Cyprinidae: Nannostomus Unifasciatus Pyrrhulina

Monday, 23 July 2012

Nannostomus Unifasciatus Pyrrhulina

These fish have beautiful red fins bordered with an intense sky blue color on the pectorals. I was happy to add 4 of these to my 75 liter tank. Unfortunately, I had to return them to the fish store because they harrassed their tankmates into hiding; they even chased off my oto's (the fish store said that's really really odd). They did however leave my gold ram alone. These fish are supposed to be peaceful community tank candidates, but they didn't workout for me. Maybe they should be kept in larger tanks and I'm guessing they could possibly hold their own in a large enough semi-aggressive tank. They also seemed more intelligent and cunning than other fish in my experience. Hopefully someday I'll have another tank setup in the distant future that would accomodate these cool fish.