Bleeding Heart Tetras / Serpae Tetras

ZenAquarium,
I have to agree with you on that one. Those long fin serpae's just look silly.
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i have 5 bleeding heart tetras they school good together there was one bully in the mix he kept them all hiding i took him out and relocated him and after that the other 4 school good together and have a good red color
 
Maybe your friend managed to get some of the so called flame-back bleeding heart tetras.
 
elgecko said:
Thanks to all that replied to help me out.
Yes, they are in a community tank.
I think they get a good mixed diet of flakes, tetra color is one of them, live and frozen brine shrimp, and what drives them totally insain, fruitflies. The Bleeding Hearts jump right out of the water for them.
Since my Bleeding Hearts are well mannered and it sounds the Serpaes are a bit over active, I'll get 2 more Bleeding Hearts. Hopefully with 4 in the tank they will be in there "show off" dress most of the time.
Thanks again.
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FWIW, they're schooling fish, and you're likely better off with at least half a dozen.

Gorramit. I hate getting suckered into replying to an old thread by someone else refreshing it.
 
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Never been a big fan of Serpae's, but there is another option if you're interested. I've had both red phantom tetras (Hyphessobrycon sweglesi) and Roberti tetras (Hyphessobrycon　robertsi) and both were beautiful. Some friends weren't impressed with the ones they had until they started to vary their diet a little, then the colours really came out.
 
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