#axelrodi

Gorgeous Paracheirodon axelrodi in a planted tank

Paracheirodon axelrodi. SCHULTZ, 1956. Cardinal Tetra Distribution Type locality is ‘stream near Tomar, Rio Negro. It’s current confirmed range extends westwards (upriver) from the area around the municipality of Santa Isabel do Rio Negro (formerly Tapuruquara) in the middle rio Negro basin, Brazil to lower parts of the Ríos Vaupés (aka Uaupés in Brazil), Içana, Guaviare, Inírida, Meta and Vichada. It also occurs in the Casiquiare Canal and parts of the Orinoco watershed in Venezuela with the latter populations exhibiting some morphological differences compared with those from the Negro. Water Conditions Temperature: 23 – 29 °C pH: 3.5 – 7.5 although wild specimens do best in more acidic conditions. Diet Likely to be omnivorous feeding on small invertebrates, crustacea, filamentous algae, fallen fruit and suchlike in nature. In aquaria it may survive on a diet of dried foods but like most fishes does best when offered a varied menu which in this case should also contain live and frozen chironomid larvae (bloodworm), mosquito larvae, Daphnia, Moina, etc. Behaviour and Compatibility Generally peaceful making it an ideal resident of the well-researched community aquarium. It’s perhaps best-maintained alongside similarly-sized characids, gasteropelecids, lebiasinids, smaller callichthyid or loricariid catfishes and non-predatory, small-to-medium-sized cichlids. Try to buy a mixed-sex group of at least 8-10 specimens, include other schooling fishes to provide security, and you’ll be rewarded with a more natural-looking spectacle. http://www.seriouslyfish.com/species/paracheirodon-axelrodi