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Characins
/ Characinae / Black Neon
Black Neon
Hyphessobrycon herbertaxelrodi | Pictures
SYN: None
PD: Laterally compressed body.
The back is brownish black to silver, while the belly is silver.
A black
band extends from the gill cover through the tail.
Above is an iridescent green to yellow stripe.
The iris is orange to red.
SIZE: To 2" (5 cm)
SS: Flag Tetra ( Hyphessobrycon
heterorhabdus), Vilma's Tetra (
H. vilmae)
HAB: South America; Rio Taquari of the Mato Grosso, Brazil
S: bottom, middle
TANK: 20" (50 cm) or 10 gallons (38 L).
Arrange the tank in dark colors and
provide a cover of floating plants to diffuse the lighting.
The tank should be well-planted and open swimming
areas should be left.
Use a filter that provides a moderate current.
WATER: pH 5-7.5 (6.7); 6-15 dH (8); 75-82°F (24-28°C)
SB: A peaceful community fish that likes to be kept in shoals of five or more fish.
SC: Tetras, Corydoras,
Apistogramma, Loricarids, Discus,
Colisa.
FOOD: Flake; live; insect larvae-especially black mosquito larvae, Brine Shrimp,
Tubifex.
SEX: Mature females have a fuller stomach.
B: If fed with such live foods as black mosquito larvae, they will breed in breeding tank
that has water filtered through peat.
Remove the parents after spawning.
The fry hatch after 36 hours.
Start
feeding with Paramecia and Brine Shrimp nauplii.
BP: 6.
The Black Neon is not a difficult fish to breed.
R: Not closely related to Neon as its name suggests.
Named after well-known American Ichthyologist,
Dr. Herbert Axelrod.
DC: 3.
A hardy fish that requires frequent partial water changes to thrive.
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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