Or discovering a new frog at one of my backyard ponds. Or watching ducks frolic in a puddle after a rain. Seeing a turtle basking in the sunshine can be the highlight of my day. Surely, she’s too old for that but No! She leaped up onto the old blanket and laid there for 2 hours. She used to jump in the back of my vehicle and lay on a blanket and survey the world. Later, I was mowing the grass and my old Golden Retriever was with me. I can expand my Milkweed for the Monarch Butterflies! Yay!! They looked empty.īut to my surprise I looked more closely and there were a few seeds in the pod. Could they still have seeds from last year? I grabbed two pods. But there it was, a survivor, a baby fish that hatched and grew among 30 hungry adult barbs, tetras and danios.Ī little later I was driving only a mile from my house and I saw some Milkweed pods rising out of a ditch. About the size of a Neon Tetra but there are no fish that small in that tank. I spotted a little fish in my community aquarium. I tried to wallow in my own misery.īut, as the day went on, things began to turn around. IME, most tall body tetra are aggressive. In a small group or the angels are small and show weakness, they may bully them. In a large group, they tend to pay more attention to one another than the angels. Tetras are omnivores and will accept most flake foods, but should also have some small foods such as brine shrimp, daphnia, freeze-dried bloodworms, tubifex, and micro pellet food to supplement their diet.I had a single day off work last week. Columbia tetra are little piranha with similar body shape and visible teeth. Tetras are best kept in a densely planted tank with subdued light and an ideal temperature of 2024?C to resemble their native Amazon environment. Perfect for the community aquarium, this hardy Tetra will be a. They shoal naturally in the wild and are thus happier, more brightly coloured, and more active when kept as a shoal as opposed to singly. The Red/Blue Columbian Tetra gets its name from its bright red tail and its reflective body. Mid-level feeders, they are best kept in schools of five to eight or more, for the "shoaling" effect when they move around the tank. They tend to be timid and, because of their small size, should not be kept with large or aggressive fish who may bully or simply eat them.įish that mix well in an aquarium are other types of tetras, and other community fish that live well in an ideal Tetra water condition. Colombian Blue and Red Tetras: Species Profile Nextdoor Aquatics 398 subscribers Subscribe 9.2K views 8 months ago In this video we discuss the Colombian Red and Blue Tetra. The Tetra can live 10 years or more with the proper conditions. However, they will not tolerate dramatic changes to their environment. Tetras are considered easy to keep in a community aquarium of at least 20L, with a pH of 5.07.0 and KH of 1.02.0. Best kept in a school, they grow to 5-6cm. They are quite peaceful and extremely hardy. Well this was after I told him I was planning on getting some Angelfish in the future for my tank. The LFS said it was a great fish calm and makes for a good tank mate. They like heavily planted tanks that include floating plants. Discussion Starter 1 Hi everyone I just got five Columbian Tetras today not fully understanding the facts about. They are happiest in warm, peat-filtered water and low lighting. The Red Blue Colombian Tetra has a temperament that is bold enough to allow it to hold its own with larger Cichlid species like Severum, Geophagus, Angelfish, Acara and other similar species, but is also peaceful enough to be kept with much smaller community fish species. This deeper bodied tetra is a very attractive fish with its iridescent blue scales and red fins. Congo Tetras can reach upwards of 3 inches in length and live up to 5 years. Sexually mature males are noticeably more intensely-coloured, slimmer-bodied, a little smaller and develop a more-extended dorsal-fin than females.
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