Red Phantom Tetra

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The Red Phantom Tetra (Hyphessobrycon sweglesi) is a peaceful and active freshwater fish popular in the aquarium hobby. Native to the Orinoco River drainage basin in South America, this species is known for its beautiful reddish-orange iridescent body and distinctive black markings.

Like most Tetras, we recommend keeping these guys in groups of 5 or more for them to feel safe in a large school. They will look especially stunning in a planted tank.

Red Phantom Tetra Tetras are pretty easy to care as long as they are introduced to a mature, cycled tank. They can acclimate to a wide range of parameters.  The following are our water parameters we keep them at:

Our Tank Water Parameters

PH: 7.2 to 7.5
GH: 7 to 8
KH: 3 to 4
TDS: 180 to 250
Temp: 72 to 75

We feed them a mix of live baby brine shrimp, frozen daphnia and high-quality flake food.