freshwater fish

    Origin and Distribution Neon tetras originated from the clean water and blackwater streams and tributaries withinside the Orinoco and Amazon river basins in Brazil, Columbia, and Peru. These are areas of blackwaters under dense woodland canopies that permit little or no mild to get through. Neon tetras stay in shoals specifically withinside the center water layers and feed on insects, worms and small crustaceans. Neon tetras are usually all captive-bred, with maximum coming from fish farms withinside the Far East and Eastern Europe.

     Several types of captive-bred specimens at the moment are available. These consist of the long-finned neon tetra, aleven though it's far instead rare, in addition to a golden pressure that is essentially a semi-albino range, and a diamond neon tetra that looks sprinkled with metal scales alongside the pinnacle part of the frame. One range has the blue stripe however now no longer the purple coloration. 

     

    Colors and Markings The neon tetra has a slim torpedo-fashioned frame that reaches no extra than an inch and a 1/2 of in length. What this fish lacks in size, it makes up for in color. From the end of its nostril to the adipose fin, the neon tetra has a brilliant neon blue stripe. It is assumed this brilliant stripe makes them extra with ease seen to every different in blackwater conditions.