Diamond Tetras (M. pittieri) Up Close

[bgarthe]

These fish are awesome in their sparkling nature as they swim by.
Tank….77F degrees, 2-6 GH and KH, 7.8-8.0 pH, AC 70 HOB, Drop1.2 Algae Scrubber, Fluval AquaSky 3.0 LED light in a 33g long.

 

[Dechi]

Beautiful ! Mine are small (juveniles I suppose) and look nothing like that. No sparkles at all and short fins. I wonder if I wasn’t sold something else…

 

[A201]

Diamonds are one of my favorites too. I had a couple of Diamonds, male & female live for at least six years.

Here's a rather poor pic of one of the old Diamonds swimming with my Denison Barbs.

 

[bgarthe]

Denison Barbs are gorgeous too, but get a bit large for my tanks. If I ever get a 120g, they would probably be among the chosen fish.

 

[A201]

Mine all peaked between 4 - 5 inches. Denisons are very mellow Barbs.

 

[bgarthe]

I see and agree about being mellow, but my 75g tank currently has 19 Congo Tetras of two species, so there is no space to add the DBs. My 55g is full up with nano fish atm. I like them when I see them at the good big LFS in Milwaukee where they are full grown and stunning.

 

[GlennO]

Beautiful ! Mine are small (juveniles I suppose) and look nothing like that. No sparkles at all and short fins. I wonder if I wasn’t sold something else…

Have you got a pic? I bought 10 diamonds about a month ago. They are growing very slowly but I can see a few sparkles on them.

 

[Dechi]

Have you got a pic? I bought 10 diamonds about a month ago. They are growing very slowly but I can see a few sparkles on them.

I’ll try to get a good one so you can tell me what you think !

GlennO here is a video. There are lemon tetras as well with them. Diamonds or something else ?

 

[GlennO]

I’ll try to get a good one so you can tell me what you think !

GlennO here is a video. There are lemon tetras as well with them. Diamonds or something else ?

Hi, yes they look like diamonds to me and I can see some sparkles on a bigger one. Maybe you got a high proportion of females. I've also read that they show better over a dark substrate though I don't know how much of a factor that is in your case. My substrate is not much darker. How long have you had them? Mine look similar to yours I think:

I think our fish just need time to mature.

 

[bgarthe]

Yep…..I think you both have the Diamonds. I will say that my black substrate probably helps bring out the sparkles. And….mine show up really well with a more subdued lighting.

 

[Dechi]

Hi, yes they look like diamonds to me and I can see some sparkles on a bigger one. Maybe you got a high proportion of females. I've also read that they show better over a dark substrate though I don't know how much of a factor that is in your case. My substrate is not much darker. How long have you had them? Mine look similar to yours I think:

I think our fish just need time to mature.

Yours show sparkles already !

I’ve had mine for a little over 2 weeks now and they were really small when I got them. Let’s compare in 6 months !

 

[GlennO]

Yours show sparkles already !

I’ve had mine for a little over 2 weeks now and they were really small when I got them. Let’s compare in 6 months !

Good idea. I’ve had mine for a month.

 

[bgarthe]

I discovered the best time (for me) to make videos of fish……short while after lights on and before feeding.