Neon Tetra - Paracheirodon Innesi

Best kept as a large shoal in a well-furnished aquarium. The world's most popular tropical fish and stunning in large numbers

Origin:

Inland waters of Brazil, Colombia & Peru. Most specimens in the aquatics trade are captive-bred.

Habitat:

Mostly inhabits forest streams and minor tributaries rather than turbid (whitewater) main channels.

The water is typically acidic, of negligible carbonate hardness and conductivity and stained brownish due to the presence of humic substances released by decomposing organic matter, although it’s also been collected from similar habitats containing transparent, unstained clearwater.

The substrate tends to be covered in fallen branches, tree roots and leaf litter and in some habitats aquatic plants may also be present.

Diet:

Offer a good quality flakes or granules supplemented with small frozen foods such as daphnia and cyclops.

Behavioural Traits:

Generally peaceful making it an ideal resident of the well-researched community aquarium.

It’s perhaps best-maintained alongside similarly-sized characids, gasteropelecids, lebiasinids, smaller callichthyid or loricariid catfishes and non-predatory, small-to-medium-sized cichlids.

Try to buy a mixed-sex group of at least 8-10 specimens, include other schooling fishes to provide security, and you’ll be rewarded with a more natural-looking spectacle.

Water Parameters:

• pH: 5.0-7.5
• dH: 1-12 degrees
• Temperature: 20-26°C