All About Glowlight Tetra: Tiny Darling of the Tank!
- Sep 22, 2024
- Anshika Mishra
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If you have a small tank of about 40 liters and you're wondering what fish you can keep in it, you must take a look at glow-light Tetrats. They are tiny fish with a fantastic personality, ideally suited for small tanks.
Both the males and females have a lovely soft silvery-brown body with this vibrant streak of bright orange running down from their eye to their flanks, making them a very eye-catching species without being too flashy.
Overview
Like many Tetras, Glow-Light Tetras hail from South America, where they inhabit dark, slow-flowing water often flanked with dense vegetation. Although they are also seen in open areas, Glow-light Tetras are wonderfully adaptable to different tank situations.
They will happily be out in the open in a brightly lit situation or swimming amongst the decor and under foliage in a dimly lit tank.
Color Change
One thing to know is that they will change colors according to their surroundings. If you want to get the brightest flash of orange from them, they need to be in a dimmer tank with a dark substrate. In very brightly lit situations, they can look somewhat washed out.
Water Parameters
They are a bit more picky regarding pH and tend to do much better in a slightly acidic tank with a pH of around 6 to 6.5. However, they will happily live in a range of 20-28 degrees.
Glow-light Tetras can undoubtedly have more clashes as they max out at 1.5 inches. But because they are very slim, they take very little space in the tank, and in a 40-liter aquarium, you can quite happily keep a group of 6 to 10 of them. But, one thing to know about group sizes is that they tend to whittle down. They are a schooling fish, but it's not a value set in stone.
Tank Size
If you plan to keep these fish in a smaller tank, give them a little space for swimming. They are active swimmers. They also don't always go to school together. Individuals tend to go off and do their own thing, and then they'll occasionally come back together and swim as a group.
Tankmates
In general, they are very peaceful fish. They are active, perfect if you create a gentle and mellow atmosphere. When it comes to tankmates, they are compatible with all other small fish and even larger ones, just so long as they are not big enough to see them as a snack.
They can also be kept with rather boisterous fish-like barbs without any trouble, and as they can put on quite a turn of speed, they are pretty safe being near fin nippers. They are also shrimp safe.
Diet
These fishes will accept every type of food. Remember that they are a tiny fish with a small mouth. They also don't like taking food from the substrate if they can help. They prefer to catch things drifting by them in the water column.
This being the case though, any food that is too big for them will simply fall past them and end up on the substrate.
Overall, they are a simple species to keep. They have low demands in terms of both space and feeding. They are fish perfect for a calm and mellow tank, easy to watch, and easy to be around without ever being boring.
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