Gold Tetras

[tomm10]

I saw some gold tetras at an LFS the other day. I hadn't heard of this particular variety before but they were beautiful. They were very reflective but had a rich gold color. The sort of fish you would expect Goldmember to keep :D

Is this some sort of dyed variety or are they just a rare form tetra that the shops around here don't normally carry?

[Wippit Guud]

http://www.k12.hi.us/~kau/fish03/rodwayia.jpg


Dat him?

Hemigrammus rodwayi, max size 1.5 in. Probably the same temperment as neons or cardinals.

[tomm10]

Looks like it! They were really something in a school. It was like gold foil. I may have to think about some.

[Wippit Guud]

Them and neon/cardinals... really shiny tank.

[JesseJ]

I've got 6 in a community tetra tank with Neons, Congos, Columbian Blues, and H&T lights and they are fine. They chase each other a bit but leave the others alone. Although I think the chasing is two males because it is always one specific gold going after another smaller one. PH is about 6.6. Temp 79 deg F. A bit of aquarium salts to keep down on parasites and help with colour. Feed a mix of food. Flakes/Micro Pellets/Tropical Granuals/Bloodworms/Brineshrimp are all readily eaten. Really nice fish, but not very common.

[LMOUTHBASS]

what shop were those gold tetras in i wanna check them out

[NGerdes]

Originally posted by JesseJ
I've got 6 in a community tetra tank with Neons, Congos, Columbian Blues, and H&T lights and they are fine. They chase each other a bit but leave the others alone. Although I think the chasing is two males because it is always one specific gold going after another smaller one

Do the Gold's school along with the Neons? I think that would look so cool if you could get about 6 Golds and 6 Neons or Cardinals in a school together.......

[Lauren]

I have 6 cardinals right now in one tank, in about a week I'll be adding some golds (hopefully). I'll make sure to take pics. :cool:

[JesseJ]

The Neons school but the golds are kind of all over the place. There are usually 2-3 of them mixing with the Neons but they don't really school all together at the same time. I think that if there were more golds to go with the Neons then they probibly would.

[tomm10]

The gold tetras were spotted during one of my lunch hour excursions in RI.

The store is called Rumford Pet Center and they're on Warren Ave in East Providence right off of 195. Its a decent shop with about a 60/40 mix of fresh to salt water fish. They also have a decent selection of accessories and decorations.

[125gJoe]

Never seen gold tetras down here, but that's not shocking either..

I like the looks of 'em!!
My 8 Cardinal tetras are doing good with the water temp of around 85F or so, wonder if Gold tetras could handle that?