pair of pygmy tetras?

[Chris Palma]

Hi.

I've stocked my 75 gallon aquarium with various varieties of pygmy fish --
threadfin rainbows, honey gouramis, pygmy corys, dicrossus maculatus dwarf
cichlids, and a few others.

I could probably add a good number more to my fish load, but I'm not in
any hurry to do so. However, I went to the LFS the other day, and he
pointed out that he has a pair of pygmy ember tetras that he thought would
mix well with my community.

Well... any advice? How would ember tetras do with my other fish? Will
they be ok in my medium hard, pH 7.2 water? Lastly, are they ok as just a
pair? Most of the other species I have in larger groups (10 rainbows, 9
gouramis, 9 corys (left out of 12), 4 d. maculatus...)

If anyone has any advice, I'd appreciate it.

Thanks!

--chris







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[Chris Palma]

Sorry for the bad form of replying to my own post, but I'm heading to the
LFS today, and I'm guessing he's going to ask me again about if I'm
interested in the Ember tetras.

Anyone have any info on this species? I'm leaning towards buying them
(I've liked all of the other fish that he has recommended to me), but I'm
a bit wary of adding just a pair of tetras to what has so far been a
pretty peaceful community.

--chris




On Thu, 8 Apr 2004, Chris Palma wrote:

> Hi.
>
> I've stocked my 75 gallon aquarium with various varieties of pygmy fish --
> threadfin rainbows, honey gouramis, pygmy corys, dicrossus maculatus dwarf
> cichlids, and a few others.
>
> I could probably add a good number more to my fish load, but I'm not in
> any hurry to do so. However, I went to the LFS the other day, and he
> pointed out that he has a pair of pygmy ember tetras that he thought would
> mix well with my community.
>
> Well... any advice? How would ember tetras do with my other fish? Will
> they be ok in my medium hard, pH 7.2 water? Lastly, are they ok as just a
> pair? Most of the other species I have in larger groups (10 rainbows, 9
> gouramis, 9 corys (left out of 12), 4 d. maculatus...)
>
> If anyone has any advice, I'd appreciate it.
>
> Thanks!
>
> --chris
>

[NetMax]

There might not be many people with experience keeping Ember tetras.

http://www.fishbase.org/Summary/SpeciesSummary.cfm?genusname=Hyphessobrycon&speciesname=amandae
(Hyphessobrycon amandae) lists them as coming from Rio Araguaia basin,
Brazil. I'd keep them in a large group. The smaller the tetra, the more
they seem to prefer travelling in groups. This area of Brazil is
probably soft acidic water. Your 7.2pH medium-hard is probably
acceptable, especially if your LFS is on the same water. hth

NetMax

"Chris Palma" > wrote in message
...
> Sorry for the bad form of replying to my own post, but I'm heading to
the
> LFS today, and I'm guessing he's going to ask me again about if I'm
> interested in the Ember tetras.
>
> Anyone have any info on this species? I'm leaning towards buying them
> (I've liked all of the other fish that he has recommended to me), but
I'm
> a bit wary of adding just a pair of tetras to what has so far been a
> pretty peaceful community.
>
> --chris
>
>
>
>
> On Thu, 8 Apr 2004, Chris Palma wrote:
>
> > Hi.
> >
> > I've stocked my 75 gallon aquarium with various varieties of pygmy
fish --
> > threadfin rainbows, honey gouramis, pygmy corys, dicrossus maculatus
dwarf
> > cichlids, and a few others.
> >
> > I could probably add a good number more to my fish load, but I'm not
in
> > any hurry to do so. However, I went to the LFS the other day, and he
> > pointed out that he has a pair of pygmy ember tetras that he thought
would
> > mix well with my community.
> >
> > Well... any advice? How would ember tetras do with my other fish?
Will
> > they be ok in my medium hard, pH 7.2 water? Lastly, are they ok as
just a
> > pair? Most of the other species I have in larger groups (10
rainbows, 9
> > gouramis, 9 corys (left out of 12), 4 d. maculatus...)
> >
> > If anyone has any advice, I'd appreciate it.
> >
> > Thanks!
> >
> > --chris
> >
>

[Chris Palma]

Hi NetMax.

Thanks for the response. I didn't realize that they were so rare!
Apparently my LFS must have a somewhat unique supplier, because he sold me
another type of rare fish -- dicrossus maculatus cichlids, which I have
had a heck of a time finding any information about whatsoever. Basically,
what I can find says that they are hard to find.

I guess assuming that just because my LFS has a fish that it is common is
a bad assumption. :)

Anyway, I thought about this for a while, and really I would like to have
a group of these fish. The thing is, though, he just has them in the
store in a tank with white clouds. I figured that they would be just as
happy in my aquarium with my community as they are if they are in a store
aquarium with white clouds. So, I bought them. I'm going to keep my eye
out and the second he gets more I will add to their community.

--chris


On Fri, 9 Apr 2004, NetMax wrote:

> There might not be many people with experience keeping Ember tetras.
>
> http://www.fishbase.org/Summary/SpeciesSummary.cfm?genusname=Hyphessobrycon&speciesname=amandae
> (Hyphessobrycon amandae) lists them as coming from Rio Araguaia basin,
> Brazil. I'd keep them in a large group. The smaller the tetra, the more
> they seem to prefer travelling in groups. This area of Brazil is
> probably soft acidic water. Your 7.2pH medium-hard is probably
> acceptable, especially if your LFS is on the same water. hth
>
> NetMax
>
> "Chris Palma" > wrote in message
> ...
> > Sorry for the bad form of replying to my own post, but I'm heading to
> the
> > LFS today, and I'm guessing he's going to ask me again about if I'm
> > interested in the Ember tetras.
> >
> > Anyone have any info on this species? I'm leaning towards buying them
> > (I've liked all of the other fish that he has recommended to me), but
> I'm
> > a bit wary of adding just a pair of tetras to what has so far been a
> > pretty peaceful community.
> >
> > --chris
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > On Thu, 8 Apr 2004, Chris Palma wrote:
> >
> > > Hi.
> > >
> > > I've stocked my 75 gallon aquarium with various varieties of pygmy
> fish --
> > > threadfin rainbows, honey gouramis, pygmy corys, dicrossus maculatus
> dwarf
> > > cichlids, and a few others.
> > >
> > > I could probably add a good number more to my fish load, but I'm not
> in
> > > any hurry to do so. However, I went to the LFS the other day, and he
> > > pointed out that he has a pair of pygmy ember tetras that he thought
> would
> > > mix well with my community.
> > >
> > > Well... any advice? How would ember tetras do with my other fish?
> Will
> > > they be ok in my medium hard, pH 7.2 water? Lastly, are they ok as
> just a
> > > pair? Most of the other species I have in larger groups (10
> rainbows, 9
> > > gouramis, 9 corys (left out of 12), 4 d. maculatus...)
> > >
> > > If anyone has any advice, I'd appreciate it.
> > >
> > > Thanks!
> > >
> > > --chris
> > >
> >
>
>
>

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http://www.characin.com/species/cichlid/dwarfs/dicrossus-maculatus.html
http://www.thekrib.com/Apisto/D-maculatus.html

just a couple to get you started, if you haven't ALREADY seen them....
pretty cute...

> sold me another type of rare fish -- dicrossus maculatus cichlids,


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