Armor Bill Tetra (Phago loricatus)
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Armor Bill Tetra
Armor Bill Tetra
Phago loricatus
132 Litres (35 US G.)
14-16 cm (5.5-6.3")
Freshwater
6.0 - 7.2
22 -27 °C (71.6-80.6°F)
8-15 °d
1:2 M:F
3-6 years
Family
Distichodontidae
Contents
Additional names
- Armor Bill Tetra, African Pike-Characin
Additional scientific names
- Phago maculatus
Tank compatibility
- A predatory fin-nipper that is best kept in a species tank alone or in a group of 4-5 or more of its own species, as it will be predatory to both smaller and larger fish. May well eat inverts too.
Diet
- Requires a meaty diet with live/frozen foods such as daphnia, brine shrimp and bloodworm. May accept flakes or pellets but will take some weaning.
Feeding regime
- Feed once or twice a day.
Environment specifics
- Needs a mature laterally spacious dimly-lit tank with some dense planting combined with open swimming space and a very secure lid as this fish may jump.
Behaviour
- A slender predatory fish known for fin nipping and removing scales of other fish.
Identification
- This fish is a long slender elongated fish with large round eyes and a pointed snout. It has 3-5 vertical black stripes on dorsal fin formed by small black spots. It has 2-3 brown-black oblique stripes on caudal fin. The flanks are uniformly coloured or marked with vertical spots on lateral line generally joining together at the back end of the fish.
Pictures
External links
- Fishbase (Mirrors:
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