Rummy nose tetra
Hemigrammus rhodostomus
Their noses go pale when the water is wrong. A useful early warning.
What it needs
- Grows to
- 5 cm
- Smallest sensible tank
- 100 L, at least 70 cm long
- Temperature
- 23 to 28 °C
- pH
- 5.5 to 7
- Hardness
- 2 to 8 dGH
- Kept in
- groups of 8 or more
- Temperament
- peaceful
- Eats
- omnivore
- Swims
- at every level
- How hard
- moderate
These are the figures the stocking advice is built on. Make a room and it will tell you whether rummy nose tetra fit the tank you have.