Tetras and Characids
Bucktooth Tetra
Exodon paradoxus
Photo: Ltshears · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons
Key facts
- Temperature23–28 °C
- pH5.5–7.5
- Minimum tank250 l
- Adult size12 cm
- Difficulty★★★☆☆
- Lives in a groupof 10 or more
- TemperamentAggressive
- WaterFresh
Full profile
- Family
- Characidae
- Origin
- Amazon and Branco River Basins
- Size
- 12 cm
- Temperature
- 23 – 28°C
- pH
- 5.5 – 7.5
- GH
- 2 – 15 °dGH
- Difficulty
- ★★★☆☆
- Water type
- tropical freshwater
- Swimming level
- medium
- Behavior
- Aggressive (eats the scales of other fish)
- Minimum number of individuals
- 10 (of its own species only)
- Minimum aquarium size
- 250 L
- Diet
- carnivorous (in the wild, scales)
- Reproduction
- oviparous
Notes: Two black spots on a golden body. Very beautiful, but it tears off the scales of any tankmate: requires a species-specific tank and a large group.
