I love these fish! The way they swim in such a straight line, and group together. I feed them mainly the powered food because their mouths are so small, but I did add the Blood worms, and they can't stop mating, I have to many of these fish!!!!!! I know I'll never run out of them and they are well worth the buy, a very attractive fish tan and brown stripes with red flecks! Every week 10 percent water change with the chlorine cut. I keep the filter 20 percent dirty.
Real Life Info
Family: Lebiasinidae (), subfamily: Pyrrhulininae picture (Namar_u0.jpg) by Appleby, C.
Order: Characiformes
Class: Actinopterygii (ray-finned fishes)
FishBase name: Dwarf pencilfish
Max. size: 3.5 cm TL (male/unsexed; Ref. 1672)
Environment: benthopelagic; freshwater; pH range: 5.8 - 7.5; dH range: 15.0
Climate: tropical; 24 - 26°C
Importance: aquarium: commercial
Distribution:
Gazetteer South America: Lower to middle rio Amazonas, Colombiaeast of the Andes, Guyana, Peru east of the Andes, Suriname and Venezuela east of the Andes).
Biology:
Red List Status: Not in IUCN Red List , (Ref. 36508)
Dangerous: harmless
Coordinator: Weitzman, Stanley
Citation:
Géry, J., 1977. Characoids of the world.. T.F.H. Publications, Inc., N.J. 672 p.
Source of Information Found :
Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. 2003. FishBase.
World Wide Web electronic publication.
www.fishbase.org, version 21 April 2003
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Life
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900
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Juvenile
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98
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Breeding
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140
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