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Gold Tetra
Hemigrammus rodwayi
Family: Characidae
The gold tetra has a distinctive golden-yellow sheen to the body caused by a parasitic infection the fish experiences in the wild — this actually produces the attractive gold iridescence that hobbyists prize. Tank-bred specimens often lack the intense gold but retain a pleasant iridescence. A peaceful, undemanding schooling fish.
Keeping this species
- diet
- Omnivore – small flake, micro pellets, frozen foods
- schooling
- 8+ recommended
- tank size
- 15 gallons minimum
- temperament
- Peaceful schooling fish
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Water it likes
- ph
- 6.0–7.5
- hardness
- 3–15 dGH
- temperature
- 72–81°F (22–27°C)