Phantom Tetra Male Female

I have a male black phantom tetra and a female black phantom tetra. The males spread their fins both to impress the female fish and to exhibit dominance over their male counterparts. Watch the you tube video below to see three male red phantom tetras trying to court a female.

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The black phantom tetras will be at home in a well planted tank dim lighting and a dark substrate.

Phantom tetra male female. They are the only two fish in there. Both male and female black tetras will darken in color during the breeding period so you can not use this characteristic to tell male fish apart from female fish. Like all other tetras the black phantom tetra male has an almost tetragonal shape.

I have had them for about a week in a ten gallon tank. As you can see from the video at some point the female seems to get a little tired of the males antics. Despite this behavioural trait red phantom tetras are peaceful among themselves.

The female s dorsal fin has a more intense black than the male s. Red phantom tetras hyphessobrycon sweglesi have a special way of fighting for the favour of the females. Like speeding towards it then the female darts away.

However its coloring is less bright usually light gray with a big dark patch situated just behind the gills and with an iridescent silvery trim. It is recognized for its black translucent appearance and you can make stunning contrasting displays if you couple it with red hued tetra species like the serpae tetras or the red phantom tetra. The black phantom tetra s natural diet consist of small crustaceans insects and worms.

Juvenile red phantom tetras are hard to separate between the sexes. 4 female 2 male. Sexing the dorsal fin on the male will be taller and more pointed than the females.

When the fish are in breeding condition the colors of both sexes become more distinct with the male showing its black fins more obviously. I don t know if there playing fighting or getting ready to mate. Ive not done a water change for 4days ive not even fed them this morning yet.

Meanwhile the female black phantom tetra s pelvic fins naturally show off a reddish hue. Sex the black tetra exactly in the same manner as you have sexed the standard neon tetra. The males have longer fins specially the dorsal fin which can grow quite long some describe it as sickle shaped.

Possible behaviour for mating. The male seems to be chasing the female aggressively. Red phantom tetras are native to the tropical.

But in adult specimens it is quite easy. Future plans to have this cube. Keep them in around 20 gallons and close the.

Red phantom tetras are to be found in the orinoco river basins in venezuela and colombia. Red phantom tetras often chase each other but usually don t harm one another.