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Hi Paddy

I have serpae and black widow tetras and have just rehoused them from a 38 litre to a 85 litre tank. I only have three black widows and they are already schooling together quite nicely in their new spacious home. Not hugely colourful but the black and silver does look good. My serpae tetras school a little bit in the bigger tank but I'm hoping to get more of each once my tank has cycled properly.

Hope that's helpful.

Cheers

20 Rummy Nose Tetras? They are going to make a very impressive display.

Oh, and when I had them, something to watch out for that you should take on board: although they are not 'officially' (i.e., in any of the textbooks) renowned as jumpers, they can when they are of a mind to. I've had Rummies go carpet surfing in the past.

Also, when you perform water changes, you'll notice that their noses become pale during the disturbance that naturally accompanies a water change, but give them two hours or so afterwards, and they'll colour up beautifully once they're no longer spooked by hands in the tank and a gravel vac moving around. You can accelerate their return to intense cherry-redness by feeding live foods about 30 minutes after the water change.

Oh, and if the way mine attacked vegetable rich flakes was anything to go by, yours might appreciate something of the same kind in their diet. Mine lasted around 7 years. But then they were given lots of water changes, gravel vacs and live food banquets: a good way of enhancing the longevity of ANY fish species!


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WOW & Congratulations. 20 Rummies. Great choise, as i have 10 & they are wonderful. Just take your time & settle them slowly. When i'll find more, i will surly buy some more & make my shoal bigger.


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Just to let everyone know.
Ive just went and bought 20 rummy noses!
There still in the bag settling into my acquarium.
I'll get some pictures taken once they've settled in.
Thanks to everyone who has helped me.

Paddy

Ok thanks,
ive tried to keep them once before, but this was when i first started and i only bought about 4 of them which is really too small a number.
Im not sure whether i would be best off buying ten at first and seeing how they settle in and then once they have settled in ok i'll get the rest.

Paddy,

They are not, in my experience, that difficult or sensitive.They are difficult to transport though and should be given a thorough acclimatization.

Once they pull thru the first couple of weeks they're fine and not fussy at all. At least not outside the bounds of any responsible fishkeeper.

They also become far more beautiful then any you'll see in an LFS. Bright nose and a green tinge to the body.

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No Ben im affraid im not Irish.

Ive heard that rummy noses are very difficult to keep because they are very sensitive.
Had anybody got any advise and how to keep and look after them?

Thanks for all your help everyone

hmm..ive seen giant danios school too.. rummy noses r gud...so r the cardinals

Without a doubt Rummy Nosed Tetras are the best schoolers around. Very very tight, almost never break the group. Colorful not too big.

Paddy ? Are ye Irish by any chance ?

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Hi
can anyone advise me what are the best shoaling tetra's.
Im wanting to get about 20-25 in my tank.
I would preferably like some which have very bright colours and also keep in a shoal (face the same direction most of the time)

Cheers

i have to agree with jason - the best schoolers imo are rummy noses - they are always streaking along the tank, moving from one end to the other.

firstly, it depends on the size of your tank. If you have a bigger tank, you can keep bigger tetras, like black widows. 25 big tetras take up alot of space. However, if your tank is on the smaller side (say less than 55 gallons), you could keep neons or cardinals. They school, are small, and are found in the rams natural habitat.

Best of luck - DJ :88)

Rams don't usually shoal, they either form couples or they stay alone. Having peaceful and smaller fish will help them go out as they will feel more secure, so tetras are good for that.

OK thanks,
ive manily got rams i.e. blue, golden, bolivian, german blue, wild and ive also got some cockatoo cichlids.
The problem is that the rams tend to hide and don't seem to stay together in groups. So im wanting a nice colourful shoal in the tank just to make it look less empty.

Has anyone got any photo's of some nice shoals to help.

A school with 25 Rummynose Terta will be great. Mine school together all the time.


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well i have had schools of: cardinals, black widows, bueanos areas, and im getting a school of silver dollars, but with your size tank i wouldnt reccomend the silver dollars.... what else is in the tank?

Thanks for your help.
Have you got a photos of them?

I've never had luck with tetras schooling, personally I prefer harlequin rasboras. JMO though

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