Most tropical fish keepers have kept Tiger Barbs at some point in time. They are not always the ideal community fish as they can pester and fin nip. However, they can be an ideal tank mate for some of the more boisterous fish such as some American Cichlids.
The neon tetra is a Freshwater fish of the characin family of order Characiformes. The type species of its genus, it is native to blackwater and clearwater streams in the Amazon basin of South America.
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Scientific Name - Hyphessobrycon Flammeus
Our Size - 2cm
Max Size - 2.5cm
Temperature Range -22-27°C
pH Range - 5.5-7.5
Diet - Flame tetras will eat a variety of flake, live foods, frozen brine shrimp or bloodworms, mosquito larvae and daphnia are great treats. They will also eat organic material, such as algae.
Compatibility - Flame Tetras can be aggressive and are very active fish. That said if kept in big enough schools the aggression can be kept to a minimum.
Our juvenile fish will vary from the image shown as our images are to show the potential colours and markings when at a fully mature size.
Pristella maxillaris is a species of characin in the genus Pristella, and is commonly known as the X-ray fish or X-ray tetra because of its translucent body.
The lemon tetra is a species of tropical freshwater fish which originates from South America, belonging to the family Characidae. It is a small tetra growing to 5 cm in length. The species is a long established favourite aquarium fish, being introduced to the aquarium in 1932.
