How To Get Fish To School, Even In A Nano Aquarium - Schooling vs. Shoaling 

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H ahaha clever

My cats have only twice in all the years even noticed and lost interest quickly

Haha I almost feel like that too, but I'm miss tons of info I'm sure. Or should remake some old videos into more organized and edited episodes

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@@Fishtory guess what, you mentioned black cherry being toxic to fish. I had a few branches of black cherry wood in the aquarium and I took it out

So great! And by the way... im excited for you to learn about emergent intelligence...it's awesome

Duuuude teach me. I have 8, they rarely school. I think it's to spite me

Great info! Thank you

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Thanks for your thoughts on the matter! When I was in school they didn't have a field of this study yet, but rather 2 or 3 professors around the country publishing things on ants and bees mostly. It has come a long way in 15 to 20 years, and I appreciate you chiming in. Because I'm sure that I am behind the times with terminology and details. Thank you

Youll like my next video....brand new rasbora species unboxing

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Never leave home without one lol

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Danios love flow :)

Perhaps powder blue female dwarf gouramis or honey gouramis would work a lot better...and they are beautiful as a combo

Slightly acidic, I'd use a Substrate like fluval stratum that will have some minerals and ph stabilizing elements, but won't leech ammonia as Amazonia aquasoil will. As for plants. Fine leaf, pearl weed, maybe some small crypt or bucephelandra, and then some floating plants to provide the cover and safety feeling for chili's. Ph 6.5-7.2 kh 3 gh 4 or so...temp 78-82f and 0 nitrates plus feeding color emhanced fish foods for best color of the fish and almond leaves or botanicals to sooth their tiny immune systems and slime coats

@@Fishtory such a great feedback, I really appreciate it a lot! :) thank you!

Good evening

Yes, all great choices for shoaling animals. The more the better if space permits. Thanks for sharing and watching my friend

Hydrocotyle verticilata i believe

Totally...they know safety in schools when they can't see fast predators comong at night

Im so glad I could help! I recommend sticking with fellow peaceful tetras if you want another school. The tank you have is somewhat full, so i wouldn't go too crazy or the fish will get nervous when they go too close to the BN and apistos , so then theyll have to school around decor or open areas, and in that case i think reed tetras school best with ember tetras, kitty tetras are another option (Aquatic arts has a great deal on them usually. And youll get 15% off if its your first order using SECRETHISTORY15 , or if you're reordering SECRETHISTORY10 for 10% off everything- including clearance and sale section fish! But yeah i think 20 is enough to get a lot of shoaling and schooling when startled or hungry. ....or if the apistos scare them

Oh and if you can find them, somphongsi rasboras are great looking with ember tetras and will form tight schools randomly in thick vegetation, or groups of 10 or more (and they stay fairly small, unlike black neons or cardinals.

😪 I looked at aquatic arts' website and they have practically every nano fish, crab and invert I've ever wanted... problem is I don't think they ship to Australia 😂. Cheers though! The embers did some great schooling today, maybe it's just that I don't watch them enough.

Same issue here, did you find something? :)

Also interested

Haha thank you.... i should rename this social distancing vs isolation in fish populations

@@Fishtory This whole virus thing is sure a mind f&ck. It's an exercise in staying calm or something like that. Weird thing is that there are less green house gases measured since so many airplanes and cars etc., have been grounded. Now that's nature's way of saying......? I keep thinking of this song: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-f53Rfnilhww.html

They're more twitchy definitely. Both- those, ruby tetras and Silvertip tetra all move...stop and look around, then move again...and repeat

@@Fishtory I'm a real fan of the behaviour. It was almost eerie with the lemons. They'd glide along slowly, stop, look really closely at a piece of driftwood. Rinse, repeat.

They have 14 inches by 12 ...but theyre in a 40 long now any how that was quarentine

You know i heard of coyote litters increasing with the amount of human or predator activity , but that’s a land animal ah

My ember tetra school really well and I do have 2 kuhli loaches In there

Yeah i havent noticed a ton of difference in spawn size...but in the wild, id be curious and also i would expect to see more young in high pressure predation or threat environments, simply since it makes sense to hatch more weak but quick fry..when there is no parental care

@@Fishtory I have CPDs… any ideas ? I’m thinking maybe a female wild betta ..

It's actually a zebra nerite snail, I believe

Make them fish get along!

and school?

I would add phoenix rasboras, chili rasboras, kabota aka lime green rasboras, green or blue neon tetras, reed tetras, ember tetras, toucano tetras, male endlers perhaps, danionellas, tinwini aka gold ring danios (they get a bit fatter than the other tiny fish).... and if you feel like you have enough filtration, and or plants taking care of water quality, then you could also do rummynose tetras (best schoolers out there), Pseudomugils (tiny rainbow fish), 2 striped golden dwarf barbs, clown killies (theyll stay way up top and shoal)....and then any other rasbora or tetra that is under an inch....and you can afford 8 or 9 of minimum. Personally, id go for like 12 ember tetras , or in this specific case.... 7 embers and 7 reed tetras (they school together like in my tank). Also blue axlerodi rasboras , hastatus corydoras, corydora habrosus, or corydora pygmaeus If you like activity in the lower section of the tank.. The smaller the fish (like chili or Phoenix rasboras) the more you can fit easily... and i would say with those super small "nano" or micro fish that 3 per gallon is fine in a well planted tank Let me know how it goes. Ps the only fish for aquariums that truly and naturally school in groups under a few hundred, are rummynose tetra (1 per gallon), ember tetras , reed tetras, somphongsi rasboras, corydora habrosus, neon tetras, silver tip tetras and black/blue/purple neon tetras and lastly lambchop rasboras...but all this last group grows much larger than the micro ones... so 1 or 1.5 per gallon is a good rule to stick to. Good luck, my friend

@@Fishtory which ones can go without a heater?

Rasboras merah

Sure? Haha

Oops lol

Where do you live? I usually don't ship fish these days...but sometimes i make exceptions. And i do sell locally

I live in Maryland

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