They get just very slightly larger full grown compared to the chilis. The other option you can also consider is their cousin, rasboras maculatas. They also seem so much more comfortable to any other nano fishes in a small tank. They stay smaller than embers, and therefore you'd be able to keep more in a small tank. If your tank is 10 gallon or less, I would highly suggest chilI rasboras. need sinking food as they are more a mid level feeder. In nano tanks I think they are like this due to the lack of space to school back and forth. tend to just stay in one spot in schools instead of swim around the tank. more skittish in smaller tanks in numbers less than 10. very small mouths so food need to be crumbled into fine pieces, but they feed from the surface which is what I prefer. Swims around the tank utilising most of upper half of the tank. Somewhere in the 6.5-6.8 region will do fine. more of a shoaling species than a schooling species. The ember tetra prefers a lower pH and softer water to trigger breeding. very outgoing, almost guppy like, they swim up to me for food when I'm near. Or if you can find Espei Rasbora, those stay the same size as Embers and will look great with them.I've kept both before, both are beautiful fishes, but if quite different looks. You CAN do Harlequins and Embers though, Harlequins get a little bigger than Embers but not as much as the larger Tetras will. If you go less than 10 or so, they tend to hide more often and not get as bright of red. They'll school loosely and hang out together and give you a much better color. All micro fish feel tooooons better when you have more like 12 of them and up. HOWEVER, I would not mix micro fish with larger fish like the Embers and the Bleeding Hearts. They're beautiful but not worth the stress!!Īs long as you have the minimum 6 for the single species, you can mix. He picked on the rainbows, the Betta, the cories, even the little Otos! Terrible! I have 3 left that I keep meaning to scoop out and send back to the LFS. I had a lovely school of 9 Long Fin Serpae Tetras, very similar to the Bleeding Hearts I had one top-dog who seriously picked on EVERYONE's fins, not even just the Tetras. Yours look really pretty! = )įor Tetra's, it doesn't matter how many ou have in a shoal unlike Tiger Barbs, they will always nip. Nympxzie: I'll try to remember that they can look a little pale at the petshops. Hopefully the water will soften a little by all that. Bleeding Heart Tetras (12-15) or Ember Tetras (15) <- for list two I think I'm liking the embers more.ĪquaAurora: Here my water is hard (don't know by how much), but I'm going to buy almond leaf and maybe some cholla woods and if I'm lucky I'll add some nice woods with roots for the kuhlies. Dwarf Rainbowfish (6-8) either 2 males/4 females OR 3 males/5 females. Orange Platies (3 males) <- why not? XD Bleeding Heart Tetras (12-15) or Ember Tetras (15) <- Will the gourami eat the embers? Pearl Gourami (1 male) <- If I find a nice healthy one =/. Lilnaugrim: I have two list with minor changes (depending on the stock of the petshops) If there are other school fish that look pretty and aren't fun nippers and hardy (or not too fragile), please let me know! Or that the bleeding heart tetras may be fin nippers. I'm worried that the ember tetras may be too fragile or too small for the rest of my fish. Or less.īut I don't know which to choose = /. I could get 12 of them since they are a little bigger than the ember tetras. (I see online pictures that they look either pale red/pink or a little stronger orange/red color on their bodies) I find them interesting and I'm liking their funky fin above their heads = p. I saw the bleeding heart tetras too and while I'm not sure yet what their color's supposed to look like. They aren't as pretty as other tetras, but I like their simplicity. So I saw the ember tetras at petco (i think =S), and I like that they are tiny and deep red. They are just too fast that im worrying about the other fish being stressed by them in my 40g tank. I decided to remove the rummynose tetras from my list.
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