Blackline-Tail Tetra

Care

The Blackline-Tail Tetra is known from the heavily vegetated margins of the Sao Francisco and Itapicuru rivers in eastern Brazil. This is an active shoaling species that should be maintained in groups of 6 or more. They can sometimes be a little nippy (although a larger shoal size can help to control this) so they should not be kept with any species which have elaborate finnage. The tank should be well-planted and have a dark substrate and background to best show off the subtle colours of these fish. Not commonly imported.

Feeding

Flake, micropellets, small frozen foods such as daphnia, vitamin-enriched brineshrimp, bloodworm, and white mosquito larvae.

Breeding

This species has not been bred in the home aquarium. Likely to breed in a similar manner to that of Diamond or Red Eye Tetras.