Glowlight tetras require ample space to breed. Feed the fish a balanced diet and change the water regularly to remove excess chemicals and waste from the water. Maintaining a clean and healthy tank environment is the best preventative method. Watch out for overfeeding glowlights as overeating can cause parasitic diseases. Feed glowlight tetras with live food once in a while to ensure the fish get the natural nutrients needed to thrive. Glowlight tetras eat fruit flies, insect larvae, algae, and water fleas in the wild. Ensure they are fed with floating live and frozen food to improve immunity and color. They are omnivorous and will eat plants and animals. Angelfish are known to eat glowlight tetras, so keeping glowlights and angelfish together is dangerous.Ĭreate a peaceful environment and consider peaceful species that are small in size in a glowlight tetra tank. Tetras are small and can quickly become prey for large predator fish.Īngelfish target glowlight tetras when these species share a tank. You should avoid placing the tetras in the same tank with large or aggressive fish. Glowlight tetras are docile and will coexist with other fish species. However, slow-moving or long-finned species are unsuitable tank mates for glowlight tetras because the fish will fight. They thrive when kept with other fish species. They can be territorial, and they will get aggressive when kept in insufficient groups. You should always keep a minimum of five fish if you want the fish to feel at home and look cheerful. They quickly adapt to their environment and eat most foods. Tetras that are kept in small groups will spend most of their time at the bottom and hide on the sides of the tank. Glowlight tetras are active fish that swim in schools and dart around the tank. Male tetras chase spawning females around the tank when they breed. Males tend to be slender, and their colors are brighter than females. Female tetras are larger and longer than males, they’re also plumper, and their ventral section is smooth and round. Pregnant female glowlight tetras gain weight in the tail and abdomen area. The differences between male and female tetras are subtle.
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