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RE: Tetras as dithers
Hi Colin,
I have previously suggested the black neon tetra as the near ideal dither. In large enough tanks this fish tends to school nicely in the upper regions of the tank. I have yet to see any noticeable fry predation from this tetra.
My typical setup is a 90 cm wide, 110l tank with a dwarf pair or trio and a small school (~8) black neon tetras. I always have an many, many possible breeding sites and hiding places for my dwarfs. I enjoy this set-up - the intense fry guarding behavior is a wonderful sight!
I feed live bbs and a supplement of bs flakes.
Fredrik Nilsson
> -----Original Message-----
> From: coenga@infonie.fr [mailto:coenga@infonie.fr]
> Sent: den 5 december 1999 23:24
>
> I read that many of you seem to mix tetras as dithers with dwarfs
> cichlids. I've a few question about theses dithers because in my very
> planted 35 gal, i lost the last hatch of my Pv taeniatus pair
> because of
> my 13 cardinalis tetras which, one after one, got all the
> brand new free
> swimmers in 3 days.
>
> Do you keep these dithers when the fry is already swimming or
> do you net
> them elsewhere ?
> How many tetra dithers of the same specie do you keep ?
> Do you use live swimming food for these fishes ?
>
> I found my cardinalis being deadly fry eaters when schooling.
> Maybe they
> won't be able to do so if they are 4 or 5.
> BTW, they did not get the first hatch, but since i used to feed live
> brine shrimps to my fishes.
> they seem to have learn to raid the taeniatus fry. Were the live BS a
> possible trial ?
>
> Thanks for your ideas, opinions and experiences.
>
> Colin Dujardin
>
> still seeking for the near to ideal dither fish.
>
>
>
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