Hemigrammus rhodostomus. A tight-schooling tetra with a bright red nose and a black-and-white striped tail. They swim as one in a well-settled group.
Best added to a mature, stable tank. The red nose fades if water quality slips, which makes them a handy early warning.
Omnivore. Fine flakes or micro-pellets, with frozen or live daphnia, brine shrimp and bloodworm for colour and condition.
Egg-scatterer. Spawns in mature, planted tanks; adults will eat eggs, so move eggs or use a separate breeding tank to raise fry.
Price is per fish. Choose how many you'd like at checkout. Every order is £9 delivery by overnight courier however many you buy, or collect free from South Ayrshire (KA8). Photos are for illustration; fish are selected from our tanks and colours develop as they settle and mature.
Photo for illustration only: Brilliant rummy nose - Petitella bleheri by Lerdsuwa, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons.