Pet Shops Bookstore Software Supplies TFN Fish Club Calculators Linear Volume Temp. Found in slow moving waters in Venezuela, Colombia and Brazil, South America. Peaceful, great community tank and should be kept in a small school of about 6 or more individuals.
Females are a little larger, with wider bodies.
Cardinal Tetras should be kept in tanks either with floating plants or dimly lit. Use soft water only. Condition spawners with brine shrimp, live brine shrimp nauplii, frozen blood worms, etc. Slowly reduce pH to 5.8 and raise temperature 76 F. Filtering water through peat moss will lower the pH and pick up other natural organics that help motivate fish to spawn. Eggs are laid in the evening.