Glowlight Tetra
The glowlight tetra is a really nice looking tetra with an orange red stripe that runs the length of its semi transparent body.
Glowlight tetra. Like many freshwater species from this area glowlight tetras are surprisingly hardy and easy to care for. Proper aquarium lighting levels with a dark fish tank bottom can help enhance the colors of these tetras. Peaceful and easy to care for the glowlight tetra is one of the most popular of all tetras.
It is silver in colour and a bright iridescent orange to red stripe extends from the snout to the base of its tail the front of the dorsal fin being the same color as the stripe. With aging the fish body color becomes more and more saturated and the fish becomes more good looking. It should be kept with similar sized non aggressive species.
Small and slender they reach an adult size of only an inch and a half in length. A school of these fishes can impress even an experienced and skilled aquarist. The translucent silvery peach colored body of the glowlight tetra is divided by an iridescent red gold stripe running from snout to tail.
They inhabit blackwater rivers and streams. Glowlight tetras hemigrammus erythrozonus are small tank fishes of tetra family which have a nice glowing stripe along their body. Compared to other species it is a small fish but glowlight tetra is a decent size when it comes to the tetra family.
The glowlight tetra is endemic to the rivers of guyana in south america. Ideal tank conditions breeding can be very successful in even a small tank at a temperature of anywhere from 72f to 80f with 75f being ideal. The glowlight tetra is a small and slender attractive peaceful shoaling fish and its friendly and active disposition as well as its ease of care makes it an ideal and famous fish for the community aquarium.
The glowlight tetra is a small fish with a slim body. Once considered to be a difficult species to breed the glowlight tetra or fire tetra now presents no problem whatsoever to produce a large brood of healthy fry.
