Serpaes

The serpae tetra also known as jewel tetra or callistus tetra is a species of tropical freshwater fish of the characin family of order characiformes. The serpae tetra is most at home in an amazon habitat. Serpae tetras are popular due to their easy maintenance and their playful and active character.

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Thats a bunch of balboa serpaes are notorious fin nippers and they get worse the fewer they are.

Serpaes. It is native to the amazon river drainage in brazil peru paraguay bolivia and northern argentina. In this video i will show you about serpae tetra care sheet scientific name. Serpae tetra which is also called a jewel tetra is one of the most favorite fish for newbie aquarists who want to start keeping fishes.

The serpaes i have seem to be always chasing each other but they don t do very much damage. Their beautiful reddish color picks up flashy jewel type highlights and they have a large almost diamond shaped black spot just behind the gills. Serpae tetra care tank mates feeding details.

Most typically inhabits still and sluggish tributaries and backwaters including ponds and small lakes where it forms aggregations around patches of marginal vegetation or submerged tree roots. Provided that you have the room for a small school of these fish the serpaes can make a good addition to a community tank. Hyphessobrycon callistus common name blood characin callistus tetra jewel tet.

A school of these tetras is an eye catcher. In the store where i got them the long finned serpaes were labeled as semi aggressive but the shorter finned ones like the picture above were labeled as docile. In the wild it forms aggregations around vegetation and tree roots and thrives when the water temperature is 22 27 c.

Contributed by adrian byng clarke. The fish can be found in slow moving or still backwater including ponds small lakes and streams. In nature this fish is accustomed to quiet waters with roots and organic debris.

A dark colored substrate is best with somewhat subdued lighting. Using peat or blackwater extract helps mimic this type of soft acid water. The serpae tetra is one of the more colorful tetras that sometimes gets a bad reputation for being a fin nipper.

This behavior is usually brought on because they are not being kept in schools of 6 or more. The serpae tetra hyphessobrycon eques is a beautiful fish and really sparkles in the aquarium. William smith march 21 2020 no comments.

Serpae tetra can grow. This is probably because of them being school fish so if they are to few to school they get more agressive.