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Black tetras of the leucistic aquarium variant. The black skirt tetra is a common fish that is widely available for purchase. Hobbyists often provide live foods such as Daphnia and mosquito larvae, and frozen foods like bloodworms. [citation needed] In a home aquarium. The species reaches sexual maturity at about two years of age.
Brycinus longipinnis eats a wide range of animal and vegetable matter, including insect larvae, crustaceans and some algae.. In the aquarium it will eat most fish foods including both flakes and pellets without any trouble; it benefits from live or frozen food such as bloodworms, brine shrimp and Daphnia.
Black tetra, skirt tetra: Gymnocorymbus ternetzi: 5 cm (2.0 in) A highly spirited fish that may occasionally chase its own species as well as harass slow moving fish with long fins. This fish is very hardy and can stand a variety of water qualities. Disease is not a big problem with the black tetra. The black tetra is also known as the black ...
Brycinus is a genus of ray-finned fish in the family Alestiidae. Like other "African characids", they were formerly included in the Characidae but are actually somewhat more distantly related Characiformes. [1] Like some other Alestiidae, they are called robber tetras due to their bold and rather carnivorous habits.
The black morpho tetra is a small finned fish. The fish typically reaches 40 - 50 mm in length, although they have been recorded growing as large as 4 cm. [1] [3] The black morpho tetra demonstrates significant sexual dimorphism, with males growing longer and more colorful dorsal and anal fins.
A long-finned variety of H. eques. Serpae tetras prefer water temperatures ranging from 72–79 °F (22–26 °C). They will generally do better and show off their best colors in soft, neutral to slightly acidic water. As with any other schooling fish, they thrive in large groups and should be kept in schools of at least six fish.
The emperor tetra is a placid aquarium fish and will be disturbed by more boisterous species. It grows to 4.2 cm. [3] It prefers a pH of 6.5, a hardness of 3–6 dKH and a temperature of 23–27 °C. It does not school as readily as most tetras, and a pair appears happier than with most tetras.
The Black phantom tetra is an egg-scattering species. [4] To stimulate breeding, pH is lowered to about 5.5-6, the general hardness of the water is also reduced below four degrees. The breeding tank should have plants, both rooted and floating, and low light. A female black phantom tetra will produce about 300 eggs.