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	Von Rio tetras
zachjc_14 Enthusiast Posts: 205 Kudos: 211 Votes: 24 Registered: 20-Apr-2004	Has anyone heard of these tetras that I have purchased- they hav read fins and are quite small as well as charming
Posted 26-Jan-2006 11:38
Julia Fingerling Posts: 26 Kudos: 36 Votes: 0 Registered: 31-Jul-2004	Never heard of them. Try looking them up in a few search engines, as well as the fishprofiles profile. If you don't get anything, they might be a hybrid. My LFS breeds wierd colored fish, brands them with exotic names, and sells them, vastly overpriced, need I add.
Posted 26-Jan-2006 11:38
zachjc_14 Enthusiast Posts: 205 Kudos: 211 Votes: 24 Registered: 20-Apr-2004	these were only 99 cents apiece and now I have a beautiful school of them
Posted 26-Jan-2006 11:38
Julia Fingerling Posts: 26 Kudos: 36 Votes: 0 Registered: 31-Jul-2004	Only 99 cents? Hmn. I wish I lived near that LFS, the cheapest fish in mine are $3, excluding the goldfish.
Posted 26-Jan-2006 11:38
greenmonkey51 Fish Master Posts: 1571 Kudos: 1692 Votes: 5 Registered: 28-Jan-2004	ive seen them they are also known as flame tetras. thought about getting some
Posted 26-Jan-2006 11:38
zachjc_14 Enthusiast Posts: 205 Kudos: 211 Votes: 24 Registered: 20-Apr-2004	80% of fish in the lfs are under $3, these look like phantom tetras on ly smaller with red fins(the fins are outlined with black) two black marks around the gills is the feature that reminds me of the black phantoms [span class="edited"][Edited by 2004-08-14 18:18][/span]
Posted 26-Jan-2006 11:38
Anti Fishman Banned Posts: 478 Kudos: 402 Votes: 0 Registered: 11-Apr-2004	Serpae tetras or Flame Tetras?
Posted 26-Jan-2006 11:38
Tanya81 Fish Addict Posts: 633 Kudos: 419 Votes: 37 Registered: 27-Jun-2003	Or are they Red Phantoms??? Which looks like black phantoms..... 72 gallon bowfront:Tanganyikan Lake set up 75 gallon: A. Baenschi trio,Cyanotilapia Afra Cobwe(4), copadichromis trewavase, protomelas sp. tangerine tiger(breeding pair)
Posted 26-Jan-2006 11:38
Tetra Fan Mega Fish Posts: 1203 Kudos: 1081 Votes: 63 Registered: 11-Apr-2004	Do they have a blue-ish body?..if so they could be columbian tetras.
Posted 26-Jan-2006 11:38
greenmonkey51 Fish Master Posts: 1571 Kudos: 1692 Votes: 5 Registered: 28-Jan-2004	is this it http://www.fishprofiles.com/profiles/fw/profile.asp?id=Hyphessobrycon+flammeus
Posted 26-Jan-2006 11:38
BruceMoomaw Mega Fish Posts: 977 Kudos: 490 Votes: 0 Registered: 31-Dec-2002	As I understand it, "Von Rio" is simply another name for the Flame Tetra. Supposedly very easy both to keep and to breed (although I've never kept them); and very common in stores, although some of them are much more brightly colored than others.
Posted 26-Jan-2006 11:38


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