Dominant in the Americas and Africa, there are over 1,400 species of Characins. They can be recognized by the presence of an adipose fin between the tail and the dorsal fin. This sub forum is for specific discussion on characins.
Map of different rivers in the South American continent. Picture courtesy www.enchantedlearning.com Water conditions of the different rivers Information courtesy of...
Any idea what are these? I thought they look like juvenile short body Hemigrammus ocellifer, but not quite. I am not sure. Short body fish are all over the island now. Any ideas? Adult...
Hi everybody, Maybe the people around here can help me with the next problem I've got. For 5 a 6 moths I've kept 15 Nannostomus mortenthaleri and just from the beginning of last week I've lost...
Got 10 of these guys instead of the coral reds as dither fish for my apistogramma tank. But man, now I can't decide who the centre of attraction is. Enjoy! Feeding on mysis shrimp just minutes...
Dear fellow brothers, i recently found some white spot on my cardinal tetras... I've applied medicine for white spot into the tank and for the past 2 days, there are no improvement. When i first...
Hello, it does some months buy these interesting enough fish, a few Crenuchus Spilurus, savages. They are 10 individuals and accept all the food that they fact already is frozen or dry, but at the...
Those fans of tetras will definitely love this video YouTube- Neon tetras, Paracheirodon simulans in their natural habitat
Scientists have rediscovered an incredibly rare blind cave tetra from Brazil for the first time in almost half a century. More... * This thread is an item from Practical Fishkeeping Magazine...
A new species of Hasemania tetra from northeastern Brazil has been described by Brazilian ichthyologists in the most recent issue of the journal Neotropical Ichthyology. More... * This thread...
Wild Cardinal Tetra from Biotope, claimed from Brazil.
duplicate. Closed.
I just noticed one with very big stomach (almost going to burst type), looks like in very good condition with no visible injury and feeding/swimming well. Is it carrying eggs or sick?
This fish couldn't swim properly so I took it out, 3 days later died, wow damn cham. I think my whole tank sure kanna one, any medication ??? The "worm" can still move one but is very straight.
Hi guys, Bought these ember tetras for quite some time now, say close to 8 months. But over the span of two weeks, this particular piece of ember tetra slowly and gradually faded in colouration...
Dear fellow friends, As i'm going for holiday for around 4 days. Can my cardinal tetras last these 4 days without food?
Fellow friends, I've 9 cardinals and currently there are 3 of them with stomach bloated and look a bit dark in the bloated area. The scales of my cardinals aren't protruding... My cardinals...
Justin, here he is!
Some pictures to share. My guess a female (In focus)
dear fellow friends, just got a new 1ft tank... having 8 cardinal tetras nw, but recently found one of them with red stripe break in between and there's another one i've found to have a small...
Good Morning everyone, I have been in this hobby for 1 year. Recently, I developed a keen interested on realing a big cardinal, after seeing the beautiful species swimming around, with its...
Yo ! tyttocharax atopodus
Hiya All Just joined AQ and been enjoying the Characin forum.Wondered if anyone has kept the above Characin,I had it years ago and bred it,wondered if anyone in AQ had also seen the unusual breeding...
http://www.practicalfishkeeping.co.uk/pfk/pages/item.php?news=2215 Looks quite swee leh.
Anybody know where to buy black emperor tetra? Im trying to collect tetras, fancy ones. Anybody can tell me where to get fancy tetras and this black emperor tetras?
Hi all, Just wondering if I can do anything to help my new additions - Pristella Maxillaris to settle into my planted tank. The new additions do not get a chance to feed, the existing...
went to c328 today and saw this golden tetra. bought 8 of them back and they are schooling well.. anyone know that its a tetra? they have bright gold colour body.. due to my lousy camera skill they...
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