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common name: Columbian tetra
Family: Characidae
Continent of origin: South America
Origin country: Ecuador, Colombia,
Size: under 6 cm (2.36 inch)
Minimal tank volume: 80 litre (21 US gal) ...

 


The Columbian Tetra
by Paul McFarlane
First published in the newsletter of the Hamilton and District Aquarium Society, March 2003
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Hyphessobrycon columbianus
Family: Characidae
Origin: Colombia
Adult Size: 2 inches (5 cm)
Social: Peaceful
Lifespan: 5 years
Tank Level: Mid dweller
Minimum Tank Size: 5 gallon
Diet: Omnivore, eats most foods ...

Hyphessobrycon columbianus
The Colombian Tetra comes from Colombia. It is also know as the "Columbian" Tetra, the Blue-Red Columbian and the Red Tail Mirror Blue Tetra.

ecuadorensis, which species is somewhat resembles. In 2002 the species was described as H. columbianus by A. Zarske and Jacques Gery. The spelling of the species epithet (columbianus) is the Latin form with a "u", not the Spanish with "o." ...

Columbian Shark
Also known as the Black Fin Shark, the Columbian Shark is a catfish which will grow quite large in an aquarium. It may also be referred to as Jordan's Catfish or the West American Cat Shark.

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Columbian Tetras © fishkeeper By: fishkeeper Common Name: Columbian TetraLatin Name: HyphessobryconOrigin: Rio Acandi ...

Columbian Red-Tailed Tetras and peat use questions
by Sarah LeGates (Thu, 9 Dec 1999)
Columbian Red-Tailed Tetras and peat use questions ...

Columbian Shark
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Columbian shark Shark catfish, Bull shark
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Columbian Shark
A fish that can get large! Only keep them in the largest of aquariums.
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columbian tetra (Hyphessobrycon ecuadoriensis)
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Blue-red Columbian Tetra in a Planted Aquarium
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The other type is the dark and light brown striped Columbian Ramshorn that can grow big as large as 2 inches in diameter.

Popular "night gobbling" catfish include the Pictus catfish (sometimes called the "angelicus" catfish) and the Columbian catfish going by various names such as "high-fin bull shark", "silver shark" or "Columbian white tipped shark", ...

I placed mine in a tank made up of different types of unusual fish such as a columbian shark catfish, cory catfish, albino shark, dragon fish or Goby.

pulex (from the F.B.A.'s 1966 Key to British Cladocera), tends to be larger than that described by many texts (such as that by the British Columbian Resources Inventory Committee), ...

Its origin in America is that goldfish were imported from Japan in 1893, to be exibited at the Columbian World Fair. The fish became sick, with most dying, but a few were rescued by William Seale, who was in charge of the fish exhibit.

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