I am a strong proponent of dither fish in cichlid tanks, or other species tanks that require dither fish to aid a comfort the main focus species.
So when I caught this tetra in the river a few times along with Astyanax species, I thought it might be interesting addition, its from the genus Brycon, here in Central America, known as the Machacha. The one below is about 6", considered an omnivore with a predominantly herbivorous bent.
It gets quite large (over a foot), and seems almost as territorial as the cichlids in shares the tank with.
Over the last few weeks as it gained in size, it has harassed and led to the death of all other tetras in a 6 ft tank, except 1 Astayanax so far
, and tends to search that tetra out to relentlessly harass. Those are inches notched out above
So when I caught this tetra in the river a few times along with Astyanax species, I thought it might be interesting addition, its from the genus Brycon, here in Central America, known as the Machacha. The one below is about 6", considered an omnivore with a predominantly herbivorous bent.
It gets quite large (over a foot), and seems almost as territorial as the cichlids in shares the tank with.
Over the last few weeks as it gained in size, it has harassed and led to the death of all other tetras in a 6 ft tank, except 1 Astayanax so far
, and tends to search that tetra out to relentlessly harass. Those are inches notched out above
