I found this interesting and thought I'd share. Could also be helpful for someone trying to set up an amazon biotope.

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That's cool. Explains why mine put eggs in the moss in my tank. Make up a tank full of moss and you almost got it covered. Funny how they don't even school in the wild...still more shoaling type behavior. I thought the larger ones were Rummy-nose Tetras at first, but I'm not sure what they are.

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cool.

perhaps I need a neon tank with lotsa moss.

I also could hardly hear the vioces. shucks

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great video - explains a lot about where some of our pet store fish come from

That's how I found the video, looking for the natural behavior of neons.

I thought it was interesting to get information straight from the source, something rare in the tropical fish keeping hobby.

Nice find. It's good to know that their seemingly odd behavior in aquariums is the same as what they do in the wild. For some reason the way they swim always made me think something was scaring them.

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Fish can be cute. Just watch a bunch of happy corys in the same tank together. They're like little zoidbergs, but without the awkwardness or ineptitude... well maybe a little awkwardness and ineptitude.

I finally heard the sound and this was interesting.

I read that neons were being harvested in the wild in a substainable manner and now I have some idea of how.

thanks

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recent tanks (till 2009) 7 years- 10g FW leiden 7 yrs, 55g mixed reef 7, 2 yrs, 20g FW leiden, 10 g fw leiden , 29g mixed reef, current tank 55g leiden

I have also read that the pools that neons live in mostly dry up in the dry season so most wild neons live less than a year with only the minority surviving to breed a new generation, therefore harvesting neons has little long term impact on populations. It doesn't mention the pools drying up in this video though, maybe it depends on the location.

For whatever reason I have heard neons are considered an annual species. Which also agrees with annual dry ups.

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fw leiden since 1979, fo salt since 1979, mixed reef 55g 2002-2009. Strong emphasis on the tank taking care of itself. Balanced with plant life, no water changes, tap water, no filters in FW. Only dosing calcium, alk, mag in marine reef tanks. http://www.aquariumforum.com/f15/my-...ods-26410.html
recent tanks (till 2009) 7 years- 10g FW leiden 7 yrs, 55g mixed reef 7, 2 yrs, 20g FW leiden, 10 g fw leiden , 29g mixed reef, current tank 55g leiden

Here's a video of wild cardinal tetras:

nice find these are awesome videos

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I think it's quite funny how we all get hung up about making our tanks look natural and yet we dread algae. If we were to truly try for a natural setting it would be a tank full of algae! Actually it has it's own surprising beauty but it might not quite translate to a tank scape. I think I'll stick to my plants for now.

Here is another one, not in English but interesting footage of the environment.

Can I keep a sloth in my 55 gallon? He didn't seem to be moving too fast