Why You NEED The Congo Tetra! Care and Breeding
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- Опубликовано: 11 июл 2024
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I wanted to share with you an awesome fish - the Congo Tetra. If you want to see more of Melanie's amazing fish room check out this video: • Award Winning Aquascap...
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Red Cherry Tetra: • The Ultimate Tetra? Re...
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If you want to see more of Melanie's amazing fish room check out this video: ruclips.net/video/o8Xmer2yzpM/видео.html
If you want to learn more about how to cycle a tank check out this video: ruclips.net/video/dFpN4wXgmfI/видео.html
Here are some great options for tank mates to go with your Congo Tetra:
Angelfish: ruclips.net/video/8WXFfoVs_CQ/видео.html
Geophagus tapajos: ruclips.net/video/5SwK9fg-dJM/видео.html
Geophagus altifrons: ruclips.net/video/m4VcfJd2Y9Y/видео.html
Electric Blue Acara: ruclips.net/video/FvT_E4toJQ0/видео.html
Bolivian Ram: ruclips.net/video/yh66CXYsEH0/видео.html
Gourami: ruclips.net/video/4Efyiwo-lc4/видео.html
Severum: ruclips.net/video/xnUJKMhr_nU/видео.html
Molly: ruclips.net/video/SjnIyxB-mJ8/видео.html
Red Cherry Tetra: ruclips.net/video/9Sqk7ij5I0k/видео.html
Panda Cory Cat: ruclips.net/video/gOJVvW2X96U/видео.html
Bristlenose Pleco: ruclips.net/video/RRt_tjOKY84/видео.html
Cryptoheros sajica: ruclips.net/video/krgCFwnuANk/видео.html
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oh lol thought i saw the tank before, lol watched it when it was uploaded, Melanie has some tank skills for sure
I have a group of 8 and I can't believe how they have grown and colored up...They are gorgeous!!! Mine are so active and they are always ravenous...they eat everything. I have them with a koi angel, geo topajos, 4 alleni rainbows, Cory cats, and a large Bristlenose pleco. These are all in a 75 gallon. I highly recommend this fish:)
Oh, there are also two Pearl Gouramis in this tank:
Sounds like a nice tank!
@@juliaheinritz3264Hey man, since you have a similar set up of fish like I do, I just wanted to ask you about the pearl gouramis.
I was planning on getting three (one male, two females) so I am curious if they show much aggression? I’ve read that they are generally peaceful but I’ve had bad experiences with dwarf gouramis before in terms of aggression.
@MrTickles445 Yes I agree. Some of the Gouramis can be stinkers. I have had Honey Gouramis that are supposed to be pretty nice. Out of 3 one was such a bully, to the other Gouramis and also terrorized the H. Rasborad in my 29 gallon. I now put him in the 75 g with 'the big boys' and he's doing great! Go figure! When I was first adding fish to the 75 gallon I got two female pearls. They really picked on each other and I almost returned one to the LFS. Then as I added more fish, they calmed down. Now they are doing great! They sure are beautiful fish. Have fun!
Such a pretty tank, Great video!
Nice tank and great looking fish
Beautiful fish for sure 💯
I love Melanie’s tanks and I’m definitely getting some Congo tetras for my next aquascape
These!! 🤩
These are on my top 5 wishlist fish. 🐟
Very beautiful tank!
Thank you for making this informative video ♥️ I've been looking forward to it! 👍
These fish are stunning 😍.
Finally Congo tetra!🎉🥳Thank you so much 😊
That whole tank is amazing
lovely fish.... and that aquarium.... wow
I love these fish. I am going to do a tank for these. Thak you for the info.
The contrast between the coloring of the fish and wood is a magical combination. Beautiful set-up!
Awesome video/info .
I have 10 in my 75 gallon community tank. I ordered them on line as fry, they grew out first in a 20 gallon by themselves with filtration that wouldn't suck them up until they were big enough and they've been doing great ever since. One of my favorite species.
We just added Congo Tetras to our 40 Breeder! Love them!
I love them!
Those fish are beautiful! And they look super in that tank, you're right... that scape really highlights their coloring. If I had a wish list, they'd be on it! 😏
❤ i waited a long time to be able to keep these guys, when I set up this tank i knew it was finally time. Thank you for showcasing these stunning fish!
Such an awesome tank!
Really nice video, very well done!!
Thank you!
Wow they’re beautiful
This video gave me some major reassurance! I bought 6 maybe 2 months ago and despite having one casualty due to an injury, the rest are doing beautifully!
1 of the most underrated fish in the hobby. I've got a group of these and they're stunning fish. I keep them with a group of Odessa barbs and the display of colour is amazing 😍
Mine are about 5 years old. Very busy fish with great colors.
Great information
Never have really considered the Congo Tetras, but this video showcases them really well. May have to consider adding them to my 75 gallon SA Cichlid tank! Thanks for the video!
That would be a great set up for them!
The best Tetras in the hobby! Hands down
About to pick some up for my 75 gallon community tank, so stunning 😁
Have fun!
They are gorgeous! I have a South American tank that they could go in, only have neons, ember tetras, panda corys and shrimp in there at the moment.
The Congolan candlefish is one of the most beautiful, stately fish in Africa from the Tetra family, a luxuriously furnished tank, congratulations and best regards
I paired 6 of these guys with 2 kribs, an orange and bluish dwarf guarami and a young Angel. If the angel outgrows the tank later this year I plan on moving him over to a 55 gallon but for now the community is getting along quite well. One of my rainbow kribs is a bit dominant which is why I chose the congas over a cardinal tetra school and the Congas have held their own and have established themselves very nicely. Their color against a blue neon light at night coupled with their activity has been pleasant to watch. Great suggestion!
I have them in my 50 gallons (190 litres) since exactly one year ago, together with a Bristlenose and they are absolutely fantastic - They are peaceful, absolutely not picky about food (albeit their favourite seem to be insects and larvas: throw frozen or freeze-dried Chironomus for a feeding frenzy!), but above else their colours are absolutely stunning: my local fish shop, where I also have bought them, keep them in a planted tank with Pearl Gouramis and it's a sight to behold, to the point it make a staunchy competition for the reef tank in the same room. I actually keep the male/female ratio skewed to the latter, seems like the former tend to furtherly enhance their colours in such setting.
Only problem is their size and gregarious behaviour make them unsuitable for small tanks: I'd never put them in any less than a 40 gallons / 150 litres for a species-only tank, apart from that they truly are a magnificient species, expecially for whose (like me) particularly liking small schooling fish.
Love all of your care guides and videos. Would really like to see one for the blue axelrodi rasbora. I think you guys keep these but there isn't a lot of info about them online and people say they're a sensitive fish.
It’s on my list!
I just got a dozen of those fish few days ago and they are amazing! They are tank mates to 6 blue dwarf gourami and, school of 20 silver tip tetra dna a good cleanum crew. No issues at all. I wanted shrimp in my tank, so I added some Amano shrimp XL and nobody touches them.
Beautiful fish. Thanks, Jason. Gina Hetlage
One day I will get a school of these... so far for the past 15 years I always just.. watched them in videos and in store and on pictures but.. never had the tank size for them or the tank mates fitting....someday I will.
Hi Jason, nice fish spotlight! Im keeping 6 of these guys 2M/4F, in a community tank with 12 Cardinal Tetrras, 6 Black Skirt Tetras, 6 long fin danios, 1 Betta, 3 loaches, 1 pleco, and a few Mystery snails. HEAVILY PLANTED tank, Im on well water, comes out of the tap at 6.8 Ph, and the tank is thriving!!!
How are the congos doing with the plants? Do they leave them alone?
Just picked up 5 from my LFS and they are spectacular
Have fun!
Such amazing and beautiful fish! One of my favorites, for sure. I had mine in the past with 3 firemouth cichlids, and that worked well for me for that tank. The firemouth couple claimed a corner at the bottom level as their territory, and that was that. It worked out peacefully in that instance.
Hello from California, these are more common in big box stores now
Just gave away my congos today and picked up some von rios. Awesome fish but I have too many blue species in my tank haha
Jason,
These are so pretty the Congo tetras look so good. I appreciate the video and species profile. My newest fish that I got was a school of 6 Giant Danios. Talk about a active fish that shows off some beautiful color. I don’t know if you have done a species profile on the giant danio? Have you ever kept them? I love them a lot they are peaceful and swim all over the place. I have them in my 55 gal planted aquarium.
Yes! Had them in my 150 gallon for years. They are crazy eaters!
What's the lighting setup on this tank? The balance between making the plants look like they're in natural sunlight and the extra blue to showcase the fish is perfection.
Oh so pretty 🤩
Sometimes it feels like you’re reading my mind with your videos…I just bought a 75 (my first big tank! 😃) and these will definitely be going in! I’m hoping you’ll do a 75 gallon centerpiece fish video because I’m struggling with which South/Central American cichlids to pair them with.
They will be awesome!
Awesome Video! 😊
Question: what online retailer would you recommend for purchasing severum? Locally there aren’t many options and colors are extremely limited.
Maybe The Wet Spot?
I think they go great with empire tetras.
These are my favorite fish I currently have. Got 15 in a 75gallon jungle tank and have had them for 3 years. They've done fine on the liquid rock well water we have here. They show more of the orange rusty color when the lights come on showing off for the girls and really flash the blue when I feed them in the evening.
That must look so cool!
Do you have any other significant amount of fish with the congo tetra, or are you keeping your stocking lite?
@@Psychodegu There's a few black neon tetras and one female endler with them currently. I've had ottos in with them before and they did fine.
Thank you for making videos Jason!
Beautiful tanks btw!
My wife is getting me a 75 gallon for Christmas!! :)
I’m planning on getting a Jack Dempsey and a firemouth to put in it. And I’ll add some driftwood and hiding spots. I’m wondering if I could add a third fish, the green terror, or do you think that would be too much?? Let me know please and thank you! I am doing my research ahead of time lol!
Hard to say for sure. Sometimes they do ok together and other times they eventually have to be separated.
@@PrimeTimeAquatics thanks, me and my wife have been watching your videos and we are learning much. Just want to say thank you for being a great teacher.
I keep coming back to this video and Melanie’s incredible aquascape. Should you keep both males and females to get the best color out of the males? Does it matter?
I haven’t found it to matter.
Great video. I know you mentioned the Congo Tetras can go well together with some of the South/Central American Cichlids, but what about Ram Fish (German Blues for instance)?
Just depends on the temps you keep your rams at? If they’re around 80 it could work. If the temps are higher it might not be the best choice.
Personally I’d go with a Bolivian ram for them, there’s more overlap that way (Bolivians do well in standard community tank conditions while German blue rams and all their color variants are like discus in that they prefer warmer water than most other fish)
I don't see why not. I used to have rams with mine.
Add dwarf blue rainbow fish with these Congo tétras and you will see they group up. It happend in my tank. It's amazing!
That’s so cool!
Where do you get your fish and wood? This is absolutely beautiful 👍💯
I was able to find my fish at my LFS! The wood is a collection of spider wood I pieced together to create this shape
@@melanieholmes6596 awesome! Thanks for the info and great videos 👍
I love my Congos. I have 15 in 650litre 6ft heavily planted tank.
My full grown Congos are in with
Ember tetra
Reed tetra
King blue neons
Red tailed phantom tetra
Lemon tetra
Cories
Bristlenose
Ottos
Siamese algae eaters
Love watching them eat, they’ll shoot to the surface to catch what’s floating and seem to prefer that to eating from food floating throughout tank. They love stealing algae wafers from the bottom and fighting over them.
Love it!
This fish spawning is amazing experience. Eggs which are laid will expand and are quite large. It take 7 days for them to hatch. In course of development one can actually observed development of embryo within. They need larger tank to breed. 20 long was ideal for me. All RO water was good but if softer that that fry will not develop properly and will haplessly hop at the bottom.
That’s cool!
My group (3 males 4 females) breed almost daily in my 75 and ive just started to catch some eggs without them getting eaten. I put them in my scud/snail tank so i hope they hatch
Funny I was just researching these yesterday vs. Beunos aires for my 75g.
I like these a whole lot more. The Buenos Aires can be really aggressive.
Could they be good with rainbows and shrimp? How about ram chiclids? That is what want in my tank and these guys would be really cool
The only thing that may be a problem is the shrimp.
watch out with introducing tiny fish with them. Had my big congo tetras eat small gold tetras the moment they went in!
They love coconut flakes 😊
Hey Jason. Came across a pair of orange chromide cichlids and got a pair in a 20 tall, but can’t seem to find out much about them. Any thoughts on maybe a species profile? I’m not familiar with brackish water fish and can they tolerate water without brackish conditions? I’ve tried to do my homework on them before I got them but couldn’t find much and had a vacant 20 tall with no center piece and found they stay relatively smaller I hope.
That's so cool. I haven't had them since I was in my teens so I don't really remember much about them?
Love these fish. Bad news...my apartment complex is making me get rid of my 55g denison barb and praecox rainbows tank because I'm on the second floor. They're saying the floors are too weak. Question...could you keep these in a 20 long? I'm pretty sure you're gonna say no, but I'm going to get a 20 long and really do it up first class
The rainbows might be ok but the Roselines would need a larger tank. Sorry to hear that!
What do you think of the Atlantis Aqua filter? It's an internal filter with sponge and biomedia container, modular to 1, 2, or 3 segments for different sizes, oxygenates the output with bubbles and is a built in wave maker. I got it and it's really great I think but have you used it yet and what do you think?
I haven't used it so I'm not sure?
@@PrimeTimeAquatics oh okay, no worries, I can't find a review anywhere yet but it like like a new design
@@PrimeTimeAquatics subscribed, you've helped me a lot with this and I've been watching your videos to get an idea before I get any fish! Currently with 2 tetras waiting for my tank to cycle
Ya know, one of my local fish stores closed for good, and the guy practically gave me 7 for free (15.00!). Right now, they are with my neon tetras in my 55-gallon planted tank.
That’s awesome!
@Prime Time Aquatics yep, the store is called aqua world. They do have another location in Ellisville (around Saint Louis)
Would smaller geophagus be good tankmates? Thinking of having congos with geophagus tapajos orange head in a 75 gallon
Definitely!
i have a 16 gallon with only wild type neocaridina, heavily planted with hardscape very similar to the one in the video, can i do it?
Congos are best kept in a 40 breeder or larger.
@@PrimeTimeAquatics ah that's what i thought, guess i already knew the answer but i was hoping for a miracle lol. guess ill look for nano fishes for now, for a species only tank
Hi Jason Adams I have a 40 breeder it's 36 x 18 x 16 inches I have the Fluval planted 3.0 24-34 inches led light on it but does go the Length of my tank do you have any advice on what light to go with I have fish that like to dig i am looking for a fish only led light ?? what about the Fluval 2,0 fresh water since I have the the smart app on my iphone
If you aren’t keeping high lights plants the Hygger lights are good.
Any recommendations on keeping these with Corydora? I've done it in the past and the cories starved to death because the Congos would eat all the food before it could fall to the bottom and steal it off the bottom of anything did.
We use Northfin sinking pellets about 0.5mm to 1.0mm.
hello, would u recommend them with German Blue Rams?
For sure!
I have a 29 gal tall that has been cycled and was started Oct. 8th and this is Jan. 17. So I am ready to stock my tank. My question is how may could I get? I also love the Dimond and the Lemond Tetra. do I have enough room for 6 of each? Please help
I might stick with the diamond tetra and lemon and do 6-8 each. The congos might get a little large for a 29 gallon.
We were given not great advice and got a tiny tank (8.5 gallon) for 2 tetras, what can I do to make them comfortable in a smaller tank? Can I get them some tiny other fish, or should I just keep them as a duo? Thanks!!
I would just let them be. Probably get too cramped adding more.
Can Congo tetras live with smaller fish like neons or Rummynose or will they outcompete them for food
They usually do ok together.
Hello, do you think they can do well with Pearl Gourami ? 47 gallons with x6 Congo Tetra, im only looking for one male and female ? Thanks you
Definitely!
@@PrimeTimeAquatics thx you really much! 🙂
What if I have super hard water?!
My water is from a well and I’m struggling to find the right fish… could they be a good fit for this kind of water parameter?!
Depends on how hard the water is.
I have my school of 12 in a planted 51 gallon. With 12 smiling acara, 3 Apistos, 2 Calico plecos and 5 Cory’s. It’s like you’ve all seen my tank😂
That’s a cool set up!
can you keep just males in a tank? would that attribute to too much fighting?
Sure!
liked the video, but not planning to get congo tetra anytime soon....
if/when I do, i'd come back... do you think youtube understands that ? and does not penalize for leaving the video early ?
I think it will be ok. 😀
Do you think they work well with cherry barb ?
Its maybe a bit too big for cherry barb, they will be stress you think ?
Thx
That might work!
That might work!
@@PrimeTimeAquatics Thx u, have a nice day
Could I keep them in a 65 gallon with 8 Kamala Rainbows and 10 Albino Cory cats?
For sure!
Thinking of adding these to my 29 with upside down cats, would they do well in black water?!?!
They thrive in black water!
I figured such, just don’t know if there could potentially be some clear water spots in the Congo that they prefer
I have one female that was given to me how many males could I have ? My tank is a 75 planted with lots of other tetras.
At least 6-7 more provided your tank has the space.
Major Major food hogs... I struggled with mine to the point that I had to return them
Can they go with discus?
Might be a little warm for them depending on what temps you are keeping the focus at?
What color is the Congo Tetra? I've only seen it online and seems to be a little different in every video.
Males tend to look just like you see here. Females a little less color - more silver.
Can i put this fish on shrimp tank..??
They usually eat shrimp
food, clothing, shelter, congo tetra
Imagine theese in huge tank with angelfish and electric blue akaras!
That would be cool!
Think they’d tear up Vallisneria?
They seem to keep our short. 😀
Wait, how fastdothey grow?
They are average growers
do they eat plant??
I haven't noticed them ever eating my plants.
Mine started spawning this morning I was surprised I need to get an egg chamber my fire mouth was snaking 😂😅😢
Where to get them?
Try Flip Aquatics online.
First 👍👍👍👍
And just where can anyone order and actually receive male congos, guaranteed?
I'm not sure anyone will guarantee males only. You would have to go to a petstore and pick them out yourself most likely.
@@PrimeTimeAquatics I haven't seen a male in a store in many years. I would like to get 3 or 4 males and 3 females. The tank isn't set up yet though.
Ordered 12 congos online. So far only 1 evolved to a male 😭😭😭😭😭
I think the lady that scaped this tank uses way to much wood. It looks good, but there are so many branches coming out from every where and takes up alot of space from the fish. I'm not trying to be negative, it's just my opinion. But there's so many branches sticking out that the fish could damage their fins or scrape up their bodies and damage scales. And while this scape is beautiful, I just think that it's better suited for shrimp. It's perfect for shrimp.
They're okay but they're very timid.
Part of that depends on how many you have and what other fish are in the tank. Ours are usually out all the time.
Darn when you said they come from Africa I thought here’s a tetra that will do good in my liquid rock water and then you ruined it.
Almost 😆
Wow poor Little ladies, two females for 8 males … yikes 😱 I have two females for every male . 30 in total and the males still harass the ladies. My tank is a peninsula style but wood and planted and the colors still pop. 135 gallon long and they chase the ladies all day.
I had a backwards ratio too but it never seemed to matter.
As someone who just got a huge micro culture of dwarf hairgrass, what's the best way to make it a beautiful carpet that my angelfish and corydoras will enjoy without co²
We haven't been able to keep in going without CO2