Pet Fish Care

Bleeding Heart Tetra
hyphessobrycon rubrostigma

It belongs to the family Characidae

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Cost: $4-7

Origin:
Columbia

Description:
Deep bodied, has a shape similar to say, a lemon tetra. Gets up to 2 ¼ inches (6 cm).

Color:
Looks transparent, the dorsal fin is black with a white tip.

Sexual distinctions:

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Females bulkier and the males have a larger, more elongated dorsal fin.

Tank conditions:
Temperature 77 degrees (25 Celsius). Ph and hardness, no specific levels determined. Needs plenty of swimming space, lots of vegetation and pretty good lighting.

Food:
Different types of live food, every now and then a high quality dried food.

Behavior:
Lively and a good swimmer.

Breeding:
Seldom will breed.

Compatibility:
Does very well in a community tank, peaceable schooling fish.

This is a great video on what the Bleeding Heart Tetra looks like.

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Black Neon Tetra
hyphessobrycon scholzei

It belongs to the family Characidae

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Origin:
South America: Paraguay River Basin. Most are now captive-bred.

Description:
Very elongated, but is still only about 2 inches (5cm) long.

Color:
It’s back is a greenish or sometimes brownish color. It has silver sides, with a blue to brassy sheen, and has a silver belly. A thick black band runs from the gill cover to the back of the base of the caudal fin, which it then forms a large diamond shape patch. On top of the black band there is a thin gleaming metallic line. It has colorless pelvic fins, but all it’s other fins are pale reddish with the anal fin edged with black at the front.

Sexual distinctions:

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The males are slimmer then the females and more deeply cleft caudal fins.

Tank conditions:
Temperature 75-81 degrees Fahrenheit (24-27 Celsius) For the proper Ph and hardness ratings use old water, not too hard with a Ph of slightly hard to acid. For the most part a very easy species to care for.

Food:
Live, high quality dried food, and some form of vegetable flake. (spirulina is good)

Behavior:
Schooling type, it’s lively and does well in a community tank.

Here is a very well put together video on the Black Neon Tetra, and as a bonus it’s teaching you how to breed them.

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