Silver Tip Tetra
One of the best tetras for the general community setup.
Silver tip tetra. The male silvertip tetras are a deep copper color and females are much more pale. Silvertip tetra tributaries away from the main river channels where there is slow moving water with a higher abundance of food. Faqs and table of contents.
The silver tip tetra is a captivating little fish especially if kept in a decent sized shoal where its fin tips will really stand out. The silver tip tetra is suitable for novice aquarists and is relatively easy to breed if you get the conditions correct. It can also be kept with the majority of commonly available gouramis and dwarf cichlids.
Silvertip tetras are named because of the silvery white tips on their fins. The fish are peaceful and shoaling and should be mixed with other peaceful fish. It s a good tankmate for most livebearers danios rasboras other tetras and peaceful bottom dwellers such as corydoras or smaller loricariids.
Silvertip tetras are one of the more aggressive tetras somewhat similar to serpae tetras. The silver tip tetra is one of the hardiest tetras making it ideal for new tanks or new fishkeepers. Silvertip tetras are tropical freshwater fish that tend to inhabit in both brackish and freshwater in the wild which differs from other species of tetras.
Male guppies or siamese fighting fish they may nip at the fins but apart from this vice they are otherwise trouble free. They will most likely nip at tankmates their size or smaller but if kept in a large school aggression will for the most part be kept within their shoal. It is lively quite colourful and peaceful.
