🐡 FOTM CassCats - October 2024 Fish of the Month Winner(Tetras)

[connorlindeman]

We have a winner in Fishforums.net
October 2024 Fish of the Month Contest
We had 11 awesome Tetras entered in this month's FOTM contest but only one could win...
And the winner is.......

CassCats

Let's all congratulate them

Here's the winning fish and its description

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This is one of my male glowlights, in the front focus. Males don't get as chunky as the females do and have slightly longer dorsal fins than the ladies.

Relatively new additions for me, but they're also my most cooperative of tetras for photos, my glowlight tetras. I currently have 8, but am working on setting them up to spawn for a larger group because these are just really outgoing great tetras. Most my others aren't going to want to be cooperative for a nice photo for the contest lol

Some scientific details for these guys:

Name: Hemigrammus erythrozonus
Native to: Guyana
Habitat: Acidic, tannin-stained tributaries among flooded forest of Rio Essequibo
Parameters:
Temperature: 75-82°F (24-28°C)
pH: 5.5-7.5.
Hardness: 2-15°H

Size: 1.6"/4cm

Tank Minimum: 30" x 12"/76cmx30cm footprint, approx a 20 gallon long model aquarium.

Compatibility: Shoaling species, 6 minimum, ideally 10+. Can be kept in many community setups provided parameters are met and no fish among them will predate them. Can tolerate little to moderate flow rate. Dim setups bring out the best coloration in them. Great for blackwater or heavily planted setups.

Diet: typical tetra fare. Will overindulge on food if given the opportunity, be careful to not overfeed. Relishes frozen and live food.

 

[connorlindeman]

Congrats to @CassCats with your stunning Glowlight Tetra.
Coming in 2nd place is @GaryE with their Red Cap Tetra. Cool fish.
And coming in third place is @Seisage with their Neon Tetra named Jelly.

Right now, we are accepting entries for our November Tank of the Month contest. If you have a tank larger then 31 gallons, we hope you enter.
CLICK HERE to visit the TOTM poll.

 

[gwand]

Beautiful fish Cass.

 

[MattW]

Congrats!

 

[Essjay]

Congratulation

 

[Magnum Man]

 

[CassCats]

Thank you everyone everyone had really lovely tetras! One of my favourite groups of fish in the hobby

 

[emeraldking]

Well, congratulations on the win...

 

[Fishmanic]

Congrats @CassCats
You are one of our few trifecta wnners as you have won FOTM, TOTM and POTM!

 

[GaryE]

Congrats! It is a great photo of a great fish.

 

[WhistlingBadger]

That was a really cool picture. Congratulations.

 

[veraderock]

Congratulations!

 

[Tiara]

Congrtulations, great photo and fish!

 

[GaryE]

I hope this means a lot of members think about keeping glowlight tetras. They're often overlooked beauties, and @CassCats caught them looking very good indeed. There were a lot of very attractive little fish in this contest, all there for us to explore.

 

[anewbie]

I hope this means a lot of members think about keeping glowlight tetras. They're often overlooked beauties, and @CassCats caught them looking very good indeed. There were a lot of very attractive little fish in this contest, all there for us to explore.

They are ok but there are better schoolers; i'm totally enchanted by Trigonopoma pauciperforatum and Brevibora dorsiocellata both which work very well in darker water - then there are Paracheirodon simulans which have their own magic. Sigh there are so many wonderful tetra and rasboras i'd need 50 more aquariums before i reached glow lights; and that is ignoring the magnificent Nannostomus marilynae.