Emperor Tetras as Dither

lucky777ca

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Would I be able to add some Emperor Tetras (as dither fishes) into the tank of a breeding pair of kribensis? They have already scraped up 4 tiger barbs before, so I'm not quite sure about adding the Emperor Tetras. It is just a thought, as I haven't added them yet.

Although, I would like to add them to a community tank with Neon Tetras (5), Black Phantom Tetras (5), White Cloud Mountain Minnows (6) and Cories (3, if possible more), Guppies (5), Platies (3), Mollies (2), Kuhli Loach (1), Yoyo loach, Kribensis Cichlid (female, 1 alone, seems to be peaceful right now), Otocinclus (4), with some low light plants (like some Elodeas, some Anubias, Algae Balls, Java Moss, Java Fern, etc...).

Although it is still a idea in my head (the community tank, not the fishes, they are all spread out in all the tanks... Would like to combine them all in one tank though :D)

Getting Off Topic... But will they be good dithers for a pair of kribensis (they seem to be faster than the Black Skirt Tetras and the Serpae Tetras, but slower than the Tiger Barbs)?

Thank you very much in advance.
 
How big is your Krib breeder tank? If it is big enough, I would consider giant danios as dither fish. Congo tetras are also a good dither choice for kribs.
 
lucky777ca said:
It's a 15G

Oh...maybe better go with zebra danios!
;)
 
okay :) Would they eat the frys, as this batch is pretty big, and the parents (from what I usual see) leave the frys unattended ? One parent takes one group of frys (Male with ~50 frys) and the other takes the second group of frys (Female with ~30 frys) and there are some more that are around the tank (unsupervised)...
 
If there is defensible space and cover for the parents to protect the fry, I wouldn't worry.....I'd worry more for the danios!
 
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