Silvertip Tetra

Silvertip Tetra
Scientific Name: Hasemania nana
Family: Characidae, Hemigrammus Clade
About the Silvertip Tetra
Species Type: Freshwater Fish
Category: Characins ...

Aquarium setup: Hasemania nana (Silvertip Tetra) should be kept in a densely planted aquarium with open areas and some floating plants. They prefer a well circulated aquarium.

Silvertip tetra Hasemania melanura
Silvertip tetra Hasemania nana
Silver-tipped tetra Hasemania nana
Splash tetra Copella arnoldi
Splashing tetra Copella arnoldi
Spotfin tetra Hyphessobrycon socolofi
Spottail tetra Moenkhausia dichroura ...

Silver-Tipped Tetra, Silvertip Tetra

Age of Aquariums Freshwater Fish Silver-Tipped Tetra - Hasemania nana ...

(My mother actually confirmed that it was in 1980, so I was just a couple days shy of 10.) It was a fifteen gallon tank, and we set it up with neon, black skirt, and silvertip tetras.

Male and female silvertips are distinctly different in coloration. In breeding condition, the male Silvertip Tetra is a coppery orange colour while the females are a golden yellow. A female is pictured above.
Breeding: ...

See also: Silver, Fish, Aquarium, Water, Hasemania Nana