Fahad Posted March 13, 2021 Share Posted March 13, 2021 (edited) Last year I added 12 rummynose tetras to my 2 year old 60 gallon heavily planted community tank. As they grew to adult sizes after a year they started nibbling on some plants and harassing my betta. I recently noticed the betta fins ripped badly and they have eaten all of my hydrocotyle tripartita mini. I was trying to make a carpet but now not a single leaf is left on them. I had to remove the rummynose tetras for my betta and my plants benefit. Now I must have watched like 50 videos from popular youtubers keeping rummynose tetras in planted tank and none of them seem to experience this. NOTE: I change water once a month and I test my water every month before a water change. My nitrates barely reach 20ppm in a month so I'm going to start doing a water change every 2 months. Fish Food: Monday - Frozen Bloodworms Tuesday - Hikari Bottom Feeder + Hikari Vibra Bytes Wednesday - Frozen Daphnia Thursday - Hikari Algae Wafer + Tetra Flakes Friday - Frozen Artemia Saturday - Hikari Micro Pellets + Hikari Freeze Dried Brine Shrimp Sunday - Live Baby Brine Shrimp My critter list is as follows: 1 HM Betta. 2 Julii Corydoras 12 Pigmy Corydoras 6 Albino Corydoras 8 Harlequin Rasboras 3 Blue Neon Tetras 12 Black Neon Tetras 6 Cardinal Tetras 1 Golden White Cloud Mountain Minnow 20 Endlers 2 Danios 12 CPDs 10 Maculata Rasbora 10 Red Beckford Pencilfish 10 Green Neon Rasbora 4 Kuhli Loaches 3 Siamese Algae Eaters 5 Otocinclus 10 Nerite Snails + 2 Assassin Snails 2 Mexican Dwarf Crayfish Hundreds of Cherry Shrimp & a few Pond Snails Edited March 13, 2021 by Fahad 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fish Folk Posted March 13, 2021 Share Posted March 13, 2021 Beautiful tank! I have no experience keeping Rummynose Tetras, though I'd love to someday get a large school going. Perhaps they need a bit of plant in their diet. You might consider adding a recurring serving of finely crumbled Bug Bites Spirulina Flakes, and Omega One Kelp Flakes to satisfy that nibbling urge. We have found it essential to keeping plants with our Buenos Aries Tetras. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fahad Posted March 13, 2021 Author Share Posted March 13, 2021 Thanks for the reply. Those brands aren't available in my country. I also drop some peas and green beans for the apple snail which the fish also eat. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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