Ember tetra

Funkensalmler ( Hyphesso amandae )

The Funkensalmler, fire tetra or Feuersalmler ( amandae Hyphesso, Syn: Hemigrammus amandae ) is a small permanent freshwater ornamental fish of the family of the Real tetras ( Characidae ).

Features

The Funkensalmler reaches a maximum total length of only about 1.7 to 2 centimeters. The males are about 1.5 inches tall, 1.8 inches, the females. His body is translucent, the spine is clearly visible. Head, abdomen, back and tail are reddish in color. The eyes are large in proportion to the body, the mouth is terminal. The male is smaller and slimmer than the fuller -looking and in the colors only slightly receding females. The Funkensalmler is a schooling fish.

Ecology

Occurrence

He lives in the flood zones of the Araguaia River, whose tributaries Rio das Mortes and Rio Garças and their tributaries in Mato Grosso, Brazil, which have typically blue-green, cloudy white water. The waters here have the following water parameters:

• A conductivity of about 17 ĩS / cm
• A GH value of 1 ° to 8 ° d
• A temperature of 24 to 28 ° C.

Reproduction

The Funkensalmler takes probably like tetras usual its propagation during the rainy season or is dependent on this. Accurate reports for this are not known and refer to information under aquarium aspects. But he is certainly a free spawners, which lays its eggs in dense and delicate plants.