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(Other members of the genus Hyphessobrycon)
ADULT SIZE: 5 cm
WATER CONDITIONS: Moderately soft and acidic
TEMPERATURE RANGE: 23-27 C
FOOD: Feed Hyphessobrycon bentosi small live-foods and fine grade dried foods. This species is not a problematic feeder, but like most tetras enjoys live foods whenever offered.
DISTRIBUTION: This species comes from Brazil, Paraguay, Guyana
SEXUAL DIFFERENCES: Males have a significantly longer dorsal fin than females
AQUARIUM CARE: There are two subspecies of this fish, bentosi bentosi and bentosi rosaceus. Both are good community shoalers that do well in a large tank with planted back and sides.
A good community species, though prefers an Amazon-style tank; well planted with clean soft water.
BREEDING: Breeding should be accomplished by selecting a pair and isolating in a breeding tank. This species is a plant spawner; eggs are attached to plants or spawning mops. Females tend to be slightly smaller than males, who have somewhat longer dorsal and anal fins.
Have you bred Hyphessobrycon bentosi? Why not fill in a breeding questionaire?, or examine existing Hyphessobrycon bentosi breeding reports
Other members of the genus Hyphessobrycon
Other characin species
Hyphessobrycon bentosi
Immature white-tipped tetras are less colourful than older ones; the reds especially intensify with age
BREEDING: Breeding should be accomplished by selecting a pair and isolating in a breeding tank. This species is a plant spawner; eggs are attached to plants or spawning mops. Females tend to be slightly smaller than males, who have somewhat longer dorsal and anal fins.
Have you bred Hyphessobrycon bentosi? Why not fill in a breeding questionaire?
Sorry no records.
Should I get rid of snails? Snails in the aquarium can be very useful. Many fishkeepers tend to overfeed a little, and this extra food sinks to the bottom and decays, polluting the aquarium water. Snails will happily come and eat up the left overs though - if you have an outbreak of snails you are most likely overfeeding your fish! If you really do want to remove snails, fish like the clown loach, and several puffers will eat them - but do make sure they are compatible with the other fish in your tank
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