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Pencil fish

Pencil fish

Nannostomus

About me: Hello, I am an ornamental tetra, or more precisely, I am a genus of currently a total of 19 different species of ornamental tetra. I belong to the calmer fish and swim accordingly slowly. In general I am very shy, but I look for the contact to conspecifics! At low current, with dense plant growth, I feel particularly well.
General information: The little webs become a little more plump than the males.
Size: 0.59 inch - 2.56 inch
PH value: 4.00 - 7.00
Water hardness: 1.50 - 8.00º dGH
Temperature: 24.00 - 30.00 ºC
Schwimming position: Mitte
Aquascaping ?: Dense planting to create hiding places, roots.
Feed: Dry and live food
Minimal tank capacity: 80 liters
Minimal edge length: 23.62 inch
Minimal edge height: 11.81 inch
Origin: South America
Stream: Yes
Swarm or group behavior: Yes
Colorful: Yes
Fresh water: Yes
Salt water: No
Socialization possible: Yes

This are my friends

African moon tetra
African moon tetra
Bathyaethiops caudomaculatus
PH value:6,30 - 7,30
Temperature:23,00 - 27,00 ºC
Water hardness:5,00 - 12,00º dGH
Altum Angel
Altum Angel
Pterophyllum altum
PH value:5,00 - 7,00
Temperature:26,00 - 30,00 ºC
Water hardness:0,00 - 6,00º dGH
Armored Catfish / Dwarf Suckers / Otos
Armored Catfish / Dwarf Suckers / Otos
Otocinclus affinis
PH value:6,00 - 7,70
Temperature:20,00 - 26,00 ºC
Water hardness:2,00 - 20,00º dGH
Ccelestial pearl danio / Galaxy rasbora
Ccelestial pearl danio / Galaxy rasbora
Danio margaritatus
PH value:6,00 - 7,70
Temperature:20,00 - 25,00 ºC
Water hardness:5,00 - 20,00º dGH
Checker barb
Checker barb
Oliotius oligolepis
PH value:6,00 - 7,20
Temperature:20,00 - 24,00 ºC
Water hardness:5,00 - 19,00º dGH
Checkerboard loach
Checkerboard loach
Ambastaia sidthimunki
PH value:5,50 - 7,50
Temperature:24,00 - 28,00 ºC
Water hardness:5,00 - 14,50º dGH
Chili rasboras / mosquito rasboras
Chili rasboras / mosquito rasboras
Boraras Brigittae
PH value:6,00 - 7,00
Temperature:24,00 - 28,00 ºC
Water hardness:3,00 - 10,00º dGH
Copper Tetra
Copper Tetra
Hasemania nana
PH value:5,50 - 7,00
Temperature:24,00 - 28,00 ºC
Water hardness:2,00 - 15,00º dGH
Crossocheilus reticulatus
Crossocheilus reticulatus
Crossocheilus reticulatus
PH value:6,00 - 7,00
Temperature:16,00 - 25,00 ºC
Water hardness:5,00 - 15,00º dGH
Dumerils Skalar
Dumerils Skalar
Pterophyllum leopoldi
PH value:4,00 - 6,00
Temperature:27,00 - 30,00 ºC
Water hardness:0,00 - 5,00º dGH
Dwarf armored catfish
Dwarf armored catfish
Corydoras pygmaeus
PH value:6,00 - 7,50
Temperature:23,00 - 26,00 ºC
Water hardness:2,00 - 15,00º dGH
Dwarf gourami
Dwarf gourami
Trichogaster lalius
PH value:6,00 - 8,00
Temperature:24,00 - 28,00 ºC
Water hardness:4,00 - 15,00º dGH
Endler's livebearer
Endler's livebearer
Poecilia wingei
PH value:6,50 - 8,50
Temperature:18,00 - 28,00 ºC
Water hardness:5,00 - 25,00º dGH
Forktail Blue Eye
Forktail Blue Eye
Pseudomugil furcatus
PH value:7,00 - 8,00
Temperature:24,00 - 27,00 ºC
Water hardness:5,00 - 15,00º dGH
Golden Honey Gourami
Golden Honey Gourami
Trichogaster chuna
PH value:6,00 - 7,50
Temperature:22,00 - 28,00 ºC
Water hardness:5,00 - 15,00º dGH
Golden sucking loach
Golden sucking loach
Gyrinocheilus aymonieri
PH value:6,00 - 7,80
Temperature:18,00 - 28,00 ºC
Water hardness:5,00 - 19,00º dGH
Hyphessobrycon columbianus
Hyphessobrycon columbianus
Hyphessobrycon columbianus
PH value:6,00 - 7,50
Temperature:24,00 - 27,00 ºC
Water hardness:5,00 - 19,00º dGH
Lambchop rasbora / False harlequin rasbora
Lambchop rasbora / False harlequin rasbora
Trigonostigma espei
PH value:6,00 - 7,00
Temperature:23,00 - 27,00 ºC
Water hardness:3,00 - 12,00º dGH
Ordinary scalar
Ordinary scalar
Pterophyllum scalare
PH value:6,00 - 7,50
Temperature:24,00 - 30,00 ºC
Water hardness:5,00 - 15,00º dGH
Panda armored catfish
Panda armored catfish
Corydoras panda
PH value:6,00 - 7,50
Temperature:22,00 - 26,00 ºC
Water hardness:2,00 - 19,00º dGH
Paradise fish
Paradise fish
Macropodus opercularis
PH value:6,00 - 8,00
Temperature:18,00 - 26,00 ºC
Water hardness:5,00 - 20,00º dGH
Pinoy scalar
Pinoy scalar

PH value:6,80 - 7,00
Temperature:26,00 - 31,00 ºC
Water hardness:5,00 - 15,00º dGH
Popondetta Blue Eye
Popondetta Blue Eye
Pseudomugil connieae
PH value:7,00 - 8,00
Temperature:24,00 - 27,00 ºC
Water hardness:5,00 - 15,00º dGH
Queen arabesque loricariid
Queen arabesque loricariid
Hypancistrus sp.
PH value:5,50 - 7,00
Temperature:26,00 - 30,00 ºC
Water hardness:0,00 - 20,00º dGH
Rainbow fish
Rainbow fish
Melanotaenia boesemani
PH value:7,00 - 8,00
Temperature:24,00 - 28,00 ºC
Water hardness:8,00 - 20,00º dGH
Rainbow shark
Rainbow shark
Epalzeorhynchos
PH value:6,00 - 7,50
Temperature:22,00 - 26,00 ºC
Water hardness:5,00 - 19,00º dGH
Red-tailed black shark
Red-tailed black shark
Epalzeorhynchos bicolor
PH value:6,00 - 7,50
Temperature:22,00 - 26,00 ºC
Water hardness:5,00 - 19,00º dGH
Redtail notho - Aquarium strain
Redtail notho - Aquarium strain
Nothobranchius guentheri "Aquarienstamm"
PH value:6,50 - 7,00
Temperature:22,00 - 26,00 ºC
Water hardness:5,00 - 15,00º dGH
Redtail notho - Blue
Redtail notho - Blue
Nothobranchius guentheri "Blau"
PH value:6,50 - 7,00
Temperature:22,00 - 26,00 ºC
Water hardness:5,00 - 15,00º dGH
Redtail notho - Gold
Redtail notho - Gold
Nothobranchius guentheri "Gold"
PH value:6,50 - 7,00
Temperature:22,00 - 26,00 ºC
Water hardness:5,00 - 15,00º dGH
Redtail notho - Red
Redtail notho - Red
Nothobranchius guentheri "Rot"
PH value:6,50 - 7,00
Temperature:22,00 - 26,00 ºC
Water hardness:5,00 - 15,00º dGH
Seal point scalar
Seal point scalar

PH value:6,80 - 7,00
Temperature:26,00 - 31,00 ºC
Water hardness:5,00 - 15,00º dGH
Serpae tetra
Serpae tetra
Hyphessobrycon eques
PH value:6,00 - 7,50
Temperature:22,00 - 28,00 ºC
Water hardness:5,00 - 25,00º dGH
Smallest dwarf crayfish
Smallest dwarf crayfish
Cambarellus diminutus
PH value:7,00 - 8,00
Temperature:20,00 - 26,00 ºC
Water hardness:6,00 - 20,00º dGH
South American freshwater puffer
South American freshwater puffer
Colomesus asellus
PH value:6,00 - 7,50
Temperature:22,00 - 28,00 ºC
Water hardness:5,00 - 15,00º dGH
Spark Tetra / Fire Tetra
Spark Tetra / Fire Tetra
Hyphessobrycon amandae
PH value:6,00 - 7,50
Temperature:24,00 - 28,00 ºC
Water hardness:1,00 - 12,00º dGH
Spotted Blue Eye
Spotted Blue Eye
Pseudomugil gertrudae
PH value:6,00 - 7,50
Temperature:24,00 - 28,00 ºC
Water hardness:5,00 - 15,00º dGH
Sumatran mullet
Sumatran mullet
Puntius cf. tetrazona
PH value:6,00 - 7,50
Temperature:22,00 - 26,00 ºC
Water hardness:5,00 - 19,00º dGH
Uganda nothobranch
Uganda nothobranch
Nothobranchius ugandensis "UGN 09-3"
PH value:6,50 - 7,50
Temperature:20,00 - 24,00 ºC
Water hardness:4,00 - 15,00º dGH
Witch Catfish
Witch Catfish
Rineloricaria fallax
PH value:6,00 - 7,50
Temperature:24,00 - 28,00 ºC
Water hardness:5,00 - 20,00º dGH
Yellow-tailed African tetra
Yellow-tailed African tetra
Alestopetersius caudalis
PH value:6,00 - 7,20
Temperature:23,00 - 27,00 ºC
Water hardness:2,00 - 10,00º dGH
Zebrafish
Zebrafish
Danio rerio
PH value:6,00 - 8,00
Temperature:20,00 - 26,00 ºC
Water hardness:5,00 - 20,00º dGH

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