Coloured Widows, Anyone heard of these?

purplecatfish

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Hi I have recently added new fish to my freshwater aquarium called coloured Widow Tetras, Same as the black widow tetra, and similar to the bleeding heart tetra but I cant find any information on these fish or the black widow at all, I am looking into breeding these fish but with no information I have no idea what to do. can anybody help me :confused:
 
purplecatfish said:
Hi I have recently added new fish to my freshwater aquarium called coloured Widow Tetras, Same as the black widow tetra, and similar to the bleeding heart tetra but I cant find any information on these fish or the black widow at all, I am looking into breeding these fish but with no information I have no idea what to do. can anybody help me :confused:

My best guess is that it is a "painted Black Widow Tetra". :eek: As the color is likely artificial it will fade over the next 6 to 12 months and all offspring will be normal Black Widow in color. See the below links for more info..... If it is aPainted fish, it is a fish that has already been cruelly treated. :eek:

http://66.195.16.247/black_skirt_tetra.htm
http://www.honors.montana.edu/~weif/firsttank/painted.phtml
http://www.petitiononline.com/fishtank/petition.html



Wayne
 
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