
These things, along with floating plants and some open swimming space, will keep it happy. Provide dark gravel, a balance of hiding places, and subtle lighting. The Bleeding Heart Tetra will show its best colors if it feels secure. It is also known as the Spotfin Tetra and Tetra Perez. Once established in a shoal, it will show off deep body colors ranging from a beige-orange to a silvery lavender. It does best with when kept with a school of its own kind. Although it can get up to about 3 1/2 inches (9 cm) in the wild, it will only reach about 2 3/4 inches (7 cm) in the aquarium.
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The Bleeding Heart Tetra Hyphessobrycon erythrostigma is a stocky, vivacious little fish from the swiftly moving streams of the Amazon.
