Thursday, February 24, 2011

Black Widow Fish Care


The black widow fish are also know as blackskirt tetra or black widow tetra.They have two vertical strip on their body and developed dorsal and anal fin.Anal fin looks like a skirt.Their size is about 2 inches when they become adult they turn into grey.They can be cared easily and can feed on live as well as dead food means they are omnivorous.They nature is peaceful but can sometime involve in fin nipping.They are good community fishes and live happily in groups.They like slightly planted aquarium.They can be kept in community aquarium with fishes of same size or greater.

Size:6 cm(2.25inches)

Lifespan:5 yrs.

Breeding:egglayers

Temperature:78 degrees F or 26 degrees C