| Common Name | Glow Light Tetra
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| Species/genus | Hemigrammus erythrozonus
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| Keeping | These beautiful fish are quite hardy.
This is a good beginner's fish. Glow lights are schooling fish and
better kept in groups of 6 or more. They are best kept in planted tanks with
plenty of swimming space. They are egg scatterers and not easy to breed.
The female has a more rounded stomach. The male will have brighter red fins,
sometimes tending towards yellow. They take all dried foods but diet should be
supplemented with live food for best results. They do best in waters that are
slightly acidic and soft.
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| Breeding | They are not easy to breed.
You need a 10G long tank. Condition the male and female by introducing them into
the breeding tank with a glass partition. Water can be neutral to soft. Breeding tank
should have plants. Feed them well with live foods for three or four days. Then one
morning before dawn remove the partition, spawning takes place with in a day. Female
scatters the eggs among the plants. Spawning may last a few hours, after which
remove the male and female from the breeding tank.
The fry hatch after a couple of days and tiny fry need Infusoria or liquid fry
food. After two weeks they can take freshly hatched brine shrimps. Filtration is
not required during the first two weeks, but water must be changed partly using
the small air tube as hose with a nylon mesh net at the end.
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| Origin | Temp | Water | Temper
| Size | Tank | Food | Breeding
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| Guyana | 73-86 °F | Soft to Neutral
| Peaceful, Community | 1-1.5 inch | 20 Gallon
| All, Worms | Not Easy, Egg scatterer
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