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rah-bop — Rummynose tetra
Published: 2014-06-23 21:07:51 +0000 UTC; Views: 4054; Favourites: 102; Downloads: 55
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watercolor, 7” x 5”My favorite tetra <3
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A beautiful piece on a beautiful fish. I have a small school of 8 in my 40 gal breeder with some rainbowfish. They all get along swimmingly.
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Gorgeous. Just gorgeous. Did you use Frisket or any other water-blocking fluids to get the appearance of those scales? Or is that just a more opaque white applied to the topmost layer? This is beautifully simple, easy to read, and subtle!
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I just drew the white edges in with a white gel pen.
Thanks for all the kind words!
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You really could illustrate a guide to popular aquarium fish. Your fish paintings look like they popped out of a Peterson's guide!
I've never kept rummys. I've heard that they're a but more finicky about water conditions than other tetras, confirm/deny?
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Supposedly they have a really high mortality rate when newly introduced to the aquarium. Something like only 10% survive the first two weeks in a new tank. As far as I know they are not typically bred in the aquarium because they are slow to mature (??) and most are wild-harvested. I think the moral of the story is that they are sensitive to change. This is just what I've heard, though. I had tremendous success with mine and so far they've been completely indestructible, so I dunno!
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Yikes, that's a steep loss. It's in keeping with what I've heard about wild-harvested fish, too: they tend to be much more finicky about aquarium conditions than species that have been bred in aquaria and presumably have evolved a greater tolerance for captive life.
They're cute, though! I'm glad yours have done fine. It always surprises me to find out which species breed well in captivity and which don't.
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XD I'm partial to the neon and glowlight tetras, but these look cute too!
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These guys are my favourite tetra too, at least of the species I've kept so far. I had a group of ten or so in my 75 (again before I moved, they went with the tank to a fish club member when I left). You've captured the pearlescent, purple sheen they get when they are healthy very nicely.
Do you use watercolour for the black outline and white highlights as well?
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In this case the black outline is pencil and the white is gel pen. I probably should have specified.
Thanks for the nice comments!
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You are most welcome. I am the worlds biggest sucker for fish illustrations. Love 'em. Makes me miss my aquariums.
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