

In order to colorize the water to pale brown, add a few dry leaves regularly change the leaves after some weeks. Provide a few bent roots, driftwood and sand from the river for the substrate. To obtain the best results from these fish, arrange a biotype aquarium. The Black Neon Tetras favor an enclosure with plants and also make use of dark colored gravel. They perform well when the texture of the water is soft and peat filtered. This variety of fish is lively and performs well with a six of its counterparts therefore, it needs an aquarium of size 20 gallons. It is to a certain extent challenging to raise Black Neon Tetras in comparison to the Neon Tetra.
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READ MORE: Dojo Loach HOW TO GROW AT HOME Tank Use extremely fine food for the fry, and in due course increase it to some extent fry food that is coarse. Usually their initial food is protozoa (infusoria). It seems a hard task to bring up the babies on account of their tiny size. Similar to the majority of the fishes the Black Neon Tetras also spawn in the early hours of the morning. Following spawning separate the parents from their eggs and fry, because, they consume them. A single female Black Neon Tetra produces many hundreds of eggs. The Black Neon Tetra scatters their eggs, they lay their eggs that are gluey and stick to the plants and the like. In order to breed the Black Neon Tetras they need the acidity of water that is just four degrees above the hardness. The body shape of the fish indicates its sex the body of the female is to a great deal deeper when compared to the body of the male fish.Įven though the Black Neon Tetras fare well in water that is additionally hard and where the alkalinity is more when compared to its native habitat, you must try your best to breed them with the quality of water that is similar to that of their original Amazon habitat. The right age for breeding the Black Neon tetras is when they are one year old. Prior to breeding the Black Neon Tetras, prepare the fish (future parents) with quality food. Good quality water makes the Black Neon Tetras to spawn with ease. This fish is recognized with ease because their stripes are whitish-enamel tending to neon like green stripes that contrast, with the deep black velvet color beneath it. The Black Neon Tetra is specifically diverse from the rest. Normally this fish attains around 1.5 inches (4cm) in custody in your homes and survives for 5 to 10 years. The Black Neon Tetra is a variety of tetra that is tiny and structure of the body is very slender. The Neon Tetras that are bred for commercial purposes adapt to the situations that are quite dissimilar to their native habitat. The water temperature of the water bodies that run along the regions of the tropics remains about 20 to 26 C and is higher at times. The waters of the rivers, Clearwater and Blackwater streams of the continent of South America are acidic to some extent. (In the region of Brazil this fish in generally called Rio Maranon but at times they advance upstream, when they are called Rio Solimoes) Rio Solimoes is that portion which begins from the boundary of Peru and Brazil and ending at the convergence of the river along the Rio Negro. Rio Solimoes is the name connected to an upstream portion of the Great River of Amazon, from where much of the Neon was caught. The Black Neon tetra has brilliant colors, with an iridescent stripe, so that they are visible in the dark blackwaters. But they are not seen in the rivers of white water, flowing through the Andes. We find them in the tributaries of the clear waters and also in the black waters. Besides, you can see the wild Neon tetra in the head-waters of the Amazon River, Napo, Tiger and Yarapa. Its origin is the Western regions of Brazil, Eastern regions of Peru and Southeast of Colombia. This Neon tetra is a freshwater pelagic fish, endemic to the tropical regions of the northern part of South America. They are indigenous to the Paraguay basin of the southern part of Brazil. The black neon tetra, scientifically named as Hyphessobrycon Herbertaxelrodi, is of the freshwater variety, and belongs to the Coercion Group (Characidae family) and of the Characiformes order.
