Coffee bean tetra, Hyphessobrycon takasei

[jwuog]

Had some of these for more than a month. And just got another 3 more of these beauties from abroad.

Quite a friendly bunch. Mix well with my other tetras. Not difficult to keep.

[Wackytpt]

Beautiful fishes.

You got them all from overseas?

Cheers

[ranmasatome]

Nice find.. these beauties were quite hard to find locally.. the last time i owned them was like 2years ago i think.. back then.. i got them from biotope when it was still in bukit merah... remember getting them for a great deal!! Can't remember who i sold them to..haha..

Here is the thread if you wanna read more..

nice find once again jwuog..

[jwuog]

Yuppen, yuppen.

Actually got from Basilaqua through Hong Kong Fish were Fedexed over.

No more searching high and low for exotic/rare species!

Next up – Tucano! That is after I had "recuperated" and if they have it.

[ranmasatome]

Tucano tetra??haa... i saw them in Jap once... was like $98 a piece.. for something 90% size of a neon tetra..

[jwuog]

Ha ha, I know, ranmasatome. You told me once.

That's why its all about fitting one's scheme according to budget

At first, I planned for a school of Tucano, but now I aim for a pair or just 3!

Sigh, simply too many exotics and too little budget ~

[jwuog]

In my earlier post, I wrote Hyphessobrycon Takasei mixes well with the other tetras – I stand corrected

I had not had the time to look closely as I was busy until now. Holy shit, my Hyphessobrycon Takasei had decimated my Hyphessobrycon Haraldschultzi.

None of the haraldschultzi tetra has untattered fins! One of them is missing the entire caudal fin, damn. Like it's been sliced off by a samurai.

[Wackytpt]

Scary,,, any picture?

[ranmasatome]

They are characins..haha.. when mixing them, this is always something to look out for. I don't know if its because they look so similar but the ones i had were fine when i mixed them with my ember tetras...

[jwuog]

Ranmasatome, I think maybe the configuration of the tank plays a part.
Because mine is an odd shape tall size (40 cm x 40 x 70) so both types of tetras are swimming at the bottom. Turf war broke out.

Hell, in fact I also saw one Coffee bean missing the upper half of its caudal fin! But this one I suspect is due to a fight to establish pecking order/alpha male and this one lost. The rest of the Coffee beans are okay though.

Sorry, don't have pics yet. But I don't think its going to make it. Because during feeding time, it loses out and its hanging around near my filter.

[ranmasatome]

wah.. really like gang war..haha..