Rummy Nose Tetra

Rummynose Tetra for Sale General Background Rummynose Tetras (Hemigrammus bleheri) have remained popular with many aquarium keepers because of their peaceful nature, active schooling behavior, and high contrast coloration, which promises to add striking beauty to any aquarium. These fishes have a silver, mirror-like body, a red blushing across their nose and face, and a jet-black tail with white stripes. This characteristic red blushing is actually where they get their name. In fact, many use it to determine water parameters since it is most vibrant when the fish are healthy and in warm, slightly acidic water. In their natural habitat, you can find them in the Rio Vaupes in Colombia and Rio Negro in Brazil, mainly in shallow tributaries in the Amazon. While they are collectively known as the Rummynose Tetra, there are three species variants: the Firehead Tetra, Black-finned Rummynose Petitella georgiae, and Hemigrammus bleheri. Though the differences between the species are so minor y