Your Experience With These Several Fish

[kevin007]

For those who have kept rummy nose tetras, are they nippy?

I have kept neons and harlequins before, boy are they nippy, every few days i would see a neon with nipped fins and ends up dieing, i gave up on them. The harlequins are the same, everyonce in a while i would see one with nipped fins and ends up dieing.

I want your oppinions on whether or not cardinals or rummys are "nippy", i really dont want to invest in a school of 12, only to find out that they will kill each other, ends up with 1 left and lives for 5 years being the only tetra in the tank. This has happned with my harlequin before, it was very annoying.

Then i thought to myself, maybe i should'nt be blaming them, i had sparkling gouramis with my harlequin and from my experience, they are the real evil and sneaky type, the kind that'll sneak up on my cories and nip them, so the halequins may possibly be nipped wehn they were resting. Funny thing is, the same can be said about the platty which i had with the neons back then, although i didnt witness them nippin the neons i did see them sneak up on my cories...again.

As you can see, im a real fan on cories

I left the forum for a while because i thought my tank was fully stocked and stable, now i want some new fish instead of 100s of guppies, they can be cute at first, a huge family of guppies but now i want something else, fishes that school (rummy nose) and a school of peaceful "sharks" red lined torpedo barb.

Oh and i wouldnt want anything nippin my red lined as well, they are quite expensive in toronto.

Edit: and what about UD Cats, they're interesting, looks cute, but heard some evil things about them

 

[Fishkrazy1]

Well... neons usually aren't that bad... my bet was it was your gouramis, the neons and harlequins more than likely annoyed them so they "had to get even with them" i'll be getting a school of 20 Cardinal tetras and 20 Harlequin Rosbaras tomorrow so I'll let you know how they are "nippyness wise"

 

[kevin007]

Well... neons usually aren't that bad... my bet was it was your gouramis, the neons and harlequins more than likely annoyed them so they "had to get even with them" i'll be getting a school of 20 Cardinal tetras and 20 Harlequin Rosbaras tomorrow so I'll let you know how they are "nippyness wise"

Thanks, oh u live in ontario too, where do you get your fish? see any red lined torpedos lately?

 

[wendywc]

My experience with rummynoses is that they are not nippy. I've kept them with platies, mollies, a bristlenose, a honey gourami, and otos. I haven't kept them with other tetras though... they are the only tetra group I have.

 

[kevin007]

Do you see nipped fins every now and then? I mean people say neons and harlequins arnt nippy..but..from my experience i see nipped fins, i doubt 4 sparkling gouramis can kill 11 harlequins in a 55 gallon

 

[wendywc]

I check my fish closely when I do my water changes and when I take pictures (which is often). I haven't seen any nipped fin ever. I'm fanatical about this because I had red tail loaches a long while back and they did nip... so I don't tolerate that.

 

[kevin007]

I check my fish closely when I do my water changes and when I take pictures (which is often). I haven't seen any nipped fin ever. I'm fanatical about this because I had red tail loaches a long while back and they did nip... so I don't tolerate that.

I am glad I'm not the only one i dont tolerate finnipping either, which is why i love cories..the most peaceful fish

I'll give the rummys a chance, probably not neons or cardinals, i dont want to hear the "well they are tetras" excuse

 

[Griz]

I have rummys (fireheads) and cardinals and have kept neons in the past. Never had and problems with them being nippy.

 

[kevin007]

how big is your tank, perhaps thats why they dont nip, do yo look at your fish closely?

thx

 

[Erised]

We have a shoal of rummy nose tetras in my mums 75G and have never had any problems with them being nippy.
The shoal of harlequins in our 55G never used to nip eachother either. Though they did sometimes nip the cardinals after the cardinals would nip them. Cardinals, in my experience, are nippy fish. I don't think I've ever seen them without nipped fins actually.

 

[kevin007]

would everyone say it is safe to say that rummys dont nip at all

i'll pass on the cardinals and never own another harleqin again

 

[moeldner]

My cardinals don't nip either - I have about 17-18 of them. Had them with dwarf gouramis at one point too.

 

[kevin007]

My cardinals don't nip either - I have about 17-18 of them. Had them with dwarf gouramis at one point too.

not according to Erised, do you pay attention to cardinals closely? i mean its not like they chase each other all the time, you gotta be payin real attention to your fish to see if they have nipped fins, OR it's the harlequins who were nippin Erised all along, im 100% sure they nip, i went from 12 to 1 one down at a time all starting with nipped fins