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Characins
/ Characinae / Buenos Aires Tetra
Buenos Aires Tetra
Hemigrammus caudovittatus | Pictures
SYN: None
PD: The body is brown to silver in color with the back darker than the belly. The upper
part of the iris is red. In males, parts of all fins are red. The female's have light pink fins. A black stripe
extends from the base of the tail to its apex. Also near the base tail, the color is lemon yellow. At the tips
of the dorsal, anal, and pectoral fins is a white fringe.
SIZE: To 3" (7.5 cm)
SS: None
HAB: South America; watershed of the Rio de la Plata in Argentina and Paraguay
S: middle
TANK: 20" (50 cm) or 10 gallons (35 L).
This fish cannot be kept in tanks that
contain live plants as they will be eaten.
Use plastic plants and rock formations for decoration.
Leave
large, open swimming areas and use a filter that creates strong current.
WATER: pH 5.5-8.5 (7.0), 2-35 dH (10), 64-86°F (18-30°C)
SB: A hardy active fish that is suitable for any beginner's community tank.
Likes
to school. Occasionally it may nip at long, flowing fins of other fishes.
SC: Small Doradids,
Corydoras, Loricarids, some robust tetras, gouramis,
barbs, danios.
FOOD: Flake; plant matter; live; insect larvae, Brine Shrimp,
Tubifex, small aquatic insects.
SEX: Males are smaller and more colorful.
B: Easy to breed at 75°F (24°C).
Spawning takes place among hardy plants and is
stimulating by morning sun.
The eggs hatch is 20-24 hours.
Remove parents after they are laid.
Start feeding with small live and dry
foods.
BP: 4.
The Buenos Aires Tetra is easily bred.
R: One of the most popular of all aquarium fishes.
It was introduced in 1922, but has lost
popularity because of its tendency to eat live plants.
DC: 1.
A sturdy fish with the annoying habit of eating live plants
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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