Blind Cave Tetras

Wonderfull and very interesting fish to keep and breed.
Blind cave tetras. Blind cave tetras stay relatively small in the home aquarium and they grow to a maximum of 4 7 inches 12 cm. Introducing the blind cave fish or blind cave tetra. Still the keeper should of course maintain as healthy an environment as possible. Back to menu 16.
Black phantom tetra or hyphessobrycon megalopterus. Fairly common in the hobby and a great fish for a community style aquarium. The blind cave tetra is happy in a wide range of aquarium conditions. These are light gray full bodied tetra with a black diamond like patch and silver or green outline on both sides of the body.
Males usually have darker colors when they are ready to breed or whenever they are trying to protect their territory in the aquarium against. Usa mexico southern nevada southern california and texas. There is no need for eye sight in the pitch black caves so they have evolved to adapt to these conditions. The blind cave tetra lives in deep caves in the wild.
Animals evolved eyes possibly the most complex organ you can have next to a brain and these fish move into caves and compared to the time. Wide variety of food like a worm insects live snacks and processed foods for. The mexican tetra astyanax mexicanus also known as the blind cave fish blind cave characin and blind cave tetra is a freshwater fish of the family characidae of the order characiformes. Blind cavefish or blind cave tetra fish.
The type species of its genus it is native to the nearctic ecozone originating in the lower rio grande and the neueces and pecos rivers in texas as well as the central and eastern parts of mexico. First time whom i ve breed these tetras such a huge swamp. Water hardness and ph value of water. The natural form of mexican tetras have a drab silver coloration while the albino cave variant has a notable pinkish color.
30dgh and ph between 6 5 to 7 5. The blind cave tetra are a fairly peaceful species.