Family: Characidae
Distribution: Triportheus albus is distributed in the Amazon, Tocantins and Araguaia basins, South America.
PH: 5.0 – 7.0
Temperature: 22°C – 30C (72 – 86F)
Hardness: 1 – 15
Description: Triportheus albus can reach a maximum length of 15 cm in an aquarium. This species has a pointed head and a snout that looks straight in profile. Its nostrils are close together and it has a large eye without an adipose eyelid.
Diet: Triportheus albus is probably omnivorous and will accept live, frozen and dried foods. You might choose to feed it fruits, nuts, insects and seeds.
Breeding: There is not a great deal of information available on this species’ breeding habits as yet.
Comments: Triportheus albus should be housed in a tank that is at least 110 litres in volume. You should probably give it plenty of swimming space as it will often be dwelling just below the water’s surface, along with a fair amount of floating vegetation. This species will need a high oxygen concentration in its tank. Remember to put a tight-fitting lid on the top of your tank to stop the fish from jumping out. Given there is not a lot of information available on Triportheus albus, it is probably not suitable for beginners.
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Recommended Compatible Species: Triportheus albus should not be kept with small, timid tank mates. They will live happily with large Tetra species . They are also great tank mates with Discus, Apistogramma‘s like Apistogramma Cacatouides and Apistogramma Borelli, CorydorasCatfish (particularly Corydoras Sterbaiand Corydoras aeneus) Angelfish, Clown loach, the common Platy and most Gourami(such as the Blue Gourami and Dwarf Gourami like the Honey Gourami) and also many of the larger Killifish make great tank mates.
Originally posted 2010-01-26 22:21:00. Republished by Blog Post Promoter
