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Fisheasy
Pencilfish
Nannostomus beckfordi
Lebiasinidae
📍 South America
A slender, torpedo-shaped nano fish with a bold golden-red lateral stripe. Peaceful and elegant, pencilfish school tightly and display fascinating day-to-night colour changes. Ideal for blackwater or heavily planted community tanks.
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Quick Facts
- diet
- Omnivore – micro pellets, crushed flake, frozen daphnia
- lifespan
- 3–5 years
- max size
- 6.5 cm (2.5 in)
- tank size
- 10 gallons minimum
- school size
- 8+
- temperament
- Peaceful, schooling
Water it likes
- ph
- 5.5–7.0
- ammonia
- 0 ppm
- nitrate
- <20 ppm
- hardness
- 1–12 dGH
- temperature
- 72–82°F (22–28°C)
Stats
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