Spawning congo tetras

A shoal of eleven congo tetras mass spawning in a community tank.

Category:

Pets & Animals

Tags:

• spawning
• Congo tetra
• aquarium
• fish
• wildlife
• natural history.

[ericsblogz]

Gorgeous tank! 5 out of 5 stars!

[fishtanksandponds]

@ericsblogz  Thank you.

[fishtanksandponds]

It is a Rapids cichlid, (Steatocranus casuarius). They are great fish with loads of character. I'll be making an updated clip about those soon.

[jkennedy1007]

At 0:21 what is the grey looking fish below the congo's called

he so cool looking

Real sweet natural set up too

good job

[fishtanksandponds]

@jkennedy1007 It is a Rapids cichlid, (Steatocranus casuarius). They are great fish with loads of character. I'll be making an updated clip about those soon.

[fishtanksandponds]

My tap water is naturally very soft so I add a pH buffer to bring the pH up to between 7.2 - 7.5. The pH isn't to critical but Congo tetras do seem to prefer a pH slightly above neutral.

I make weekly 50% water changes and feed them heavily on frozen (adult) brine shrimps and cyclops along with a good quality flake food.

If you wish to raise a brood you have to be aware that the eggs and young fry are light sensitive so the nursery tank will need shading from direct light.

[ProsciuttinoXL]

Thank you for a marvelous video and what a great living space for your fish. They certainly look healthy and vivacious and I can see they engage in mating behaviour. But where exactly is the actual spawning to be seen? Are there any eggs to be discerned?

My own Congo tetra's suffer from (slight) congenital malformations, so I won't use them for reproduction purposes, but they habitually use fine-leafed plants and mosses for spawning and the females produce 5 to 10 1mm eggs per spawning.

[adamsjoygasm]

The fins and colors on this fish are something amazing! Never lade eyes on a congo before...just your everyday neon tetras and such!

[brandonO1995]

i like the kribs in there too

[N0zProductions]

0:20 theres a baby plec

[antaro80]

@jkennedy1007

AT; 021 es ist ein BUKELKOPF Mänchen.

Very nice Aquarium

MFG Antaro