Fish Database: Head & Tail Light Tetra - Hemigrammus ocellifer
Aquarium requirements
Aquarium suitability: 5/5
Sociability rating: 9/10
Area of tank: Middle, all
Aquarium water conditions: 6-8, vs,s,m,h
Temperature: 22 - 26C
Feeding: Flake, frozen, live, dried foods
Minimum tank size: 60cm
Min / Max number in tank: Min 4
Fish fact file
Family: Characidae (Characins)
Synonyms: Hemibrycon ocellifer, Tetragonopterus ocellifer, Hemigrammus ocellifer falsus, Holopristis ocellifer
Other common names: Beacon Tetra
Origin: South America
Natural habitat: Slow moving waters and streams, often towards the lower river & costal regions
Size: 4cm
Behavior: Peaceful, shoaling
Breeding: Egg scatterer, relatively easy to spawn
Natural water conditions: pH 6-8, very soft to medium
Sexing: Males are smaller and more slender
Head & Tail Light Tetra
Fish code No.0927
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This popular Tetra has been available in the trade for many years, due in part to its ease of breeding. The fish are adaptable and will thrive in most aquariums providing they are kept in groups. Although peaceful, as with other tetras of similar shape, they may nip at the fins of slow moving and long finned fish such as Siamese Fighters.
To provide perfect conditions the aquarium should have a dark substrate and/or hiding areas amongst vegetation.
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