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Ember Tetra
Hyphessobrycon amandae
Family: Characidae
📍 Araguaia River, Brazil
Ember tetras are tiny, fiery orange fish ideal for nano planted tanks. They occupy the midwater and are completely peaceful, making them safe with shrimp and other small species. Their brilliant colour intensifies under warm lighting and dark substrate.
Keeping this species
- diet
- Omnivore – micro pellets, baby brine shrimp, micro worms, powdered flake
- lifespan
- 2–4 years
- max size
- 2 cm (0.8 in)
- tank size
- 5 gallons minimum
- school size
- 8+
- temperament
- Peaceful, schooling
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Water it likes
- ph
- 5.5–7.0
- ammonia
- 0 ppm
- nitrate
- <15 ppm
- hardness
- 1–10 dGH
- temperature
- 73–84°F (23–29°C)
Natural Habitat Temperature
75°F — 81°F seasonal range · (Jul low, Mar high)