Three-banded tetra - Nannostomus trifasciatus

With its great appearance, the three-banded tetra is an interesting ornamental fish for well planted tanks. The comrade belonging to the slender tetras and scientifically called Nannostomus trifasciatus is not often found in the trade and comes from the Amazon basin in South America. Especially in the Rio Negro and in Guyana it can be found.

Your favorites have a slender cylindrical body with a pointed terminal small mouth, from which a black lateral band extends to the caudal fin root. Above and below this are two more true narrow longitudinal bands, which give it its name. The base of the fins are colored red. Its large eye, which is reddish at the upper edge, is conspicuous. Like all tetras, the Dreibinden ornamental tetra has an adipose fin. They live about 6 years and reach 6 cm.

Offer your darlings an aquarium from 60 cm with very soft, respectively acidic water and pH-values around 4-5 as well as a total hardness between 0-2. For this you can use rainwater or also osmosis water. Because they come from flooded areas with a lot of infrastructure in the form of leaves and dead wood, you should also use roots in the aquarium, brown autumn leaves also serve their well-being. The most suitable aquarium is a black water aqu arium. You can plant it densely in places, so that your animals feel comfortable, especially on fine plants the females lay their eggs. Nevertheless make sure that there is enough swimming space.

You can socialize the three-banded tetra with other peaceful fish, which come from similar water parameters, for this other tetras or also armored catfish are suitable. It is better to avoid invertebrates.

You can stimulate breeding with black mosquito larvae, but a spawning tank is best suited for this. After spawning you should transfer the parents again, as they tend to eat their own spawn. It is important that the rearing aquarium is darkened and the water is very soft, clean and acidic. The young hatch after about 30 hours and can be fed with fine dust food, rotifers and infusoria 48 hours later.

You can feed the carnivorous three-banded tetra with small live and frozen food, suitable for this are mosquito larvae, but also Artemia or Tubifex. Because they feed mainly on the water surface, you should feed them rather with floating dry food.

Our food recommendation: NatureHolic professional main feed is a professional main feed for all aquarium fish. We supply Hauptfeed in the form of a soft granulate, which thanks to its grain size of half a millimeter can be easily absorbed by small to medium-sized fish. The soft consistency resembles the texture of insect larvae in nature and protects the fish mouth from micro-injuries.

Our plant recommendation: Use for planting NatureHolic InVitros. These are free of snails, planarians and other unwanted co-inhabitants. Also free of algae spores, bacteria and fungi.

Expert Tip: We recommend when keeping fish the NatureHolic 3 Phase Liquid. The care set offers the best all-round protection for your animals. It ensures optimal conditions for successful breeding and keeping.