thinking of ember tetras?

[Brookster123]

Can anyone provide me with some basic info on these guys? As finicky as neons?

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[MICEY]

don't know much about them but my lfs has a display tank( 1 gal) with a bunch in it an d they always look healthy , cute little things

 

[pip walters]

We have these at work.... greedy little devils, eat anything.... very fat

 

[Brookster123]

We have these at work.... greedy little devils, eat anything.... very fat

Ey pip! They stay relativley small huh? Like green neons? Are they active enough for a moderate flow tank?

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[Venom_]

My friend has a school of ten and they seem to be very active and very peaceful towards each other, they also will eat a variety of food. My friend feeds them Aqueon flakes, NLS, and brine shrimp.

 

[Brookster123]

Im wondering if they'd be ok with an apisto cac? A school of 20 would be awesome!

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[Venom_]

Im wondering if they'd be ok with an apisto cac? A school of 20 would be awesome!

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20 would look nice! And I think it will be fine as long as your apisto isn't overly aggressive towards other kinds of fish. I'm Thinking of putting a school of maybe 15 embers myself, in my 36 g black water tank that has 7 black neons and 3 apistos

 

[Venom_]

20 would look nice! And I think it will be fine as long as your apisto isn't overly aggressive towards other kinds of fish. I'm Thinking of putting a school of maybe 15 embers myself, in my 36 g black water tank that has 7 black neons and 3 apistos

 

[Brookster123]

Nah, he's pretty chill.. he has been hiding a lit recently since I moved the school of rn's out, think he liked all the other fish moving around all the time.. Maybe not 20, it's a 30 long so that may be pushing it. 15 anyways

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[pip walters]

Yeah, they are pretty active..... mostly around the surface waiting for food, lol

 

[Brookster123]

Got 15, well 14.5, ones only seeing half the tank if you catch me drift.. new, darker lfs..

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[absolutangel04]

Glad you got them. I will add in that I have kept them for years and found them nowhere near as sensitive as neons. Good luck, get pics when you can.

 

[Brookster123]

They've settled right in, already getting some reds too! Awesome little fish so far

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[Coyne]

Ive got a school of 13 in a 10g with plans on moving them to a 45 gallon and increasing the school to 40-ish. So far the biggest hurdle was finding food that is small enough for them. Even the NLS Grow (super small pellets) are too big for them. I have to either crush up flake into a powder or feed them Hikari "First Bites" fry food. Oh! and frozen daphnia works as well.
Let me know if you come across something else that they can eat.

 

[severum mama]

They've settled right in, already getting some reds too! Awesome little fish so far

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Just wait until they have been in the tank for a couple of months. You are going to love the color.

 

[Brookster123]

Ive got a school of 13 in a 10g with plans on moving them to a 45 gallon and increasing the school to 40-ish. So far the biggest hurdle was finding food that is small enough for them. Even the NLS Grow (super small pellets) are too big for them. I have to either crush up flake into a powder or feed them Hikari "First Bites" fry food. Oh! and frozen daphnia works as well.
Let me know if you come across something else that they can eat.

I have 15 in the 30 long, I fed them frozen cyclops last night and they nailed it! I'll try frozen bbs tonight and I'm sure it will be a hit.. a school of 40 would be amazing!


Yah mama, i was looking at pictures of tetras and they really caught my eyes! Once I figured out they were on the smaller side and I could do a decent size school?? Drove a 2+ hour round trip for them.. very happy..

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[Coyne]

Just wait until they have been in the tank for a couple of months. You are going to love the color.

True that. I can easily tell the difference between my original 7 and the 6 that I added a couple months ago just from the difference in color intensity.

Unfortunately I cant seem to find frozen BBS, but I was thinking of getting/making a brine shrimp hatchery once I have the larger school going. I think baby brine shrimp would be a hit.

 

[MICEY]

KENS FISH (Food & Feeders) HAS FOOD SMALL ENOUGH FOR THEM,he even sells fry size food

 

[Brookster123]

Coyne, check out the freeze dried bbs eggs, they need to rehydrate but fish nomnomnom

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[absolutangel04]

I have always just crushed up flakes for mine. Never had an issue.
Mine also went crazy for the egg yolk concoctions I have fed guppy fry, but all fish do IME.