No, glow light Tetras are different. Google them. They have really cool orange glowing eyes when the light hits right. I have some.Do you have a picture of the Tetras? Do you mean like, “glow fish”.
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No, glow light Tetras are different. Google them. They have really cool orange glowing eyes when the light hits right. I have some.Do you have a picture of the Tetras? Do you mean like, “glow fish”.
The first pic is a glow light tetra and the 2nd is a green neon tetra but they are a little harder to find sometimes. (Ignore the guppy in first pic, he’s just nosey).Do you have a picture of the Tetras? Do you mean like, “glow fish”.
Gosh, I got lucky with mine. Bought them in error a couple years ago and they are still going strong. None of my parameters meet their requirements according to your information. Bought 6 and still have 6.As the green neon tetra (also known as false neon tetra, though genetically it is much closer to the cardinal tetra), Paracheirodon simulans, has been mentioned, we really need to know the GH. This species is highly sensitive to everything. It will always be wild caught, and it is a blackwater fish. I have 24 in my Amazon blackwater stream tank but the GH and KH are zero and the pH is at or below 5.0 and this is what this species requires. If the parameters match, it could be OK in a planted 10g, or a true biotope 10g with lots of wood and branches, leaves, and just floating plants. This helps because it further dims the light and the fish really "glows" under such conditions (water and lighting).
Gosh, I got lucky with mine. Bought them in error a couple years ago and they are still going strong. None of my parameters meet their requirements according to your information. Bought 6 and still have 6.
I thought they were already passed their life expectancy. Wonder why they were selling them as freshwater fish?If we are both still here three or four years from now, I would venture to say you will not have them then. This is the thing with species that need very soft acidic water, they "manage" but never achieve the expected lifespan. This is the same with the cardinal tetra; Gery wrote that in very soft water they (cardinals) will live over ten years, but the harder the water the shorter this becomes. Of the last P. simulans I had which I bought five years ago, I still have three; two weeks ago I acquired 21.
http://www.seriouslyfish.com/species/paracheirodon-simulans/
I thought they were already passed their life expectancy. Wonder why they were selling them as freshwater fish?
Yes, reading on them now. Interesting! I can’t believe I have had no problems with them. My PH alone is 7.6. Thanks for the info!
What a beautiful tank!
@Byron I have seen you refer to 0 GH & KH several times. Is this an indication that plain RO water would be a good thing, or is that too "sterile" for my blackwater tank. I currently make it up to 2dGH / 1dKH but when I try to breed my tetras and pencilfish I will be using pure RO based on advice seen elsewhere.I have 24 in my Amazon blackwater stream tank but the GH and KH are zero and the pH is at or below 5.0 and this is what this species requires.
@Byron I have seen you refer to 0 GH & KH several times. Is this an indication that plain RO water would be a good thing, or is that too "sterile" for my blackwater tank. I currently make it up to 2dGH / 1dKH but when I try to breed my tetras and pencilfish I will be using pure RO based on advice seen elsewhere.
Apologies for the diversion @PheonixKingZ
If I knew 15 years ago what I know now I would not have a tank full of tetras, corydoras and pencilfish today. But then I would have missed the pleasure of experiencing these wonderful species and I'm not giving them up now.I stay with fish suited to such water,