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Congo Tetra
Phenacogrammus interruptus
Family: Alestidae
📍 Congo River Basin, Africa
The Congo tetra is a large, spectacular African tetra. Males develop long flowing fins with a central extension and display an iridescent sheen of blue, gold, and orange across the flanks. A schooling fish that looks magnificent in large planted tanks.
Keeping this species
- diet
- Omnivore – flake, pellets, daphnia, bloodworms, spirulina
- lifespan
- 3–5 years
- max size
- 8.5 cm (3.4 in)
- tank size
- 40 gallons minimum
- school size
- 8+
- temperament
- Peaceful, schooling
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Water it likes
- ph
- 6.0–7.5
- ammonia
- 0 ppm
- nitrate
- <20 ppm
- hardness
- 3–15 dGH
- temperature
- 73–81°F (23–27°C)
Natural Habitat Temperature
72°F — 79°F seasonal range · (Jul low, Mar high)