I recently got 3 bleeding heart tetras and everything was fine for a couple of days then i notice my two male guppy's fin were just all tore up. Now today i've noticed that both of my dwarf gourami's have some nips in there fins. i know its the bleeding hearts doing this, everything was fine before. Are they doing this because there's only 3 of them? i was planning on getting at least 3 more but i don't want to end up having a bigger problem.
Bleeding Heart tetra's, Fin nippers?
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What size tank are they in because if you had room I would add 6-9 more. I have never had a problem with them and I hope not too because I will be adding about 12-15 in with my angels when I can start stocking it.
Their in a 55 gallon. I dont think i have alot of room to at to much more. The current stock in that tank is: (31 total fish)
2 dwarf gourami's
2 guppy's
4 cherry barbs
5 neon tetra's
2 glowlights tetra
3 head and tail light tetra
3 bleeding heart tetra
2 zebra dinos
3 platy's
4 stebra cory's(I think their stebra's)
2 dwarf gourami's
2 guppy's
4 cherry barbs
5 neon tetra's
2 glowlights tetra
3 head and tail light tetra
3 bleeding heart tetra
2 zebra dinos
3 platy's
4 stebra cory's(I think their stebra's)
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Josh Holloway--Be mine!!!
Sorry, but bleeding hearts are one of the larger tetras that "are OK for home aquariums"--(A Pacu is a tetra too, but not home friendly 
).
Bleeding hearts do need a little room and will be less "nippy" if kept in a larger school. I have 16 in my 120 and they stay to themselves.
Your tank is not over crowded, but will be a little too tight if you were to up the Bleeding heart school to say ---about 8-10??
).Bleeding hearts do need a little room and will be less "nippy" if kept in a larger school. I have 16 in my 120 and they stay to themselves.
Your tank is not over crowded, but will be a little too tight if you were to up the Bleeding heart school to say ---about 8-10??
actually, i would put my money on any of the tetras that you have in your tank. tetras in general can become nippy when they do not have large enough schools; this goes for bleeding heart tetras all of the way to neons and cardinals.
CWO4GUNNER
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Yeah, my Tetra Minors which look allot like the bleeding hard are very aggressive. So much so I have them in my 244 African Cichlid community tank and they are right at home in the thick of the action. When I had them with my large T Barbs they would join in on bullying the other T Barbs, and I have never had one die or get sick yet. Toughest fish I have ever owned.