Tetras and Characids
Flagtail Prochilodus
Semaprochilodus taeniurus
Photo: Mattia Nocciola · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons
Key facts
- Temperature23–28 °C
- pH6–7.5
- Minimum tank500 l
- Adult size30 cm
- Difficulty★★★☆☆
- Lives in a groupof 3 or more
- TemperamentPeaceful
- WaterFresh
Full profile
- Family
- Prochilodontidae
- Origin
- Amazon Basin
- Size
- 30 cm
- Temperature
- 23 – 28°C
- pH
- 6.0 – 7.5
- GH
- 2 – 15 °dGH
- Difficulty
- ★★★☆☆
- Water type
- tropical freshwater
- Swimming level
- medium
- Behavior
- Peaceful (eats plants)
- Minimum number of individuals
- 3
- Minimum aquarium size
- 500 L
- Diet
- herbivore – detritivore
- Reproduction
- oviparous
Notes: Silvery with a black-and-white striped tail and reddish fins. It scrapes algae and biofilm; it grows quite large.
