Tag Archives: Copella

Copella meinkeni

26. January 2022

These beautiful tetras were called Copella nattereri in literature for many years until a scientific study found that C. nattereri is in fact the species previously known as C. nigrofasciata and that the “C. nattereri” from the Orinoco and Rio Negro belong to a scientifically unnamed species called Copella meinkeni. We regularly offer this attractive species (further information here: https://www.aquariumglaser.de/en/fish-archives/copella_meinkeni_en/).

For our customers: the animals have code 219803 on our stocklist. Please note that we only supply the wholesale trade.

Text & photos: Frank Schäfer

Copella nattereri

12. April 2019

It took until the year 2006 that the tetra specialists Axel Zarske and Jaques Géry found out that the species described as Copella nattereri was practically not present in the hobby and that the red spotted Copella, which was named C. nattereri until then, was not known to science yet! So Zarske and Géry described the long time known Copella finally as Copella meinkeni.

The “real” Copella nattereri is an extremely beautiful fish, which we can offer currently from Peru. Once one has seen the fish alive it is almost impossible to confuse it with C. meinkeni. In C. nattereri there is a black band along the flanks that contains only one row of relatively large, deep red spots.

Copella species are kept best in realtively dark aquaria that should be decorated with dead leaves, peat and aquatic plants. Here they develope their full coloration. Basically these fish are peaceful and accept any type of usual fish food. Males become bigger than the females and have enlarged fins.

For our customers: Copella nattereri has code 219813 on our stocklist. Please note that we exclusively supply the wholesale trade.

Text & photos: Frank Schäfer

Copella arnoldi

2. May 2017

The Splashing tetra (Copella arnoldi) is very famous due to it´s unique way of spawning. The pair jumps out of the water and deposites the eggs on the underside of plant leafes hanging over the water surface (in the aquarium they often spawn on the top glass). After spawning the male guards the clutch and splashes water in regular intervalls over the eggs to avoid drying. The offspring hatches within 36 hours.

This fascinating behaviour is one of the „must have seen“ events in the life of every real enthusiast. However, one tends to forget sometimes the fact that the Splashing tetra also is a real beauty! Currently we have fully grown animals in stock. The Splashing tetra inhabits in the wild savannah creeks in the Rio Xingu basin in Brazil; however, nowadays almost exclusively bred specimens can be found in the trade.s

For our customers: the fish have code 219554 on our stocklist. Please note that we exclusively supply the wholesale trade.

Text & photos: Frank Schäfer