x-ray tetras

[veen]

anyone know much about these? i saw some the other day and was interested in getting some possibly.

 

[The-Wolf]

Pristella maxillaris are Gregarious and non-aggressive. Quite hardy and should be kept in groups of 5 or more; minimum aquarium size 60 cm
adults are 4.5cm and like a temp range of 24-28c

also known as Albino pristella, Pristella, Pristella tetra and X-ray fish

 

[WILDER]

Just got 5 myself a week ago and they are lovely, and they do seem to be a hardy little guys.

 

[titus]

got a shoal of 6 - they were our first, and are great!

 

[Lateral Line]

Yup, if you've got the space for them, they are a very nice little tetra. Easy to keep, easy to feed, non-aggressive, active. Do best in soft acidic water, but that is by no means essential.

A desirable little fish.

 

[smithrc]

We have 4 and are a great fish - they shoal well and joined with our shoal of 9 phantoms when they were together.

ours are quite old now (had them 18 months) and are about 3cm.

 

[veen]

can anyone post photos of theirs?

 

[smithrc]

Volia

 

[veen]

hm, those are not the ones i saw. they were labeled x-ray tetras at the lfs, but didn't look like those. they were transparent like the one in the photo, but were slimmer and the transparent was more of a peachy color rather than clear. the eyes were also ringed in black if that makes sense. i'll try to take a photo of one and post to see if anyone knows what they really are.

thanks!

 

[Ryeguy]

they are the albino type...i have four of these..

does anyone know how to sex these???

the males are supposed to have pointed swim bladder....but i cant tell teh difference in my 4.....maybe they are all one type