You can trigger spawning by lowering the pH level and dropping the hardness of the water. It would be best to continue feeding them but keep it to a minimum as this will maintain cleanliness. After this, you should then place the pair in the breeding tank. It would be better if you set up a separate breeding tank with plenty of floating plants and dim lighting for the best results.īefore spawning takes place, you should condition the mating pair with frozen or small live foods, as this will encourage them to spawn. All their other fins are red, as is the upper rim of their eyes. The females of this fish also have a black band present on their dorsal fin edged above and below by creamy-white. Red Phantom Tetras have a silvery transparent body and possess a circular black spot behind their gill plate. Adding dried leaf litter would further emphasise the natural feel and will also offer extra cover for the fish.
The aquarium would look better with a sandy substrate and some driftwood branches and roots. Red Phantom Tetras prefer a shady, well-planted aquarium containing floating plants, such as water lettuce, duckweed or Salvinia. You can also house them with Loaches and non-predatory, small-to-medium-sized Cichlids. Ideal tankmates for Red Phantom Tetras would be similarly-sized Characids, Hatchet fish, Pencilfish and smaller Catfish. In addition, this species is not as hardy as the Black Phantom Tetra, so it would be better if you only added them to a well-established aquarium. It is essential that you take care when choosing tankmates as these Tetras prefer a comparatively lower tropical water temperature. The males will compete for female attention, display more exciting behaviours, and show better colouration when kept in more significant numbers. However, it would be better if you brought a mixed-sex group as these species form temporary dominance hierarchies. Red Phantom Tetras are a peaceful community fish that will thrive in shoals of 8 or more individuals.
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