bloodfin

Bloodfin tetras are typically kept in schools of five or more.

The bloodfin is a relatively large tetra, growing to 5.5 cm.

Bloodfin tetras can be recognized because of their colorful fins.

Bloodfin tetras are long-lived, and often live ten years.

Bloodfin tetras are extremely hardy, making them popular with novice fish keepers.

Bloodfin tetras can adapt to many water conditions in captivity, if the tap water is dechlorinated.

Bloodfin tetras have also been kept in cold-water tanks, providing the temperature does not drop below room temperature.

Some proven winners for beginners: bloodfin tetras, bettas, and, yes, goldfish.

Bloodfin tetras are frequently displayed in the aquarium with subdued lighting and a dark substrate, showing off the fish's colours.

Bloodfin darter, Etheostoma sanguifluum .

Prionobrama filigera (Glass bloodfin)

Aphyocharax anisitsi (Bloodfin tetra)

Aphyocharax rathbuni (Redflank bloodfin)

Most tropical flake foods are used by hobbyists to feed these fish, although regular feeding of live foods maintain the bloodfin tetra's beautiful metallic sheen.

Others prefer cooler waters such as the Bluegill Lepomis macrochirus or Bloodfin Aphyocharax anisitsi.

The bloodfin tetra (Aphyocharax anisitsi) is a species of characin from the Paraná River basin in South America.

The Glass bloodfin tetra, Prionobrama filigera, is a species of Characid fish native to the Amazon River basin of South America.

Bloodfin Tetra The Bloodfin Tetra is an excellent community species that grows to approximately two inches in length.

A veiltail, a pompadour, a bloodfin - powered by enough juice for a town of 10,000 - blowing bubbles around a pack of Wrigley's Spearmint as big as a boxcar.

The bloodfin darter, Etheostoma sanguifluum, is a freshwater benthopelagic fish known only from the middle Cumberland River drainages (Rockcastle River in Kentucky to Caney Fork in Tennessee).