Scientific name:
Paracheirodon

Natural spread:
very wide spread-area of Venezuela, Orin

the Paracheirodon lives in the middle water-regions of your aquarium. The basin-length of the aquarium should amount to at least 60 cm for these fish. A red neon, Kardinaltetra is peaceful in the mormalfall. Males like females can gain a length of up to 5 cm.

Attitude: Optimal-proof prevail water-temperatures of 23 to 27 °C in the aquarium. The pH-area should lie between 4.6 and 6.2. The attitude of these fish in the aquarium is quite costly.

Differentiation of the sexes: Females somewhat more powerful

Natural spread: Very wide spread-area of Venezuela (Orinoco) over Brazil (Rio Vaupes, Rio Negro-Zuflüsse of north and east) of west-Colombia in the black-water, about Manaus, one frequently finds in the brooks from the export-stations of escaped animals