Species – Hyphessobrycon anisitsi
Common Name – Buenos Aires Tetra
Origin – Argentina, southeastern Brazil, Paraguay in South America.
Diet – Omnivore
PH Range – 5.8 – 8.5
Temperature – Tropical 18-28°c
Breed Type – egg layer
Buenos Aires Tetras are social fish that swim in schools. Although tetras are generally peaceful, avoid keeping them with small fish such as the neon tetra as well as long-finned fish such as bettas and angelfish. If they get hungry, Buenos Aires tetras could nip at the fins of long-finned tankmates.
The Buenos Aires Tetra does well with larger sized tetras, such as the Black Widow or Serpae Tetra, as well as with barbs, danios, gouramis, and rainbows. Bottom-dwelling fish are also good companions. A school of Buenos Aires Tetras is good dither fish among non-aggressive cichlids.