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Flag Tail Prochilodus
Semaprochilodus taeniurus
Prochilodontidae
📍 South America
A large, silvery fish with a dramatically striped black-and-white tail and anal fin. An active herbivore that grazes algae and detritus. Requires a spacious tank and can be kept with other large, peaceful community fish.
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Quick Facts
- diet
- Herbivore – algae, spirulina, blanched vegetables, sinking pellets
- lifespan
- 10–15 years
- max size
- 30 cm (12 in)
- tank size
- 75 gallons minimum
- temperament
- Peaceful
Water it likes
- ph
- 5.5–7.5
- ammonia
- 0 ppm
- nitrate
- <20 ppm
- hardness
- 2–15 dGH
- temperature
- 75–82°F (24–28°C)
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