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Names
Scientific name
Hyphessobrycon herbertaxelrodi
Common name
Black Neon Tetra
Origin
Origin: Brazil, Rio, Paraguay, Argentina, Bolivia
Biotope: Amazonian
Dimorphism
The male is smaller and slenderer than the female
Group
Characidae
Volume
80 L / 18 imp gal / 21 US gal
Parameters
T°: 24 à 27°C or 75 to 81°F
pH: 5.5 to 6.5
Hardness: 2 to 15°dGH
Difficulty
Easy
Size
3.5 cm (1.4")
Longevity
5 to 6 years
Living zone
Middle and top
Individuals
10 or more
Food
Food
How to feed the Black Neon Tetra?
Omnivorous: all forms of food are accepted. However, a varied food will be better adapted. Alternate flake food, live and frozen.
Behavior
Behavior
What kind of behavior does the Black Neon Tetra have?
Pacific but rather lively. Like all species of the genus, it is gregarious and must imperatively be kept on a shoal. The more they are and the more they will form a tight shoal (you can observe a hierarchy there).
Cohabitation
Cohabitation
Who can live with the Black Neon Tetra?
A community aquarium is accepted. It cohabits without difficulty with other Characidae, Discus, Scalar, Ramirezi, Cacatois, with shrimp but also with ground-fish such as Corydoras, Ancistrus, etc... Attention however to the predation of large fish.
Breeding
Breeding
How to breed the Black Neon Tetra?
Quite difficult even if it occurs spontaneously in mature aquariums and that pleases him. Place in a spawning tank (10 L or 3 US Gallons or 2 Imperial Gallons) equipped with a protective grid and a few fine-leaved plants, a male and a female for 3 to 7 days. Temperature 26°C or 79°F and pH 6.5 and filtered light. Filtration on peat. The incubation lasts 18h at 26°C or 79°F.
Fry food: infusoria for 3 days, Artemia nauplii.
Its aquarium
Its aquarium
Which aquarium for the Black Neon Tetra?
To highlight their color, a peat filter will be ideal. Also opt for a dark sandy substrate. If you wish, you can line the soil with dried leaves (beech or oak). Be careful, these leaves slightly color the water, which is normal. They must be replaced before they rot. Complete it all with lush vegetation and driftwood branches. Leave a lot of swimming space, it’s a very good swimmer. Finally, a light surface current will please him a lot!
Good To know
Good To know
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It is a great predator of fry, do not raise your species in the presence of this fish because you will not have much left.
There is an albino variety of this species.
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