Log-in or register your account to remove these ads! Its free and an e-mail isn't required.
Hemigrammus stictus
From The Aquarium Wiki
| This page requires additional images. Click here, for details about uploading pictures for The Aquarium Wiki. |
| Red Base Tetra | |
| |
| Red Base Tetra | |
| Species | Hemigrammus stictus |
| Family | Characidae |
| Difficulty | Moderate |
| Min. Tank Size | 56.781 liters 56,781.177 mL 15 US Gallons (56.8L) |
| Size | 1.969 in
4-5 cm (1.6-2") |
| sg | Freshwater |
| pH | 6.0 - 7.0 |
| Temp. | 296.15 K 73.4 °F 533.07 °R 300.15 K |
| Water Hardness |
8-12 °d |
| Stocking Ratio | 1:2 M:F |
| Availability | Uncommon |
| Diet | |
| Life Span |
5-8 years |
| Habitat | |
Contents |
[edit] Alternative names
- Red Base Tetra
[edit] Sexing
- Females are larger and plumper than males.
[edit] Tank compatibility
- A peaceful community fish that should be kept in shoals of 6 or more. Keep with other peaceful community fish.
[edit] Diet
- Will accept most foods but can prove fussy. Feed a mix of pellet and flake as well as live/frozen food such as daphnia and brine shrimp.
[edit] Feeding regime
- Feed once or twice a day.
[edit] Environment Specifics
- Does best in acidic water. Decorate the tank with bogwood and dense planting. Does not like bright lighting.
[edit] Behaviour
- An active peaceful shoaling fish.
[edit] Identification
- A small oval-shaped fish with a silver base colour on the body with a black spot just behind the gill plates on either side of the body. The caudal peduncle is bright red, the other fins are translucent. The top half of the iris is red.
