Bhuckoon Tetra

Scientific Name: Exodon paradoxus

Max Size: 12 cm (4.7 “).

Comments: This species is of typical elongated tetra appearance; it is light tan in appearance with two distinct black spots (one before the tail and another below the dorsal fin). The dorsal fin is bright red. The fish's natural diet consist of small invertebrates, other fish, and plants. It is not a safe tank mate for fellow tetras because it will eat small fish and it is not a safe tank mate for larger species because it is a notorious. Bucktooth tetra are best alone or in large planted tanks with adequate coverage for other species. They are best kept in shoals of 8 or more.

Bleedingheart Tetra

Scientific Name: Hyphessobrycon erythrostigma

Max Size: Grows to the size of 64mm

Comments: Bleeding Hearts are generally a peaceful fish but fin nipping may become a problem. Keep them in a small school (6 or more) and try not to keep them with fish with larger fins such as angelfish (http://ciclidzzz.blogspot.com). They do well in a variety of community tanks, and like most tetras they do best in groups and with bushy plants. They have a splendid body shape and, after a month or two in captivity, their colors get very beautiful, especially when fed (two or three days a week) with frozen brine shrimp. They have the eye-catching, blood-red spot at the heart area and the black/white patch on the dorsal fin.

Pretty Tetra

Common name: Pretty Tetra

Scientific Name: Hemigrammus pulcher

Max Size: 1.75”

Comments: This Pretty Tetra has hidden under a bush, and is standing there immobile. It might be hiding from the sun, or perhaps it has had a fright, or maybe it is merely resting. For fish do not go to sleep like we do; they simply stop swimming for a while. They choose a cosy, secluded spot, and stand still in it, like this Pretty Tetra who isn’t moving, not even a single fin. You might pass him by if it wasn’t for his tail, shining like a torch.

Sarpae Tetra

Common name: Serpae Tetra.

Scientific Name: Hyphessobrycon Serpae

Max Size: 1.75”

Native: It is a species of tropical freshwater characin fish originating from South America. They are found in nature in the Madeira and Guaporé regions of the Amazon River, and in upper Paraguay

Comments: They are popular aquarium fishes. They have a reputation of being fin-nippers although this is disputed. If any aggression is seen in the fish, it is usually amongst themselves rather than aimed at tankmates outside of their species, especially if they are kept in large groups where they can establish a pecking order.It needs to be in a group of at least six.

Rummy-Nose Tetra

Common name: Rummy-Nose Tetra

Scientific Name: Hemigrammus rhodostomus

Max Size: 2 “

Native: It is a species of tropical freshwater characin fish originating from South America.

Comments: The rummy-nose Tetra is a torpedo-shaped fish, whose basal body colour is a translucent silvery colour suffused in some specimens with a greenish tint: iridescent green scales are frequently seen adorning the fish at the point where the fontanel (a part of the head roughly corresponding to the forehead in humans) meets the body.These fishes are very peaceful and beautiful. Their noses are good indicators of the quality of water . Noses will be bright red when the water conditions are good. However, they will loose color if there are nitrates/ammonia in the water or the fishes are stressed.

Emperor Tetra

Native

They basically originated from Colombia.

Description

Aquarium lovers are observant people. They noticed that this fish has a tail in the shape of the crown that rulers used to wear, and called it the Emperor Tetra. If there is a shoal of these fish feeding in the shallow weeds, you can’t see the fish themselves; only the tails, and it looks as though it’s a group of people taking a walk, all wearing crowns.

Harlequin Fish

Description

Everyone took a liking to the Harlequin Fish when it first arrived from Indonesia. But nobody managed to get it to breed in aquarium; the roe always perished before it hatched out. Then they tried breeding in rainwater and it worked! The young fish hatched out of the eggs and grew into big ones, and so were able to start its breeding.

Rainbow Fish

Description
The Rainbowfishes are a family of small, colourful, freshwater fish that are found in northern and eastern Australia and New Guinea and in the Southeast Asian Islands. They are popular aquarium fish .Rainbowfish populations in the wild have been severely affected by the aggressive introduced eastern mosquitofish .

Diamond Fish

Description

There are also Diamond Fish . They fully deserve the name “Diamond”, for they sparkle all the colours of the rainbow just like diamonds. Quick and lively , they dart about flashing like a handful of jewels that has been thrown into the water .

Cardinal Tetra

Common name: Cardinal Tetra

Scientific Name: Paracheirodon axelrodi

Max Size: 3 cm (1.25 “)

Care: groups of six or more individuals should be maintained in an aquarium. They will shoal with their close cousins Neon Tetras(http://www.sheetal-aquagold.blogspot.com)however, so a combination of these two species totalling at least six should suffice. Tank currents can help encourage shoaling behavior. The larger the numbers present in an aquarium, the better and large shoals in any case form an impressive and visually stunning display.

Food: The species will feed upon a wide range of aquarium foods, though again, conditioning fishes of this species for breeding will usually require the use of live foods

Comments: This fish also has a neon stripe like Neon Tetra(http://www.sheetal-aquagold.blogspot.com), but in addition its belly is bright red. If the sunlight falls on it, it burns like a live coal, or like the candle on a Christmas tree. A whole shoal is a beautiful sight, shining and sparkling and sparkling in the dark water like a row of lights.

Bloodfin Tetra

Common name: Bloodfin Tetra

Scientific Name: Aphyocharax anisitsi

Max Size: 5.5 cm

Care: Bloodfin Tetras are best kept in schools of 6 or more. They swim mainly in the upper and middle water layers and are highly sociable fishes, mixing well with other types of tetra and tropical fish in general, so are therefore ideally suited to a community tank. An extremely hardy tropical fish well suited to beginners, bloodfin tetras can also be kept in cold-water tanks, providing the temperature does not drop below room temperature. They thrive quite happily in temperatures ranging from 64 - 83 degrees Fahrenheit. Turning on and off aquarium lights tends to blind these fish and cause them to dart around frantically, but they will settle down shortly after.

Food: Regular feeding of only live foods maintain the Bloodfin Tetras beautiful metallic sheen. Most tropical flakes will work fine if crushed into a suitable size. Many recommend, as a general rule, feeding the fish as much as they can eat in 1 minutes, six times a day.

Comments: Bloodfins are comparatively large tetras, growing to 5.5 cm. Its notable feature (as the name suggest) is the blood red colouration at the tail, dorsal, anal and adipose fin. Bloodfin Tetras are extremely hardy, making them well suited to a novice fish keeper.

Lemon Tetra

Description

This pale-yellow fish with red eyes is very beautiful against a background of green weeds. It is the Lemon Tetra, only a little bigger than a halfpenny, but quick and lively. Trying to catch it is no easy matter, for it knows its way about the underwater maze of weeds in the aquarium and darts off into them. If it were not so nimble, it would have a hard time of it at home, for its longer enemies would soon eat it up. But this fish got away and came instead to grace our aquarium.

Glowlight Tetra

Common name: Glowlight Tetra.

Scientific Name: Hemigrammus erythrozonus

Max Size: 2”

Care: It needs to be in a group of six or more fishes. Very undemanding. This Tetra makes good community fish for beginners. They like low light and plants to hide in.

Food: Accepts flake food and live foods such asbloodworms and brine shrimp.

Congo Tetra

Common name: Congo Tetra .

Scientific Name: Phenacogrammus interruptus

Max Size: 3” (8.5 cm).

Care: Keep in as large group as possible as they are an active shoaling fish. They prefer slightly soft, acidic water and a well planted tank.

Food: They will accept most commercial foods but relish live and frozen foods.

Comments: A stunning fish , fully grown males are truly magnificent sight with their elaborate finnage and delicates hues. They are an active fast swimming and peaceful fish that does well in a peaceful community tank.