Freshwater Fish
Lemon Tetra.
A soft lemon-yellow tetra with black-and-yellow fin accents — understated until a well-fed school colors up. Peaceful and beginner-easy; group them in a planted 10-gallon-plus tank for the best color.
Live fish are priced per supplier batch — prices may vary. Call to confirm current pricing.
- Condition
- new
- Fulfillment
- Local pickup — Erie, PA
Every animal is acclimated and health-checked in-house before it reaches the sales floor. This is a species we carry — it's most likely in the tanks around delivery days, but live stock changes daily. Please call (814) 456-9445 to confirm availability before you drive in.
Care at a glance
What to know before you take one home.
- Care level
- Beginner
- Temperament
- Peaceful
- Community
- Community safe
- Adult size
- 1.5"
- Min tank size
- 10 gallons
- Diet
- Omnivore
- Scientific name
- Hyphessobrycon pulchripinnis
Good tank mates
Peaceful and community-safe, so it belongs in a calm community of small, similarly-sized fish. Good tankmates include other peaceful tetras, rasboras, corydoras, peaceful gouramis, and livebearers like platies or mollies. Keep it in a school for the best color, and avoid fin-nippers, much larger or aggressive fish, and anything that fits in its mouth or that it could fit inside.
Good to know
Male lemon tetras have a more sharply defined black-and-yellow edge on the anal fin, which is one of the simpler ways to tell the sexes apart.
Stock and individual temperament vary — call (814) 456-9445 for pairing advice before you buy.
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660 East 14th Street,
Erie, PA.
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