Monday, September 19, 2011

Emperor tetra

About The fish

  

Emperor Tetra or (Nematobrycon palmeri)  its one of the Colombian fishes which can be found in streams and rivers of western Colombia 

Description




The fish Got yellow and black horizontal wide lines with purple glow on the fins and tail if the aquarium is well lighted you will see the yellow dominate but  if the aquarium is low lighted the purple will be more apparent . males Emperor Tetras have three pronged tail with the center black part extending beyond the rest of the tail while in the female the center black part only reaches as far as the clear part of the tail.and the fish grow to 7.5cm

Behavior




unlink most of the Tetras,Emperor Tetra is not school fish it lives as pairs or singles

Temperature and PH

  

 the fish prefer temperature of 23-27 C and PH of 6.5, a hardness of 50–100 mg

Tank Size 



The Fish need 30 litter Tank size well planted

diet



The Emperor Tetra is an omnivore so good flake or pelleted fish food is a good basis for its diet also frozen blood worms and Daphnia

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