Serpae tetra, Hyphessobrycon eques in nature ! The natural habitat of common tetras.

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Serpae tetras ( Hyphessobrycon eques ), are one of the most popular aquarium fish that have been around since the beginning of the hobby, see this beautiful red tetra in their natural habitat in the Pantanal region of Brazil. This fish is also sometimes called Hyphessobrycon callistus or Hyphessobrycon serpae.
We produced this video to go with an article in TFH magazine.
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@NotrealoramI 3 жыл бұрын

So proud to have a fellow Canadian who has done so much for the hobby, I love these videos, I love seeing all these biotopes and all these species that co exist with each other... I wish I could see it for myself

@paigesaunders8330 3 жыл бұрын

Love your videos, just wonderful. Amazing to see these fish in their natural habitats.

@hansmueller1831 3 жыл бұрын

Beautiful fish, beautiful video, thank you so much!

@halos225 3 жыл бұрын

once again, incredibly informative

@Cp6uja81 2 жыл бұрын

What a wonderful video. Thank you.

@RolandvanOuwerkerk 3 жыл бұрын

Awesome stuff, thank you so much

@thomascallaghan5988 3 жыл бұрын

These are brilliant

@sseeaahhaawwkkssrule975 2 жыл бұрын

Thank you for the information.

@alkgugl8925 3 жыл бұрын

good information, thanks a lot

@kellyharrison5184 Жыл бұрын

Fascinating and informative.

@fishiemon64 3 жыл бұрын

as always great video

@andycarter4581 2 жыл бұрын

Great video thanks

@tovical-asyi1799 2 жыл бұрын

Amazing bro

@vitaliyvyntu4566 Жыл бұрын

Very interesting

@stevenbisset8717 2 жыл бұрын

brilliant, always thought about keeping a group of this speices around 30 with stained water. fantastic videos, thanks

@GreenCanvasInteriorscape 5 ай бұрын

I've been in search of the perfect schooling fish that acts tight together and United and they are few if non-existent, got 24 of these last year in a 6 ft mixed community planted driftwood hiding place tank and they stay put, along with Pristilla tetras they just stay parked and don't roam, nobody's predating on them they just are chill, coming to appreciate my guppies more and more because they are bold and fearless and colorful but I still want that United schooling look that I hope a school of 24 of these would bring

@petery4801 3 жыл бұрын

Nice

@arvidanseven862 3 жыл бұрын

The underwater scenery there is amazing. i wish i could mimic this biotope in my aquarium

@williamk9881 2 жыл бұрын

You can’t.

@Someoneonthisplanet1979 Жыл бұрын

if there is a will, there is a way!

@StanTheObserver-lo8rx 3 жыл бұрын

You could see them even try to take a bite of fin out of each other...just mean little fish. Great natural shots...Is that hyacinth? Or related more tropical Hyacinth than what we see sold in the states? That last segment? Looked so giant aquarium like...with the Ficus roots background they sell nowadays. Props too for the scene of them with young Brycons and Leporinus.

@GreenCanvasInteriorscape 5 ай бұрын

I just asked on a previous video about cooler tolerance tetras, here I am, hope to find your von Rio tetra video as I am crazy about mine and hope they are breeding in my very heavily planted tank, they have huge mouths for a tiny fish and can eat and grow quickly

@xr55 3 жыл бұрын

I had 4, now I only have 2. Passed away due to viral infection. But, they weren't as agressive as you said. The Black Phantoms I had were very agressive instead.

@emmanuelnalli 9 ай бұрын

such a great thing to wacht these beauties in their natural habitat 😍

@belowwater 9 ай бұрын

yes, they are so much brighter in nature, i think we all keep them too hot

@Constantine_Cvl8 8 ай бұрын

@@belowwaterI have them in a pond outside, though I live in a tropical climate, the water outside is definitely colder than the water in my tanks. The serpaes are more vibrant in the pond than the ones in the tanks

@formercityboy9772 Жыл бұрын

thank you for putting up this video. so glad to see them in nature. i bought 15 of these yestday and are currently housed in a black water apistogramma tank to grow up to full size before joining a pair of blue acara in a bigger tank.

@belowwater Жыл бұрын

thank you. remember they do not like hot water, best Apistogramma would be A.trifasciata, A.borelli that occur in the same region and don't mind the cooler water

@formercityboy9772 Жыл бұрын

@@belowwater it's a pair of apisto hongsloi with several black neons, at 23 degree. they seem to be happy and look lovely in this setup.. i might just keep them here permanently if the adult size is still a bit small to be housed with blue acaras. :P

@HATtw 10 ай бұрын

Another awesome video. Thank you. How high is the flow rate in these areas with serpae. Given the adequate areas to hide behind or plants to sleep amongst, could they be put in High flow tanks? By this I mean dedicated high flow tanks for rheophilic fishes not high flow rates you would see in a general community tank. Thanks for your time.

@belowwater 10 ай бұрын

they are often in very high flow, but this is not a rheophile fish as such. in this region that space is more occupied by Astyanax, Parodon etc.

@Iguana5k 2 жыл бұрын

Oh interesting that their colour is more bright in cooler water.

@belowwater 2 жыл бұрын

a lot of fish from cooler waters do not live as long or show good colour if they are kept too warm

@Iguana5k 2 жыл бұрын

@@belowwater I had mine at 26°C and turned it down to22°C after watching yor vid (22 is the lowest temperature recommendet for their tankmates). Cant tell if it effected their colour, since it always changed depending on the day and breeding activity. However, I noticed that they became way calmer towards each other while still eating normally. They arent always bickering with eachother like before anymore.

@MegaAxelG 2 жыл бұрын

Have never seen this fish in his natural color.

@rrrrrr-ry3cn 3 жыл бұрын

I think they will be a great mutch with macropodus opercularis mybe?

@belowwater 3 жыл бұрын

yes, that should work.

@BleuSaphir Жыл бұрын

Their colors are more vivid in the wild than captivity. I fed mine brine shrimp, mysis shrimp to get the more vivid in color.

@belowwater Жыл бұрын

i think a lot of us keep this species way too warm, in nature i have seen them in water as cool as 11C and never more than 23C.

@BleuSaphir Жыл бұрын

@@belowwater Thank you, maybe I will lower their temps.

@emilyrjala Жыл бұрын

@@belowwater It would be amazing if you could do more extensive list of other species that are seen living amongst serpae tetras in theese cooler waters. Electricity prices are thrue the roof in europe, and we need more knowledge about more species that enjoy cooler water tempratures.

@belowwater Жыл бұрын

@@emilyrjala the usual suspects, Astyanax marinae, Hyphessobrycon ulreyi, Moenkhausia bonita, Moenkhausia sanctae-filomenae, Characidium zebra, Leporinus striatus, Aphyocharax paraguayensis, A.erythrurus, A.rathbuni, Apistogramma trifasciata, Corydoras hastatus, just to name some of the more common fish.

@emilyrjala Жыл бұрын

@@belowwater thank you!

@georgemolina1712 4 ай бұрын

Hola que especie es la de puntos negros y la otra de colá anaranjada

@belowwater 4 ай бұрын

Cola anaranjada = "Pirapitanga" ( _Brycon hilari_ ), puntos negros = _Megaleporinus obtusidens_

@rodrigobarajas4798 8 ай бұрын

Si pudieran traducir al español por favor

@giftofthewild6665 4 ай бұрын

What are those amazing blue green fish near the surface?? I want them 😮

@belowwater 4 ай бұрын

the big ones? Pirapitanga ( _Brycon hilari)_ , watch the monkeys feeding fish video: kzfaq.info/get/bejne/rNB1qdanp7_LpKM.html

@giftofthewild6665 4 ай бұрын

@@belowwater are those the same ones shown at 0:50 ? They look greenish blue in this video but more grey and drab in the video with the monkeys... different lighting conditions maybe? Interesting... thank you 😊

@belowwater 4 ай бұрын

@@giftofthewild6665 the water there is high in Magnesium, the water is blue, so all silver fish look really blue.

@giftofthewild6665 4 ай бұрын

@@belowwater wow interesting! I've come across really blue rivers and lakes before and wondered what compound or element made the water that colour, thanks 😊

@yashtapase3821 7 ай бұрын

Silver tip tetra also comes from these locations?

@belowwater 7 ай бұрын

a little bit more north, but close enough

@yashtapase3821 7 ай бұрын

@@belowwater ok

@FelipeFinelli6088 9 ай бұрын

So they need a colder water to became more red?

@belowwater 9 ай бұрын

yes, cooler water likely will bring out better colour with this species.

@SkipperBlue 9 ай бұрын

@@belowwaterthe serpae tetras sold in germany, never looked so pretty, they don't have a black spot and colors looked washed out, maybe inbred for more than 50 years

@belowwater 9 ай бұрын

@@SkipperBlue we buy some wild ones (too expensive for our market in Canada), but i keep them outside in eastern Canada from May to October and they are beautiful red. I think the live daphnia, algae etc in nature helps with the colour also. I agree that the inbred farmed fish have much less colour!