Family: Characidae
Distribution: Hyphessobrycon condotensis is found in Condoto and the San Juan River basins of South America.
PH: 6 – 7.5 pH
Temperature: 23 – 28°C (74 – 82°F)
Hardness: 2 – 15 dH
Description: Hyphessobrycon condotensis will reach around 4cm in the tank.
They are rare in the hobby and therefore information regarding specific behaviours and colours is scarce. In general, the Hyphessobrycon species are peaceful, active and perfect community tank fish. They often thrive when kept in shoals of around 6-8.
Diet: The Hyphessobrycon species thrive on an omnivorous diet that is primarily flake foods with occasional treats of live or frozen foods (1 – 2 times per week). Due to their small mouths, they require flakes to be crushed and frozen and live foods to be finely chopped.
Breeding: Due to their rarity, there is limited information available on Hyphessobrycon condotensis. For this reason, the general Hyphessobrycon breeding method has been included.
Two conditioning tanks should be set up to hold a one-year-old male and a one-year-old female. These should be conditioned on Drosophila and insect larvae for two-to-three weeks, before the pair can be introduced into a 38L breeding tank. To set up a breeding tank, include many fine-leaved plants and a soft filtration system, but do not use substrate. Use water with a pH of 5.5 – 6.5, a dH of 2 – 4, and a temperature of 24 – 26°C (75 – 79°F). It is unknown if the eggs are light-sensitive, so it is best to keep them out of direct sunlight just in case.
It should take three days for your Hyphessobrycon condotensis to spawn. If no eggs appear, recondition them. The eggs will appear in the leaves of the plants and the parents should be removed immediately after spawning (cannibalistic). A little over twenty-four hours after being laid, the eggs will hatch. The fry will appear few days later and should be fed on an initial diet of micro-organisms and baby Brine, and crushed flake ten days later.
The eggs and fry require weekly, partial water changes as they are susceptible to illness in poor water conditions.
Comments: Due to the rarity of Hyphessobrycon condotensis in the hobby, there is inadequate information available. For this reason, information has been included that pertains to the general Hyphessobrycon species.
Generally, the Hyphessobrycon species are easy to keep and suitable for beginners.
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Recommended Compatible Species: They should live happily with other Tetra species (particularly the Neon Tetra and Black Tetra). They also should be good tank mates with Discus, Apistogramma‘s like Apistogramma Cacatouides and Apistogramma Borelli, Corydoras Catfish (particularly Corydoras Sterbai and Corydoras aeneus) Angelfish, Clown loach, the common Guppy and Platy and most Gourami (such as the Blue Gourami and Dwarf Gourami like the Honey Gourami) Also should live happily with most Danio (particularly the Zebra Danio and Pearl Danio) and also many Killifish could make great tank mates.
Originally posted 2010-04-21 01:51:47. Republished by Blog Post Promoter
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