RUMMYNOSE tetras in nature, blue rams and green NEONS in their natural habitat 

it was probably an accident

probably people that have pink gravel and plastic plants

People that have a problem with us keeping fish in tanks. People who think they never harm any animals and believe that fish, birds, clams, and cows are all sentient beings.

well, visually they are cleaner than this habitat, but if you look at the pathogenic load and nutrient load our tanks are far "dirtier" than these habitats. With this much water flow, and the roots of the lowland balsa wood forest this water is exceptionally clean.

@@belowwater makes me want to drink it..

@@belowwater Just found your channel, iv got a question... What is that thin stringy plant at the 0:35 second mark? Thanks!!

Probably naja or guppy grass.

clown loaches occur in large turbid rivers, there is not much to show. there are some videos of other loaches from Asian and Indian you-tubers.

Merci!

Thanks for watching

they don't like the sudden light change, get a small LED that has a function to turn on and off slowly, or turn on a room light first

no, it is normal, i don't think there is much that you can do about it

yes on the neons, the gold tetras are tricky , many species that have the gold colour...

that depends a bit, they can be in those pools when water is low, but more likely if it is shaded, because they would get too hot quick. In the clear water river you saw (with the rummy nose) you would see Acestridium sp. and Oxyropsis sp. instead.

@@belowwater Thank you. And oh how I wish Oxyropsis would make their way into the hobby.

easy to get, had them here many times. outside of Japan nobody buys them

We used a _Najas_ spp.

most countries will have them wild caught, as long as they have been kept a couple of weeks after arrival they will do great.

no, L.curviceps occur far more south, but could occur with rummy nose in the Amazon, but this Orinoco basin habitat has the very similar Laetacara fulvipinnis

thank you!

This isn't a tank, it's in the wild, so the amount of fish in there is likely balanced to how much the volume of water and bacteria can handle, probably including some other processes not found in aquariums (this is just a guess). So unless you stock very lightly, you will still have to change the water

You can decrease water changes by having a larger water volume. By planting heavily. By using chemicals like seachem purigen and by stocking lightly. Water changes though are still important

@@gustavohopkins242 here in the video we don't see any plants! Nothing! Only many dirt! :) ???

@@DEXTER-TV-series haha that's because we can't come close to the amount of water volume mother earth gives. In a river it's always a water change. But what you can't see is the emergent growth of plants in these videos. That's plants with roots in the water but growing above the water. The plants condition the water by removing ammonia and nitrogen but also heavy metals and toxins depending on the plant. We don't see the crazy amount of plants like you see in planted aquariums, because plants that have access to the air get all the CO2 they need. Aquatic plants are limited by c02 in water so you usually don't see more aquatic plants then plants above the water. Plants with no c02 shortages will use more of the nutrients accessible and grow faster, out competing plants that don't get as much c02 Because we can't replicate the amount of water, we need to compensate by including many aquatic or riparium plants. Or you just get rock, sand, gravel and strong filter. You ll have to do more water changes then having a tank filled with plants

I see a ton of plants here: 3:45. Even if plants are above the water, if they are connected with roots they count.

Hemigrammus cf.stictus

rummynose are a widespread, they do occur in those warm temperatures also. I would think that Moenkhausia lepidura or something like that would be more accurate with discus (frequently seen together).

@@belowwater thanks u. ❤️ unfortunately I don't think it is very easy to find on the market.😞 What other tetra fish have you seen together in the wild? (Beyond the classic Paracheirodon axelrodi)

@@Gim-oe6rn i have never seen discus and cardinals together in the wild, nor do their habitats looks similar, or their ranges overlap by much. Discus are also in deeper water in general, you don't see small tetras in huge numbers, i think Moenkhausia lepidura, Jupiaba, sometimes juvenile Brycon etc. think more about fish in the upper part of the water column. I often see Schizodon and Pseudanos etc in those places. They should work nicely with discus. I think Moenkhausia lepidura/dichroura etc should be easy to find - there are several similar species.

In the case of the rummynose likely the pattern on the tail, there is safety in numbers, and you don't want to stand out.

@@belowwater But how does a fish know what it looks like? There are no mirrors. We ourselves would not know what we look like without a mirror. Or a photo I guess.

likely your local store will have wild caught fish, depending which country you are in, most are still wild.

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Thank you too!

Thank you!

P. innesi (blue neon) does not occur in the Orinoco basin at all (it is restricted to the upper Amazon lowland some 1000km south of here). Those are just very nice P.simulans (green neons), you can see also the H.stictus in this place have a lot of very intense red.

Thank you so much!

they are too remote to collect on a regular basis, but I agree it is a very nice fish!

a Hemigrammus species, a bit difficult to tell which one...

obrigado!

I am not sure which country you are in... but anyone that imports/exports Colombian fish should have these around.

@@belowwater i live in Manaus, Brazil! Please let me know If you have any contact in Belém who might sent some individuals to me. I've got some samples from Puerto Inirida but they nest within bleheri, so i really need these individuals from the lower Amazon

@@pedrobittencourt_ I am not sure who could send them to Brazil, the university in Iquitos should be the best way.

the normal neon (P.innesi) is more of a white water fish you would not see much of them under water - P.axelrodi and P.simulans are in clear and at times black water, so you can film them easily.

Thanks for watching!

Hemigrammus cf.stictus, but they have this colour only in some areas, most of the time there is just a bit of red

I first published the photos from this day in 2004. Maybe you should ask him....

if that is the the case then I owe you an apology. I am truly sorry. Please accept my apology. Great stuffs btw.

the cardinal tetra you know is Paracheirodon axelrodi (the famous Brazilian fish from Barcelos), it is found in the Rio Negro and up to the middle Rio Orinoco, the same place, you can find Paracheirodon simulans, the false neon. It is smaller and the red is distributed differently. The neon tetra that is bred by fish farms in the one from the Amazon, Paracheirodon innesi. If you google the 3 scientific names you can see they are similar to each other.

thank you for aswering !

Hemigrammus stictus, but they have that much red only in some locations

@@belowwater Perhaps some genetic subspecie.

pH 6.3, GH 1, T 25C, the other things not measurable. I think those values are typical but also they are taken in the peak dry season.

@@belowwater My water tap water parameter is 7.6 ph and 1 GH. I am considering getting the fish most suited to this and building a biotope aquarium. Should I try getting cardinals? I know that the ph will drop over time so would be the ideal environment for them? 55 gallons

@@albinjose7464 the pH is a bit high, but no problem for cardinals if they are acclimated to it. Make sure you don't get them from water with pH6.

@@belowwater I will definitely take care and will only get them from the local fish store. I wanted to ask, if my only concern is the well being of the fish, is the Cardinals still the best way to go for my water condition? I thought I would do Cardinals because I read that their natural habitat has very low GH just like my tap water

Many thanks!

cardinals are usually in clear water also, you can see some cardinals in the rummy nose tetra habitat. What usually kills these fish in the aquarium is higher pathogenic load (more bacteria) and stress, not the water chemistry.

I've kept all my fish with high ph at around 8-8.5 without issues over the years. In my experience ph isn't nearly as crucial as some claim it to be and a properly acclimated fish will typically do just fine.

@@Kazeteiru I've tried for decades..community to neon or cardinal only tanks. Nothing more impressive than to see a 2" female cardinal.Cool water,warm water. Nothing lasts, then the wasting starts with one..and no saving the rest.

@@StanTheObserver-lo8rx That is super weird. What species do well in your water?

@@Kazeteiru Everything else. Neons and Discus I give up on..even then,I've had Discus grow,spawn,live for 3 or 4 years. Neons and Cards? weeks. Never had a single one live past six months if that. I always had undergravel filters. Maybe the cause.

Gracias!

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