Tetras and Characids
Socolof's tetra
Hyphessobrycon socolofi
Photo: Klaus Rudloff · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons
Key facts
- Temperature24–28 °C
- pH5.5–7
- Minimum tank60 l
- Adult size4.5 cm
- Difficulty★★☆☆☆
- Lives in a groupof 8 or more
- TemperamentPeaceful
- WaterFresh
Full profile
- Family
- Characidae
- Origin
- Río Negro (Brazil)
- Size
- 4.5 cm
- Temperature
- 24 – 28°C
- pH
- 5.5 – 7.0
- GH
- 1 – 10 °dGH
- Difficulty
- ★★☆☆☆
- Water type
- tropical freshwater
- Swimming level
- medium
- Behavior
- Pacific
- Minimum number of individuals
- 8
- Minimum aquarium size
- 60 L
- Diet
- omnivore
- Reproduction
- oviparous
Notes: Known as the shoulder-spotted tetra: pink body with a dark spot. Related to the bleeding heart tetra.
