Tetragonopterus chalceus

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neonvertigo

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Anyone else heard of these large tetra?? I can't really find a whole lot of info on them. Pic is of them when they were smaller but are around 6" now. Not exactly a monster but big when you think of other tetra.
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I had a school of 10 of them in my 270. Those things eat like crazy! I had several showing what looked like breeding behavior. I sold them to another enthusiast here in Dallas. She is working to try to get them to breed. We have only had limited luck finding information on these anywhere online. We believe that the fish you show here, are actually tetragonopterus argenteus instead of Chalceus. They were sold to me as T Chalcues but looking them up I lean to Argenteus
 
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