Diamond Tetra (Makunaima pittieri)

[bgarthe]

These fish are awesome looking with the sparkles, active and friendly, good eaters, and seemingly hardy. I keep my shoal of 16 in a 33g long with a few corycats. The pH is 7.8-8.0 with the KH and GH between 2-6 and a temperature of 77-78F degrees. I have an AC 70 HOB, a Drop1.2 Algae Scrubber, and a Fluval AquaSky 3.0 LED light. Interestingly, they show superior sparkliness with subdued light. One would tend to think more light =s more sparkles, but that is not the case for me. A tank with these is almost hypnotic in a good way.



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[Leeman75]

I've never kept these, but I can see the draw with the sparkles!