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Platinum Hatchetfish
Thoracocharax stellatus
Gasteropelecidae
📍 South America
The largest commonly available hatchetfish, with a brilliant silver body and deep, keel-shaped profile. A surface-dwelling schooling fish that needs a spacious tank with a tight lid. Makes a dramatic addition to the top water layer.
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Quick Facts
- diet
- Carnivore – floating foods, freeze-dried bloodworms, fruit flies
- lifespan
- 3–5 years
- max size
- 8 cm (3 in)
- tank size
- 30 gallons minimum
- school size
- 6+
- temperament
- Peaceful, schooling
Water it likes
- ph
- 5.5–7.5
- ammonia
- 0 ppm
- nitrate
- <20 ppm
- hardness
- 2–15 dGH
- temperature
- 73–82°F (23–28°C)
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