Amazing BOTTOM Dwelling TETRA?! 

wow I can't believe these are actually tetra! Never thought there'd be bottom-dwelling tetras... Amazing Rachel, thanks for showing this.

I have kept Tetras for 35+ years and never even heard of the Hummingbird Tetra. They are so cute! I will definitely be adding them to my tank ASAP. 😍

Awesome little fish. I'd never have guessed they were Tetras.

They are like a mix between a tetra and a pygmy cory. SO CUTE!😍

these guys are cool! i mostly watch machining/fabrication videos on youtube, and get inspired to build stuff, but then i watch one of your videos, and want to do a complete overhaul on my aquarium haha!

I never would have guessed these were a tetra! These are super cute, and honestly would be amazing in a future scape I have planned :O

Very unique, I had never heard of those before. At first glance, they reminded me of a chinese algae eater.

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They’re really cool, they fill the niche of bottom dwellers. I’m so used to seeing tetras in the water column. Thanks Rachel.

Very cool species spotlight! Never would have known about these cool little fish if I wasn’t subscribed to your channel.

The welcoming smile at the beginning just makes me so happy every time :D

They are adorable!

They remind me of a tiny flying fox which are in the same family, I think? Very cool Rachel!!

Amazing little guys. Their faces give you a pygmy cory look, one of my favorites.

I've been loving these spotlights on unusual and different species. Definitely a lot of inspiration to explore new and different aspects of the hobby

Look like a loach...interesting that they are tetras. Just reminds us how many species of fish there are in the world. Great vid as always. Thanks for sharing.

Reminds me of a loach as well.... me like! I love these oddballs you keep pulling out of your hat. And many thanks for yet another educational episode.

Good job Rachel! Interesting species and a new on me. Thanks for the info.

I love learning the weird and unusual species in the hobby! Thanks, keep up the great videos :-)

Too cool!!!! I can’t believe these little guys are tetras . Love them. Thanks for sharing

Omgggg they're so cute. Incredibly cool fish that I had no idea existed!! Love your species spotlight videos, especially when you introduce really cool and unknown species like this!

How neat!! They have the cutest faces. :)

I love their videos and their way of explaining! Thank you, greetings from Argentina. (Bs As)

I like how they burp after every bite of food.cute

Great video, love these guys! Btw just have to mention your energy is so vibrant, really appreciate your channel and all that you share with us!!!!

Vet Ranch!! Yes, I love those people over there

woah! very goby! much bottom dweller!

I was planning on doing a 20 long tetra tank in the future. Probably going to add these as bottom dwellers now!

Very cool species. Never see these in stores!

WOW, they're adorable. I want 10. Lol

The 'little brown jobs' of the fish world are underrated, I think. The patterns make up for the lack of colour. 😊

very interesting fish, will have to look for them...

they are so cute, the fin stand reminds me of a deep sea dwelling fish called the tripod fish

Hi Rachel. Still lovin your show. Keep up the great work.

I meet so many new fish on this channel...awesome!

Very cool fish !

love them and will look out for them, thanks for the video.

Very cool!

Really fun to watch.

Cute little guys I agree re looking like gobys

oh oh oh!! I am in LOVE! ;-)

They are definitely cute. Just set up a 35 gallon panted tank with compressed CO2 injected gas, controlled with a pH meter. Just waiting for the tank to be properly cycled. I'm planning to introduce nano fish, just vexed here because how many can my tank hold without over stressing the the tank's bioload. Thanks for your fish spot light!!!!

They're so cute :3

Awesome spotlight :)

Awesome fish!

Always loves species spotlights Keep it up 👍🏻

I like these thanks for the info

Glad someone gets as much of a kick out of these guys as I do. Any luck spawning them?

OMG what a great Tetra! So nice to see a new (to me) fish! Personally, I think they remind me of Rosy Loaches a bit in their movement and mildly in looks (but I'm obviously Rosy centric right now). If I had the space and found them, I would definitely try them too! I always like your species spotlights and when they are on less commonly found fish, particularly. Thanks! (ps if you happen to see this, There is so little info on Rosy Loaches online... here's my update... I wasn't seeing but maybe 3 of them in my tank and thought oh no, I've lost all of them... and then I switched from sinking pellets and instead took my mortar and pestle and crushed up a blend of all the diff fish foods in the house, and they have all come out of the woodwork so to speak and I see all of them all the time! Didn't realize that the heavier pellets just did nothing for them, there was only one gutsy female who would dart out and nibble it. Now this stuff goes everywhere in the high current before it drops and they go nuts for it! And they are spawning like crazy too). Thanks again and good luck with the greenhouse.

Nice 👍 thanks for sharing

interesting little fish

I think we caught something similar is Paysandu in Uruguay this year.

They are so cute 😊. I like how they sit on their fins . Btw could you suggest a bottom dwelling cold water nano fish to go with white cloud mountain minnows?? Thanks!!

These look so cool! I assume they come from slow to steady flowing water? Why do they spit out the food in little 'smoke rings'?

It's like a stiphodon!

Hey Rachel, nice video! I see a nerite laying down behind the scenes... is it alive? Is it possible to have nerites and characidium fasciatum getting along in the same tank?

cool info !

Another great vid! Thanks for sharing another species I’ve never heard of. Do you have a nano fish that I could keep in my paludarium with dwarf shrimp (neocardinia)? They’d have at least 2.5gal to swim in, with 5gal water volume total. Ideally, I’d like a nocturnal or slow moving species so they won’t get startled by a dart frog sitting in a shallow region. I know I’m limited by the nano size I’m building a 20gal long paludarium for my dart frogs. They like to chill and poop in their current water bowl, so I figured I’d build them a paludarium w a waterfall. Uneaten fruit flies always end up in their water bowl, so I figured it would be free fish food! The cherry shrimp would help clean up any algae, and the plants would help oxygenate the water and use up the nitrites. The waterfalls can be adjusted to add more or less oxygen/current depending on the species. So far, the only fish I can think of are mollies, some tetra species, corydora species, or 1 betta fish. Appreciate any insight you can provide! Parameters: Size: 2.5-5gal pH slightly acidic to neutral Temp: 68-72F (can get a heater to heat water to 75F) Planted: yes

That is so cool when they come up for sale what are they going to be priced at if you don't mind me asking

Very cool fish Rachel! Are you planning on selling them? I've never seen them in a store.

I'm a huge fan of darters I love these. I might have missed it what water temp do they need I'm guessing since they're from Peru the low 80s

They’re so cool! I wonder if they’re legal where I live? 🤔

Bottom-dwelling tetras?! What's next, upside-down catfish?

got issue with Characidium species the whole time since they dont seem to respond well to man made food (heard they would only accept live food, tried frozen brine shrimp with Odontocharacidium cf aphanes and didnt seem to observe any dining action) . had this one (the one in the video are possibly Characidium fasciatum) earlier and tried with tablets and flakes and only had seen them eat and spit it out immediately and eventually they became thinner and thinner and well passed away in the end XS

Finally got these from the store on special order. I think I received two different species! A few of them have a white nose and are clearly the characidium fasciatus. However, three are about 5mm smaller, don't have a white nose and have a lot of gold in them. These last little fish a way more aggressive towards each other! Anyone who got more info to correctly ID them?

So many amazing fish :-), but so few tanks :-(

Cool

Hi Rachel I got 6 kuhli loach today for my 40 breeder

Here in Brazil, we use them to combat snails (i never kept one, because i like snails), do you confirm this? They eat ramshorns, physas and tends to nip those apple snails. I want to have one, but i am afraid they will kill my beloved snails

They remind me of log perch

i was thinking about getting green darter teras for my 55 gallon tetra tank, i've got red rili shrimp in there and they're doing really well, would the green darters try to eat them??

Totally off subject but I have a couple of questions about hillstream loaches. Can I keep one by it's self? What can I feed them and can I use cO2 with them?

Hey Rachel, Ik you have some knowledge on shell dwellers and a pair have finally started breeding but at the same time two males have begun locking jaws together. Is this related to the breeding or just a coincidence?

Love the shirt shoutout to matt lol

are they actual tetra or are they part of a different family

Hi Rachel & others, I'm getting confused here! Do you know the difference between the Characidium sp on the video and the Nannocharax Fasciatus? Both look extremely similar(maybe the top fin of the fasciatus is different) and have similar behaviour.

Where do you get these. I cannot find them anywhere

Where can I buy these?

Hi, Rachel. Do you have any Vietnamese white cloud for sale? I’ve been wanting to get some.

I have a 125 gallon with only nano fish. Will this aquarium be too deep for this fish? Would appreciate an answer from anyone who knows. TY

How are they with shrimp?

They look more like a cyprinid

could you do a species spotlight on rainbow shiners!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Is it just me or is that pellet shooting off fireworks?

What kind of food are they eating?

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Weird..

I love vet ranch :)

They look like darters