It is great to offer them with a dark background, great top light, and preferably a tank solely devoted to numerous specimens. Nevertheless, space doesn’t usually permit this luxury, but do try and maintain them with fish no larger than themselves.

The males have a hook on the anal fin, so sexing is fairly simple, but breeding them isn’t. If, nevertheless, you really feel inclined to try, use the technique.

This species is also recognized as the striped Characin, and also the Belgium flag fish. It is a showy and stunning fish, but like most jewels it requires the correct setting.

The body is silvery, but reflects a translucent green, and it is marked with a horizontal stripe of yellow, bordered above by red and below by a blue-black line; hence the reference to the Belgium flag. This line extends from just behind the gill covers to the tail root. The fins are generally clear, or very pale straw colour. To show these fish to their greatest benefit it is essential to have described for H. flammeus. Adults attain a length of about 2 inch Hemigrammus ulreyi is a comparable species, but it lacks the brilliance of colour.

The ‘tet from Rio’ is only 1.5 inch in length but has such a delicate beauty that it is in continual demand. The body colouring is silver with a decided flush of pink deepening in density, as it approaches the tail, into a delicate rose red which entirely covers the anal fin and gives rise to the name ‘flammeus,’ meaning flame-like. The adipose (in is apparent as with most Characins, but it is Fairly little. Given lots of room and fed well with occasional variations of daphnia, the ‘tet’ will show itself to benefit.

Sexing could be done by a number of techniques. The males have the typical hook to the anal in. The hook is situated on the rear end of the anal fin, but it is very challenging to see it with the naked eye. For this reason you should be careful when netting, as the anal fin tends to turn out to be caught in the mesh of the net. The anal fin is also fuller in the male.

They breed nearly in the standard manner. A thick clump of Myriophyllum or comparable fine-leafed plant should be placed in one end of the aquarium.

The courtship consists of lively chasing by the male, which ends in the pair lying in a parallel position among the plants. About ten eggs are then dropped and fertilised. This is repeated until a hundred eggs or much more have been dropped. These little, translucent, slightly adhesive eggs will remain among the plants if not disturbed. Those which fall off have about a fifty-fifty chance of hatching. A higher percentage of fertilised eggs could be expected if two males are utilized to one female. Instantly upon completion of the spawning, the tetras should be removed, for it is then that they’re most likely to eat the eggs.
Most fish prefer live daphnia to their own eggs, so a little quantity should be given whilst the spawning is taking place.

Green water is a great initial food, followed by infusoria or egg water.

The beauty of the dawn tetra is rather challenging to describe by words alone, the delicate colours of the body are variable and elusive under certain conditions. Nevertheless, the colour of the body is usually a warm gold to a coppery-bronze, with an overtone of red or orange. The back is the exact same tone but darker, and also the belly silvery white with a sheen not unlike mother-of-pearl. Many very little spots cover the whole body and have the effect of slightly darkening the general body colour.

The dawn tetra isn’t very decisively marked, it has a faint spot on the shoulder, a lateral stripe along with a well defined dark spot on the lower component of the tail root. The gill covers reflect a stunning flash of metallic blue-green. Fins are mainly tinted a golden yellow, and also the lower lobe of the tail is somewhat darker than the upper lobe. The base of the tail fin is red.

As usual, the male is the much more brilliantly coloured of the sexes, he is also smaller and slimmer than the female. The adult fish average about 1.75 inch in length.

The dawn tetra breeds in the exact same way as other little Gharacins and, even though it is not too simple to breed, it has on occasions been successfully accomplished.

It might be of interest to know that the meaning of the word eos is Greek goddess of the dawn, from its rosy colour.

By comparison with some of the previous fish, the yellow tet is somewhat plain, but should not be ignored on that account.

The body colouring is silver-grey, overcast by a darkish yellow, which, when caught by a complementary angle of light, reflects a metallic iridescence. Just behind the head there are two vertical dark lines. It is an outstanding community fish, growing to 2.25 inch long, and has the virtue of being comparatively effortlessly bred, a reality which the beginner will appreciate.

The feather fin is effortlessly recognised by the anal fin marking; this marking takes the form of a black and white line down the front edge. The caudal fin is faintly coloured a reddish-brown. The body is mainly silver.

This is a great fish for the community tank as it is peaceful and simple to feed. It is also fairly a hardy fish, with a temperature range between 68° to 85°F. The breeding temperature is about 76°F.

Breeding is almost the exact same as for Hyphessobrycon flammeus, but not fairly so challenging to induce. The young, being slightly larger, don’t need their initial foods so minute.

Red nose tetras are peaceful but delicate fish that attain a length of about 1.5 inch at maturity. The nose and forehead is deep red, and also the body silvery tending to olive on the back with a light yellow on the belly. A dark stripe runs down the side of the body increasing in width as it extends into the tail. The tail has a dark angular mark on every lobe.

Spawning might be encouraged in soft water at a temperature of 80°F, and pH 6-8, otherwise it breeds in the standard manner.

The red nose tetra isn’t an simple species to breed even though it might well be worth a try.