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Characins
/ Characinae / Rummy Nose Tetra
Red Nose Tetra, Rummy Nose Tetra
Hemigrammus bleheri | Pictures
SYN: None
PD: The body is silver to olive brown in color.
A gold to brown stripe extends from
the red area on the head to the base of the tail.
The iris and snout are blood red when good water maintenance are maintained.
The
tail has three black stripes and four white ones.
The other fins are transparent.
The mouth is also red which allows this
species to be distinguished from H.
rhodostomus and
Petitella georgiae.
SIZE: To 2.5" (6.4 cm)
SS: This species is often confused with
H. rhodostomus and
Petitella georgiae. these species are hard
to distinguish from one another and are often sold under the wrong name.
H. rhodostomus is slightly less colorful,
but easier to keep and breed.
H. bleheri
can be distinguished from P.
georgiae by
H. bleheri's sharper, and more distinct
white marking on the caudal fin.
P.
georgiae has a less colorful red marking on its head.
HAB: South America; small, shaded blackwater in still or slow-moving creeks and river bends
in the tributaries of the Rio Negro (Brazil), and the Rio Vaupes (Colombia)
S: middle
TANK: 28" (70 cm) or 20 gallons (75 L).
The tank should be well-planted and
arranged in dark colors.
Leave open swimming areas.
The Rummy Nose Tetra is best kept in a tank with peat filtration.
This
fish is very sensitive to water pollutants.
WATER: pH 5-7 (6.5), 2-8 dH (5), 72-82°F (22-28°C)
SB: An active, peaceful, species recommended for a community tank.
Keep in schools of five or more fish.
SC: See genus description.
FOOD: Flake; live; insect larvae, Brine Shrimp,
Tubifex, small aquatic insects.
SEX: The female is plumper during the spawning season.
B: Use a breeding tank with a temperature of 79-82°F (27-28°C), a pH of 5.5-6.5,
and a water hardness of 1-4 dH.
A few eggs are dropped, landing on the bottom or in feathered plants.
To prevent parents from eating eggs
as they are laid, feed them whiteworms.
Remove parents after spawning.
The fry hatch in 30-36 hours, and are
free-swimming after 4 days.
The young are very small and can only be fed tiny foods such as microorganisms.
The
fry are difficult to raise.
BP: 8.
Breeding is very difficult.
R: Regular water changes must be performed and a good water conditioner should be used.
This
fish is somewhat susceptible to “Ich”.
DC: 5.
Rummy None Tetras are excellent community fish, but they are sensitive to water pollutants
and disease.
Recent articles about fish
Overfishing may hurt Amazon forest trees
(2/5/2008) Overfishing is reducing the effectiveness of seed dispersal by fish in the Brazilian Pantanal, reports Nature. The research suggests that fishing practices can affect forest health.
Scientists find fish that literally lives in trees
(10/17/2007) Scientists have found a fish that literally lives in trees, according to research published in The American Naturalist and highlighted in New Scientist Magazine.
Piranhas originated when Amazon was flooded by seawater
(12/4/2007) South America's piranha family of fish -- notorious as eaters of flesh -- can be traced back to a single ancestor which dispersed when the Amazon was flooded by seawater some five million years ago, report researchers from the Institut de Recherche Pour le Developpement (IRD). Today piranhas are exclusively freshwater fish found from the Orinoco River basin in Venezuela to the Parana in Argentina.
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