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Characins
/ Characinae / False Rummy Nose Tetra
False Red Nose, False Rummy Nose Tetra
Petitella georgiae | 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 snout to the mouth to the gill cover is blood-red as is the iris
of the eye when good water maintenance is maintained.
The tail has three black bands and four white ones.
The other fins are transparent.
SIZE: To 2.5" (6.4 cm)
SS: Rummy Nose Tetra (
Hemigrammus bleheri), Red-nosed Tetra (
H. rhodostomus
).
HAB: South America; in white water streams near Iquitos, Peru and in the Rio Branca
S: middle, top
TANK: 24" (60 cm) or 15 gallons (55 L).
Arrange the tank in dark colors and
use a cover of floating plants.
Provide dense vegetation and use a dark gravel bottom.
The False Rummy Nose Tetra does best
in peat filtered water.
WATER: pH 5.5-7 (6.5); 3-12 dH (6); 72-79°F (22-26°C)
SB: A peaceful, but active, schooling fish that can be kept with other fish that like soft
acidic water.
SC: Tetras, Corydoras,
Apistogramma, Discus, gouramis, Hatchetfish
FOOD: Flakes; live; insect larvae, Brine Shrimp,
Tubifex,
Daphnia.
SEX: To hard to distinguish
B: Few details are available.
Breeding is said to be similar to that of the Cardinal Tetra.
BP: 9.
Breeding is very difficult and unusual.
R: Use a good water conditioner when performing the frequent partial water changes necessary
for this fish to thrive.
This fish is very similar to the Rummy Nose Tetra in its coloration.
These two fish only differ in that the
False Rummy Nose Tetra has a different arrangement of tooth structure and the central black marking on the tail
extends farther forward on the Rummy Nose Tetra
DC: 5.
A sensitive fish that is susceptible to 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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