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Hyphessobrycon herbertaxelrodi „Smoke“

27. July 2018

This is a very interesting and beautiful new sport of tetra. One can only guess that it belongs to the species Hyphessobrycon herbertaxelrodi, but there is no other species known in the hobby that fits better.

Two characters make this fish very desirable: the extraordinary strong schooling behaviour and the intensive dark coloration of the body that is contrasting with the bright light head.

We have obtained these fish as bred ones from Singapore. Currently they are about 2-3 cm long, we suppose that threy will become – like the Black Neon – about 3-4 cm long.

For our customers: the fish have code 260922 on our stocklist. Please note that we exclusively supply the wholesale trade.

Text & photos: Frank Schäfer

Hyphessobrycon herbertaxelrodi Wild

3. June 2017

Wild collected black neon tetra? This is extremely rare, even in our company. The black neon tetra is one of the most often traded ornamental fish at all and much sought for. So it is available any time in any number as bred ones, even some artifical sports have been bred, like „smoke“ or „albino“. These bred fish are also always much cheaper than a wild collected fish can be. So we are very glad that we now managed a small importation of wild collected animals. The species originates from the Rio Paraguay basin in Brazil and Bolivia.

For our customers: the fish have code 260913 on our stocklist. Please note that we exclusively supply the wholesale trade.

Text & photos: Frank Schäfer