Family: Characidae
Distribution: There is little known about the specific location of Hyphessobrycon eilyos, except tht it is endemic to Brazil, South America.
PH: 6 – 7.5 pH
Temperature: 23 – 28°C (73 – 82°F)
Hardness: 2 – 15 dH
Description: Hyphessobrycon eilyos will grow to about 2.5cm in the tank. It is behaves anything like its Hyphessobrycon counterparts, it will be active, peaceful and enjoy shoals of at least 6.
There are a variety of features that can be used to identify Hyphessobrycon eilyos. To begin with, it displays no lateral or caudal spots. It does, however, have a number of dark spots down the length of its body, with a high concentration from the start of the pelvic fin to the base of the caudal fin. The dorsal, adipose and caudal fins have a lovely red colouration.
Diet: The Hyphessobrycon species are omnivores and should be fed a diet that is mostly flake food, with bi-weekly treats of live or frozen foods.
Breeding: Due to the lack of available information regarding the specifics of Hyphessobrycon eilyos, the general method of breeding used for the Hyphessobrycon species has been included.
Separate a pair of one year olds into two conditioning tanks. They should be fed with insect larvae and Drosophila for two-to-three weeks, when they can then be introduced into a breeding tank. A 38L tank is sufficient size for the small Hyphessobrycon eilyos.
The breeding tank should have a temperature of 24 – 26°C (75 – 79°F), a pH of 5.5 – 6.5, and dH of 2 – 4. It must be kept consistently clean and in the dark. It does not require any substrate, simply some fine-leaved plants and soft filtration (such as a foam or sponge).
The pair should spawn within three days – if not, repeat the process. Hypessobrycon eilyos spawn into the leaves of the plants and should be removed immediately after the eggs are laid. The eggs will hatch within 2 days, and the fry will be free-swimming a few days after that. The fry can be fed on micro-organisms and baby Brine Shrimp for the first ten days, and then on crushed flake foods. The water should be partially changed weekly.
Comments: Hyphessobrycon balbus is rare in the hobby and therefore there is very little information available. For this reason, information pertaining to the Hyphessobrycon species in general has been used.
Due to the peacefulness of the Hyphessobrycon species, they are good fish for beginners (although you have to be enthusiastic to watch the breeding closely).
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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 02:08:27. Republished by Blog Post Promoter
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