The Costae Tetra are known as excellent schoolers, holding a tight, coordinated group, making them perfect for community tanks with other non-aggressive fish. They possess a distinctive black horizontal line running along their body, extending through the tail, often with faint red edges on the fins.
Species – Costae Tetra (Moenkhausia costae)
Current Size – 3cm
Adult Length – 6cm
Temperature Range – 23 – 28 °C
pH Range – 6.0 – 7.4
Water Hardness – 5-20°H
Special Requirements - Adaptable and will do well in most types of setup, but is particularly well-suited to a heavily planted tank.
Tanks Mates and Compatibility - It is a great community fish. It is lively, quite colourful and peaceful. It’s a good tank mate for most livebearers, danios, rasboras, other tetras and peaceful bottom dwellers such as Corydoras or smaller Loricariids. It can also be kept with the majority of commonly available gouramis and dwarf cichlids.
Ideal Number to Keep - While some individuals can be a little nippy if kept alone, this behaviour is reduced dramatically when it is maintained in a group. It’s therefore recommended to buy no less than 6 of these, preferably 10 or more.
Feeding - It will readily accept just about anything offered. For the best condition and colours, offer regular meals of small live and frozen foods such as bloodworm, Daphnia and brine shrimp, along with dried flakes and granules.
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Please note – Some images used are library photos and will show the colour potential at a fully mature size, as our fish are juveniles they may vary.
We always aim to supply the fish as close to the purchase size as possible. On rare occasions if this is not possible we will contact you.
The fish are selected at random however you are welcome to make a note on the order and the fish manager will do his best for you, requests are dependent on stock at the time of your order.
