Keeping a singular pristella tetra

[bereb]

These pictures aren't great, but I'll be taking some more tomorrow when the tank lights are on again
They all seem happy and healthy so far (to my relatively untrained eyes)

[bereb]

The fins on Roseys and Pristellas are very different in colour/pattern.

It will be ‘ok’ but imo it will be at least slightly stressed. If you added a group of its species it would jump ship and join them….

True. But the OP isn't able to get more, at least for a while. My answer referred to that specific situation.

sidthy said:



If you added a group of its species it would jump ship and join them….




I've been watching the new fish, and I'm really enjoying the pristella tetra so far. Once the QT is empty and they're with my hengels rasboras in the 280L, if there's still room for more schooling/upper+midwater fish then I'd definitely get some more.

I am thinking of ordering fish online once my QT is free, I want to get some more hengels to add to my group of 12 and a golden ancistrus. Maybe some catfish but I'm not 100% sure. If I do, then I could get some more pristellas. I'd say I could fit 10 hengels and 10 pristellas in the 54L QT for example

We'll see how it goes. I can ask online, but I don't think a fish keeper would drive 1h+ to collect a single pristella tetra, even if I gave it to a good home for free.

I do like the idea of getting some more, they'd look beautiful with my hengels rasboras

[bereb]

The fins on Roseys and Pristellas are very different in colour/pattern.

It will be ‘ok’ but imo it will be at least slightly stressed. If you added a group of its species it would jump ship and join them….

sidthy said:



If you added a group of its species it would jump ship and join them….




I've been watching the new fish, and I'm really enjoying the pristella tetra so far. Once the QT is empty and they're with my hengels rasboras in the 280L, if there's still room for more schooling/upper+midwater fish then I'd definitely get some more.

I am thinking of ordering fish online once my QT is free, I want to get some more hengels to add to my group of 12 and a golden ancistrus. Maybe some catfish but I'm not 100% sure. If I do, then I could get some more pristellas. I'd say I could fit 10 hengels and 10 pristellas in the 54L QT for example

We'll see how it goes. I can ask online, but I don't think a fish keeper would drive 1h+ to collect a single pristella tetra, even if I gave it to a good home for free.

I do like the idea of getting some more, they'd look beautiful with my hengels rasboras

[sidthy]

I also see a Pristella. They would tend to live above the Roseys, if you got a group.