Tail Light Tetra

Head and Tail Light Tetra
Head and Tail Light Tetra
By: Trigun
Common Name: Head and Tail Light Tetra
Latin Name: Hemigrammus ocellifer/ Hemigrammus ocellifer falsus(Both are found in the hobby under the same name) ...

Head And Tail Light Tetra Species Profile
The head and tail light fish has been in our hobby for a very long time, and was probably one of the first tetras to be spawned because it spawns easily.

Head and Tail Light Tetras breed occasionally in an aquarium setting and a hospital or "breeding tank" will be necessary. During breeding time, the females will display a fuller looking belly, which help distinguish them from the males.

Head & Tail Light Tetra
(Hemigrammus ocellifer)
Kerri Tetra
(Inpaichthys kerri) ...

Head and Tail Light Tetra
mikeingeorgia
Head and Tail Light Tetra. Living in quarantine tank, it was brand new.

Head and Tail Light Tetra
A peaceful little tetra that also does well in schools like most tetras.
Glowlight Tetra ...

It was much better at selling backgrounds than fish (and it wasn't even very good at that), until we happened to add a batch of Head and Tail Light Tetras.

I purchased a pair of Head-and-Tail Light tetras from the Centreville Aquarium shop in late October 2000. I put them into my tetra conditioning tanks. As with other Hemigrammus species, it's fairly easy to distinguish the males from the females.

They will chase, investigate, and play with other fish, especially the head and tail light Tetras and Bala Sharks. They don't nip, but they seem to have their own version of tag.

Silver Tip Tetra - Hasemania nana
Socolofs Tetra - Gymnocorymbus socolofi
Swordtail Characin - Corynopoma riisei
Tail light Tetra - Bryconops melanurus
Tenuise Tetra - Mimagoniates lateralis
Three Spotted Tetra - Odontostilbe kriegi ...

See also: Fish, Water, Silver, Species, Glowlight Tetra