Penguin Tetra (Thayeria boehlkei ) - Tank-Bred!

Penguin Tetra (Thayeria boehlkei ) - Tank-Bred!

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This uniquely marked tetra is one of the most interesting nano and planted tank species due to its striking appearance, peaceful disposition, and outgoing personality!

The Penguin Tetra (Thayeria boehlkei) is a very popular schooling community fish. The black horizontal striping on the body and tail make it a very distinctive fish and its lively, active nature adds lots of action to the aquarium. It is an ideal fish for the community and planted aquarium.

The Penguin Tetra typically occupies the top and middle level of the water column, although it can often be seen swimming and feeding in the middle and bottom levels as well. It is safe with other peaceful, small fish. Adult dwarf shrimp are generally safe as well, but adult Penguin Tetras may eat small dwarf shrimp and their fry. Larger, peaceful invertebrates can also make good tankmates. The Penguin Tetra must be kept in schools of 6 or more. Since it is tank-bred, the Penguin Tetra is fairly adaptable, but its natural habitat contains soft, acidic water rich in tannins and leaf litter.

While not a picky eater, the Penguin Tetra will thrive and remain very colorful on a varied diet of meaty foods. High-quality flake food, pellets, and frozen or freeze-dried tubifex and bloodworms will all be readily accepted.

What We Like About This Fish:

Unique black striping on the body and tail
Peaceful disposition with fish and peaceful invertebrates
Very active and noticeable schooling fish in any aquarium
Excellent for inhabiting the top of the aquarium

RECOMMENDED TANK PARAMETERS:

Temperature: 72° - 82° F (22.2° - 27.7° C)
pH: 6.0 - 7.0 (more acidic water is preferable)
KH: 4 - 8 dKH
Minimum tank size: 10 gallons

CARE GUIDELINES:

Diet: Omnivorous. Will easily accept high quality dry and frozen foods.
Social behavior: Peaceful, schooling/shoaling.
Origin: Tank-bred, but indigenous to South America
Average adult size: 1 - 1.5 inches (2.5 - 3.8 cm)
Average purchase size: 1/2 - 1 inch (1.3 - 2.5 cm)

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For the safety of our animals, we only ship live fish, crabs, and select other inverts exclusively via UPS 1 Day Air. If your order contains this item, you will only see UPS 1 Day Air as a shipping option during checkout. If other items are in your cart that can ship with 2 day or standard shipping options the only shipping method you can still select is UPS 1 Day Air.

UPS 1 Day is a description of the duration of time a shipment will spend in transit once it has been shipped. This does not guarantee the package will be shipped the same or next day from which the order was placed.

Shipping Schedule for this service

UPS 1 Day: Monday through Thursday

Current Handling Time:

1-9 business days

Here at Aquatic Arts, we consider the welfare of the live animals we are shipping to be of the foremost importance. This process is much more involved than simply creating a shipping label and affixing it to a box. Depending on the order, it takes from 4 to 7 people to complete this process properly. We check the weather conditions here where they fly out of the Indianapolis UPS facility and the destination for each shipment. We start early each morning and go through a multi-step process to have the day's shipments prepared in time for the UPS pickup. The volume of orders in our system also affects the processing time. Therefore our stated handling time is 1-9 business days.

Shipping Rate

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