Tetras and Characids
Espe's Pencilfish
Nannostomus espei
Photo: SelEle-MS · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons
Key facts
- Temperature24–28 °C
- pH5.5–7
- Minimum tank40 l
- Adult size3.5 cm
- Difficulty★★★☆☆
- Lives in a groupof 8 or more
- TemperamentPeaceful
- WaterFresh
Full profile
- Family
- Lebiasinidae
- Origin
- Guyana
- Size
- 3.5 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
- 40 L
- Diet
- omnivore (fine food)
- Reproduction
- oviparous
Notes: Instead of lines, it has a row of comma-shaped black spots. Small and peaceful.
