Bigger Tetra Fish
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This video shows a male and female Congo Tetra Fish. As is the case with many of the Bigger Tetra Fish, the Male Congo Tetra has longer
fins than the female.
These fish are Long Fin Black Skirt Tetras ...
... and these are Rummy Nose Tetras with their red "noses" and striped tails ...
... but we are not quite sure about the name of these Tetras. They were imported as wild fish and may be Serpae Tetras.
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Just above
is a beautiful group of Red Serpae Tetras for sale at our online retail fish store. Click here for
more about buying Tetras from us. Serpae Tetras are hardy fish that live best in a group with at least six Serpaes.
The Serpae Tetras, shown above, had just finished eating a big meal of floating flake food and freeze dried blood worms, so their stomachs look round and
full.
Common Name
Scientific Name
Max. Size
Black Phantom Tetra
Hyphessobrycon
megalopterus
1.5"
Black Neon Tetra
Hyphessobrycon herbertaxelrodi
1.5"
Black Skirt Tetra
Black Tetra
Black Widow
Tetra
Gymnocorymbus ternetzi
3"
Strawberry Tetra
Blueberry Tetra
Gymnocorymbus ternetzi
3"
Blind Cave Tetra
Blind Cave Fish
Astyanax mexicanus
4.75"
Blood Fin Tetra
Aphyocharax rubripinnis
1.75"
Congo Tetra
Phenacogrammus interruptus
3.25"
Diamond Bleeding Heart
Flame-back Bleeding Heart
Red Tipped Bleeding Heart
Hyphessobrycon pyrrhonotus
1.75"
Head and Tail Light
Hemigrammus ocellifer
2"
Lemon Tetra
Hyphessobrycon pulchripinnis
2"
Red Serpae Tetra
Hyphessobrycon
eques
Formerly
H. serpae
1.6"
Red Eye Tetra
Moenkhausia oligolepis
4.5"
Silver Tip Tetra
Hasemania nana
2"
Von Rio
Tetra
Hyphessobrycon
flammeus
1.6"
Common Name
Scientific Name
Max. Size
Comments
The group of fish that we call the Bigger Tetras includes the fish listed above and many others. The care for all of these Tetras is
about the same. Many of these Bigger Tetras are beautiful, and all of them have been favorites of aquarists for many years.
These Bigger Tetras are mild tempered and don't do well in aquariums with aggressive fish. On the other hand these Bigger Tetras grow too big and become too aggressive for Neon
Tetras and other Small Tetras.
Picture Gallery
of
Larger Tetras
The Blind Cave
Fish, shown
above, is a
species of
Tetra, which has
no eyes. But it
lives in caves
with no light,
and so eyes
would not be
able to see.
The Red
Serpae Tetra,
shown above, is
a wonderful
aquarium fish
that is very
colorful and
very popular.
Just
above,
a
young
mature
Lemon Tetras,
with
a
bright
red
eye
in
one
of
our
aquariums,
when
this
picture
was
snapped.
This
too
is a
wonderful
aquarium
fish.
Von Rio Tetra
-
Probably a male
in the upper
picture and a
female in the
lower picture,
just above.
A young Black
Skirt Tetra,
probably
a
slim
male,swimming in one
of
our aquariums and
hoping
that someone
like you will
buy it and give
it a good home
in your
aquarium. Notice
the unusual
transparent
membranes in the
corners of this
fish's mouth.
Maybe this
membrane keeps
drool from
running out!
;^ }
This
Black
Skirt
Tetra
is
plumper
and
so
may
be a
female.
As
females
fill
with
eggs
their
coloration
also
seems
to
become
more
golden.
X-Ray
Tetras
with
a
male
above
and
female
below.
Shown above, the top picture is a mature male
Congo
Tetra, and the lower fish is a mature female, swimming in one of our aquariums. These
fish's
ancestors
lived
in
Africa,
but
most
Tetras
species
live
in
South
America.
A
Red
Eye
Tetra
that
lives
in
one
of
our
beautiful
aquariums.
This
species'
ancestors
also
lived
in
Africa.
A
Diamond
Bleeding Heart Tetra
which
has
a
red
spot
in
the
middle
of
its
body
that
you
can
barely
see
in
this
picture.
Just
above,
a
Penguin
Tetra
Just
above,
a
Columbian
Tetra
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Appropriate Home
An aquarium with an exterior power filter with a BIO-Wheel, a maximum of 1/4
inch of gravel, and an aquarium heater adjusted to 78 to 80 degrees F. Click here
for more about warm water aquariums.
Recommended Diet
Floating flake food for tropical fish and freeze dried blood
worms, which are
actually mosquito
larvae. Both of these
foods are available in
most stores that sell
live fish. Bigger Tetras relish a few
live Black Worms and live or frozen brine shrimp. Serpae Tetras will nip each other and other species unless they are fed live Black Worms at least twice each week. Click here
to read more about Black Worms. Click here for more about feeding fish.
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Compatibility
Each species of these Bigger Tetras will live best in a group with at least 6 fish of their species. You can mix these Bigger Tetras
with each other just be sure each species has a school with at least 6 fish of that species. Other good tank mates for these Bigger Tetras are: Livebearers such as Platies, Swordtails,
and Mollies, but not Guppies. A group of Corydoras Catfish, and one Plecostomus
or a Bushy Nose Plecostomus. Click here to read more about several other groups of compatible fish.
Size and Lifespan
These Bigger Tetras have a lifespan of about 4 to 6 years. The maximum sizes are listed in the table above. These fish usually do
not grow to the listed maximum sizes in aquariums, but when given exceptionally good care, they will sometimes grow even bigger than the sizes listed in the table.
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