The Red Phantom tetra is a pretty red fish with some traits of the barb, however the breeding is not easy and they will eat their fry!!!!! as soon as the eggs are laid I remove the parents. I have had a few matings ending up with eggs, but for each hatching just one fry. Every week I change 10 percent water with chlorine but and keep the filter 20 percent dirty throughout the week.

Real Life Info

Family: Characidae (Characins), subfamily: Incertaesedis
Order: Characiformes
Class: Actinopterygii (ray-finned fishes)
FishBase name: Red phantom tetra
Max. size: 3.2 cm SL (male/unsexed; Ref. 38376)
Environment: benthopelagic; freshwater; pH range: 5.5 - 7.5; dH range: 20.0
Climate: tropical; 20 - 23°C
Importance: aquarium: commercial
Distribution:
Gazetteer South America: Rio Orínoco basin, Colombia.
Biology: Feeds on worms, small insects and crustaceans (Ref. 7020).
Red List Status: Not in IUCN Red List , (Ref. 36508)
Dangerous: harmless

Coordinator: Lima, Flavio C. T.

Citation:

Weitzman, S.H. and L. Palmer, 1997. A new species of Hyphessobrycon (Teleostei: Characidae) from Neblina region of Venezuela and Brazil, with comments on the putative 'rosy tetra clade'.. Ichthyol. Explor. Freshwat. 7(5):209-242.

 Source of Information Found :

Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. 2003. FishBase.
World Wide Web electronic publication.
www.fishbase.org, version 21 April 2003