Lemon Tetra

Lemon Tetra
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(FRESH) spawning Lemon Tetra (Hyphessobrycon pulchripinnis)
by oleg-at-llustig.palo-alto.ca.us (Oleg Kiselev) (27 May 92)
(FRESH) spawning Lemon Tetra (Hyphessobrycon pulchripinnis) ...

Lemon Tetra
Scientific Name: Hyphessobrycon pulchripinnis
Family: Characidae, Hemigrammus Clade
About the Lemon Tetra
Species Type: Freshwater Fish
Category: Characins ...

Lemon Tetra
Lemon Tetra
By: Yvonne Garcia
Common Name: Lemon Tetra
Latin Name: Hyphessobrycon Pulchripinnis
Origin: South America (no precise location)
Temperature: 72-78
Ease Of Keeping: Easy
Aggressivness: Peaceful
Adult Size: 1.6" ...

Lemon tetras fare best in a planted aquarium, where they should be kept as schooling fishes, allowing them to replicate their wild behaviour as closely as possible.

Lemon Tetra
Image gallery: Additional species photographs
Distribution Widespread throughout South America, But not found in great numbers.
General Body Form Typical for the Genus. Medium tall and very compressed. Grows too about two inches.

common name: Lemon tetra
Family: Characidae
Continent of origin: South America
Origin country: Brazil,
Size: under 4,5 cm (1.57 inch)
Minimal tank volume: 80 litre (21 US gal)
Temperature: 22 °C (71.6 °F) - 27 °C (80.6 °F) ...

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spawning Lemon Tetra (Hyphessobrycon pulchripinnis)
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Lemon Tetra [Pictures]
Hyphessobrycon pulchripinnis
SYN: None
PD: The body is translucent with a yellow to orange color. Behind the gill cover is an orange to red marking in reflected light. The iris is bright orange to red.

The Lemon Tetra, Hyphessobrycon pulchripinnis - An In Depth Primer
I was originally going to re-post the Lemon Tetra article from the days before the 'Year Zero' archiving, but I thought it would be more fun to write a completely new article! ...

Lemon Tetra: The lemon tetra is not seen much in the hobby anymore, most probably because when young, the fish does not show much in the way of colors.

Lemon Tetra (Hyphessobrycon pulchripinnis): The body colouring is a very pale yellow, although the leading edge of the anal fin is bright yellow. There are "albino" forms now.
SizeOriginEase of keepFoodTempType
55 mm
S.America ...

Lemon Tetra
A tetra, like others that needs to be kept in schools of 6 or more. A 10 gallon tank but preferrably larger is needed.
Neon Tetra ...

I have a 415 liter heavily planted community tank with an assortment of fish: angels, neons, a feather-fin squeaker catfish, white clouds, lemon tetras, blue rams and others. Three years ago I noticed a trumpet snail.

I had lemon tetra and ember tetra both spawn in conditioning tanks prior to being set up in a "spawning" tank. Upon removing the adults and cleaning up the conditioning tank I found, in one case, one baby, and in the other, two fry.

I got a few of these by accident in a large group of Lemon Tetras. Now I buy them on purpose! They are really lovely fish when full grown and even stand up to my bully Angelfish and Pakistani loaches.

Thin, torpedo shaped tetra fish like neon tetras are not suitable for staring out your aquarium. Here are some of the hardier tetras: Serpae tetra, bleeding heart tetra, red eye tetra, white skirt tetra, black skirt tetra, lemon tetra.

Now angelfish also do well with nearly all of the larger size tetras (larger than neons that is) like Lemon tetras, head and tail-light tetras, larger black neons, as well as serpaes, white tips and silver dollars.

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