Rummy Nose Tetra

[MAM]

saw these at the lfs last night. they are very cool looking fish. looked them up today and am considering them for a future tank. anyone have any? what are they like? what do you have them with? how many do youhave?

 

[Alien Anna]

I've got two different species of them! Hemigrammus bleheri and Petitella georgia, of which H.bleheri is the most commonly obtained.

Article on the two rummy-nosed tetras.

They're great fish and not particularly difficult, but they do like good water quality.

 

[MAM]

how many do you keep in a school AA? what other fish do you have them with?

 

[Alien Anna]

how many do you keep in a school AA? what other fish do you have them with?

I've got a school of 7 H.bleheri and 3 P.georgiae. I'd like to make up my school of P.georgiae but they're hard to get hold of.

I keep them with cardinal tetras, pearl gouramis, cherry barbs, a bristlenosed plec and some chain loaches. They are great for a planted aquarium - contrast wonderfully with the plants.

 

[mrV]

If you want to buy shoal fish, then buy "rummy nose". Because it is a fish, which live in shoal. When someone is changing swim-direction, the rest follow behind

My cam isn't very good, when trying to take pic about fishes... So pics are wuite messy.

H. bleheri 1
H. bleheri 2
H. bleheri 3 (scroll down)

So buy large shoal - if only you have enough space. If not, consider another sp. than "rummy-nose".