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Taiwan Bitterling Paracheilognathus himantegus

Category: Temperate Fish

Size: 3-4cm

Price: £9.95 each

Discount: No discounts available

Stock: 22 in stock

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Water Chemistry: Adaptable

Diet: Adaptable

Care Level: Easy

Sociability: Peaceful

Schooling Fish: Yes

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Further details:

Further information can be found below:

Fish type:	tropical
Male or Female	Cannot be sexed
Water conditions:	These fish are currently kept in water Ph 7.8 and Hard
Breeding:	TBC
Volume Discount:	No discounts available
Size:	3-4cm

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Paracheilognathus himantegus (Taiwan Bitterling)

A small, schooling cyprinid with a deep body shape rather like a silvery tetra. Males are turquoise blue with a distinct black stripe running through the caudal peduncle onto the tail fin; they have a red flash on the top of the iris and red and black bands on the anal fin. Females are similar, but with yellowy fins and less blue on the body. The black band on the caudal peduncle is thinner and runs further forward, well onto the back half of the flank.

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Fish information (behaviour and breeding):

A hardy, active species that makes an excellent alternative to goldfish where coldwater aquaria are being stocked. Unlike goldfish, bitterlings do not grow particularly large and they do not molest healthy plants.

Easily maintained on flake foods, though bloodworms, daphnia, cooked peas and so on are all enjoyed.

Bitterlings are noted for their peculiar method of reproduction, the females possessing a very long egg-tube used to place the spawn inside the mantle cavity of freshwater mussels. This spawning tube is only present when the females are ready to spawn. Once the female has laid her eggs, the male releases his milt close to the inhalant siphon of the mussel, and the sperm is then sucked in so that the eggs are fertilised.

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Fish Details:

Further fish details are shown below:

Distribution	China and Taiwan
Temperature	15-20 C
Size	8 cm
Water Parameters	Adaptable, but avoid soft water
Water PH	6.5-8.0