Golden Tetra
Hemigrammus rodwayi
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The gold tetra lives on the coastal floodplains of the Guianas and northern South America, sometimes in mildly brackish water. The gold of wild fish is a skin reaction to a parasite. Peaceful and schooling; it has been bred in captivity.
- Scientific name
- Hemigrammus rodwayi
- Family
- Acestrorhamphidae
Fact sheet
General
- Water
- Freshwater
- Group
- Fish
Taxonomy
- Family
- Acestrorhamphidae
- Order
- Characiformes
- Synonyms
- Hemigrammus armstrongi
Origin
- Native region
- América do Sul
Water
- Temperature
- 24–28 °C
- pH
- 5.5–7
- General hardness (GH)
- 1–12 °dGH
Size and lifespan
- Adult size
- 5.5 cm
- Lifespan
- 4 years
- Minimum tank (volume)
- 68 L
- Minimum tank (length)
- 60 cm
Behavior
- Temperament
- Peaceful
- Social life
- School
- Minimum group
- 6
- Swimming level
- Middle
Care
- Care difficulty
- Easy
Reproduction
- Breeding strategy
- Egg scatterer
Conservation and trade
- IUCN status
- Least concern (LC)
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