Tetras and Characids
Black-tailed Tetra
Bryconops melanurus
Photo: Donald Davesne · CC BY 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons
Key facts
- Temperature23–28 °C
- pH6–7.5
- Minimum tank200 l
- Adult size12 cm
- Difficulty★★☆☆☆
- Lives in a groupof 6 or more
- TemperamentPeaceful
- WaterFresh
Full profile
- Family
- Iguanodectidae
- Origin
- Amazon Basin
- Size
- 12 cm
- Temperature
- 23 – 28°C
- pH
- 6.0 – 7.5
- GH
- 2 – 15 °dGH
- Difficulty
- ★★☆☆☆
- Water type
- tropical freshwater
- Swimming level
- higher
- Behavior
- Peaceful (very active)
- Minimum number of individuals
- 6
- Minimum aquarium size
- 200 L
- Diet
- omnivore
- Reproduction
- oviparous
Notes: Slender, silvery fish with a black spot on its tail. A fast surface swimmer; a jumper.
