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By Senzeal | 12 November 2019 | 0 Comments

What Do You Know about the Silver-tipped Tetra?

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Have you ever seen the silver-tipped tetra? If you want to keep it, you should know more about it first. Its scientific name is Hasemania nana. This fish lives mainly in Brazil, its suitable temperature is 23~28°C, suitable pH is 5 and suitable KH value is 7~8.



 
The silver-tipped tetra is extremely compact, and the ends of the fins are faintly white like sprinkled with powdered white sugar. There is a bright yellow line in the center of the body and gradually turns from yellow to black. The silver-tipped tetra is more fierce and more domain-oriented, always chases other fishes.



 
The body length of silver-tipped tetra is nearly 3 cm, and the body color is very elegant. The overall color is a golden maroon. When the color is in good condition, its sideline is close to red copper. The body color gradually becomes black from the tail shank, and the base of the caudal fin becomes a large black spot. There is a yellow bright spot under two ends of its tail. The silver-tipped tetra's dorsal fin tip, the caudal fin's upper and lower tip and the anal fin tip are bright white, so it is also called the silvertip fish.



 
The silver-tipped tetra has a gentle personality and likes to live in groups. It is also very suitable to keep them with other not aggressive fishes. It can also be kept in a planted fish tank. When their amount is small, they may feel nervous and cause the color to become light. Suitable water temperature for them is 22 to 28 ° C, a suitable pH is 5.8 to 7.2, and perfect water hardness is 5 to 19 ° dGH. We suggest you add this
Digital Aquarium Thermometer in your fish tank, as keeping a stable and suitable water temperature is very important to them. Besides, it has a large and easy to read LCD display.


 
The silver-tipped tetra has been a well-known ornamental fish since the 1950s. It is originally discovered during the fishing of wild lotus flower fish. It is now possible to artificially breed this fish. The fish couple will be placed in a small sink of weakly acidic soft water, and the female fish will lay eggs on the grass at dawn the next day.



 
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