| Costello Tetra | |
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| Costello Tetra | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Characiformes |
| Family: | Characidae |
| Genus: | Hemigrammus |
| Species: | H. hyanuary |
| Binomial name | |
| Hemigrammus hyanuary Durbin, 1918 |
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The Costello Tetra is a fish from the Amazon basin and is found in Brazil and Peru. The specific name comes from Lake Hyanuary in Brazil. Other common names used in English are January tetra and green neon. The name "green neon" is potentially very confusing because this is also the common name of Paracheirodon simulans.
Contents |
In the wild, this fish comes from soft or very soft and slightly acidic water. In an aquarium, some attempt to mimic these water conditions is necessary.
PH of between 6 and 7.2. Hardness of up to 12 degrees of general hardness. Temperature of between 23 and 27 degrees C.
The Costello tetra is an omnivore with a preference for animal foods like small worms, crustaceons and insect larvae. In an aquarium they will eat normal good quality fish flakes readily. They benefit from a variety of food, including live and frozen foods including bloodworms.
The Costello Tetra is a species of least concern with a stable population.