Family: Characidae
Distribution: Hyphessobrycon georgettae is endemic to Suriname. It prefers to live in bodies of water with some vegetation (not too much), such as swamps, creeks and backwaters (e.g. ponds).
PH: 6.0 – 7.0 pH
Temperature: 22 – 28°C (72 – 82°F)
Hardness: 4 – 17 dH
Description: Growing to a little over 3cm, Hyphessobrycon georgettae is a mostly transparent species with a large iridescent patch of silver on the upper abdomen region, that stretches from the snout to the pelvic fin. The fins are also transparent.
It is difficult to identify the sexes except during breeding season when the females are notably rounder than the males.
Keep Hyphessobrycon georgettae in groups of 6 or more. It is a peaceful fish.
Diet: Use a staple diet of flakes or small pellets. Twice a week mix it up and add brine shrimp, blood or white worms, or daphnia.
Breeding: There are currently no successful breeding reports in captivity. It is recommended that the general process of the rest of the Hyphessobrycon family is followed for this Tetra.
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 duo 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 the pair 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: Hyphessobrycon georgettae require a well-planted tank with an area for swimming. It will also thrive in an Amazonian biotope set up. To get the needed dim lighting, use floating plants as well.
This fish is not commonly seen for sale, therefore there is a lack of information regarding specifics. For this reason, some general information pertaining to the Hyphessobrycon family has been included.
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Recommended Compatible Species: Do not keep this fish with larger rowdy tank mates. It will be most comfortable with other South American 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 02:33:35. Republished by Blog Post Promoter
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