We hope you've enjoyed reading these comments.Īll of our fish are Premium Quality Fish from the best suppliers in the world. These fish have been modified genetically to produce GloFish like this one. Variations: There is a long-finned variety and an albino variety. Names: The scientific name is Gymnocorymbus ternetzi, and this fish is sometimes called a Black Widow, but we don't hear that name much anymore. Popularity: This is a long time favorite and is still very popular. Gender: The females fill with eggs and become plumper, as they mature.īreeding: Tetras scatter their eggs on plants or special breeding mops made of nylon yarn. Life Span: They'll probably live for a few years with good water and good food. The addition of Lava Rocks will keep nitrates in the ideal range.Ĭlick here to learn more about using Lava Rocks in aquariums. Live Plants are beautiful, improve the water quality, and are enjoyed by these Tetras.Īquarium Filter: Bio-Wheel Filters are highly recommended.Ī Penguin 200B Filter in an aquarium with 20 to 30-gallons of water is just right for these fish.Ĭlick here to learn more about aquarium filters. Keep at most one fish per gallon, when they're small, and one fish for each 2-gallons, when they're large.ĭecor: They don't need gravel, and a layer of gravel more than 1/4" thick will usually fill with bits of uneaten food that will contaminate the water.Ĭlick here for more about aquarium gravel. We ship them in this water.Ĭlick here for a lot more information about aquarium water conditions.Īquarium Size: It is probably best to house these fish in at least a 20-gallon tank, but bigger is better, because they quarrel with each other. Here in our facilities the water is hard and the pH is usually about 7.8. Most water in the US seems to be OK, so it's probably best NOT to adjust the pH or the hardness of the water. Probably a pH of about 7 with moderate hardness is best. Water Conditions: This fish seems to be tolerant of a wide range of water conditions.
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Temperature: They can live pretty well from about 68 to 80 degrees F., but they're probably most comfortable at about 75 to 78 degrees F.Ĭlick here to learn about aquarium temperature, aquarium thermometers, and aquarium heaters.Ĭlick here to learn more about and shop online for premium fish foods. Maximum Size: This fish can grow to be about 2.5" long including the tail.īehaviors: These guys are active and quarrel with each other but don't do much harm.Ĭompatibility: Some recommended tank mates include small fish like Guppies, Platys, Corydoras Catfish, Gouramis, etc.Ĭlick here to read more about compatible groups of pet fish. Origin: This fish's ancestors lived in the Amazon Rainforest in southern South America, but this fish was spawned and raised on a famous fish farm, and these Tetras now live in many aquariums throughout most of the world.
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Premium Pet Fish are more energetic, hardier, and have brighter colors with a beautiful metallic sheen.Ĭlick here to learn more about Premium Pet Fish. So these GloFish have not been dyed or injected with dye.Ībove: The picture above shows a nice young premium quality GloFish Tetra swimming in one of our aquariums, when one of us snapped this picture.Ĭomments: This is a Premium Pet Fish, and we rarely see Premium Tetras like this one in any of the live fish stores or online stores that we visit. The ancestors of our GloFish had DNA from a different animal spliced into their DNA.
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Several color varieties of GloFish are currently available here in our store.Ĭlick here to view all of the types of GloFish in this store. GloFish is a patented and trademarked brand of genetically modified (GM) fluorescent fish.