enough aquarium for them.

Try a discus only tank..you'll know what stress actually is.

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.

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.

Rosy tetras (Hyphessobrycon rosaceus) They turn vivid pink when spawning.

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.

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.

just under 2 inches for the largest ones but much commonly 1.5 inches.

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.

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.

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.

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?