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Helmut Pinter, Handbuch er aquarienfisch-zucht, 1966
If you read about breeding tetras in a lot of older as well as newer books, they sometime refer to Mr. Helmut Pinters book, as a source of tetra breeding tips. I have tried to find this book a while now, and while visiting Alf Stalsberg, i found it in his extensive library of aquarium literature. I copied the following table from said book. As this book is no longer published, and almost impossible to get a hold of, i have published the table here.
For some reason Helmut did not add the PH in his table. But usually this ranges between 5 and 7. The most interesting thing about this table is the spawning cycle.
- Martin
| Paracheirodon innesi |
| Temperature |
21-22 °C |
| dh |
5 |
| Spawning cycle |
6 to 8 days |
| sex |
Male slimmer |
| Aquarium size |
Minimum 15 liter |
| Number of fry |
up to 200 |
| Comment |
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| Paracheirodon axelrodi |
| Temperature |
24-25 °C |
| dh |
3 |
| Spawning cycle |
8 to 11 days |
| sex |
Male slimmer |
| Aquarium size |
Minimum 15 liter |
| Number of fry |
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| Comment |
Spawning occurs a couple of days after being placed in the
breeding tank |
| Hyphessobrycon heterorhabdus |
| Temperature |
23-25 °C |
| dh |
3 |
| Spawning cycle |
7 to 9 days |
| sex |
Male slimmer |
| Aquarium size |
Minimum 25 liter |
| Number of fry |
Up to 300 fry |
| Comment |
Spawning occurs a couple of days after being placed in the
breeding tank |
| Hyphessobrycon callistus (All sub spec,) |
| Temperature |
23-26 °C |
| dh |
6 |
| Spawning cycle |
8 to 11 days |
| sex |
Male slimmer |
| Aquarium size |
Minimum 15 liter |
| Number of fry |
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| Comment |
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| Hyphessobrycon rosaceus |
| Temperature |
23-26 °C |
| dh |
10 |
| Spawning cycle |
12 to 14 days |
| sex |
ryggfenan hos hannen langt utdragen |
| Aquarium size |
Minimum 30 liter |
| Number of fry |
Up to 400 |
| Comment |
Suitable pairs are very productive |
| Hyphessobrycon erythrostigma |
| Temperature |
23-26 °C |
| dh |
5 |
| Spawning cycle |
About 14 days |
| sex |
ryggfenan hos hannen langt utdragen |
| Aquarium size |
|
| Number of fry |
|
| Comment |
Sporadic spawning |
| Hyphessobrycon pulchripinnis |
| Temperature |
23-25 °C |
| dh |
5 |
| Spawning cycle |
7 to 9 days |
| sex |
Male slimmer |
| Aquarium size |
minimum 15 litere |
| Number of fry |
250 fry |
| Comment |
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| Hyphessobrycon herbertaxelrodi |
| Temperature |
24-26 °C |
| dh |
10 |
| Spawning cycle |
7 to 9 days |
| sex |
male slimmer |
| Aquarium size |
minimum 15 liter |
| Number of fry |
|
| Comment |
Sporadic spawning with a small number of fry |
| Hemigrammus pulcher |
| Temperature |
25-27 °C |
| dh |
5 |
| Spawning cycle |
9 to 10 days |
| sex |
male slimmer |
| Aquarium size |
minimum 50 liter |
| Number of fry |
|
| Comment |
very productive, very small fry |
| Hemigrammus erythrozonus |
| Temperature |
21-23 °C |
| dh |
8 |
| Spawning cycle |
6 to 7 days |
| sex |
male slimmer |
| Aquarium size |
minimum 20 liter |
| Number of fry |
up to 300 |
| Comment |
Fry very robust |
| Hemigrammus hyanuary |
| Temperature |
22-25 °C |
| dh |
3 |
| Spawning cycle |
8 to 10 days |
| sex |
male slimmer |
| Aquarium size |
minimum 15 liter |
| Number of fry |
|
| Comment |
Not very productive |
| Hasemania nana |
| Temperature |
23-25 °C |
| dh |
3 |
| Spawning cycle |
6 to 8 days |
| sex |
male slimmer |
| Aquarium size |
minimum 10 liter |
| Number of fry |
|
| Comment |
fry sensitive |
| Hemigrammus rhodostomus |
| Temperature |
23-25 °C |
| dh |
3 |
| Spawning cycle |
8 to 10 days |
| sex |
male slimmer |
| Aquarium size |
minimum 20 liter |
| Number of fry |
|
| Comment |
Seldom bread |
| megalamphodus megalopterus |
| Temperature |
24-26 °C |
| dh |
6 |
| Spawning cycle |
10 til 12 days |
| sex |
male slimmer |
| Aquarium size |
minimum 25 liter |
| Number of fry |
|
| Comment |
Fairly productive. Small fry |
| megalamphodus sweglesi |
| Temperature |
24-26 °C |
| dh |
4 |
| Spawning cycle |
12 to 18 days |
| sex |
male slimmer |
| Aquarium size |
minimum 25 liter |
| Number of fry |
|
| Comment |
Small fry |
| Nematobrycon palmeri |
| Temperature |
25 - 27 °C |
| dh |
3 |
| Spawning cycle |
14 |
| sex |
male stronger colour |
| Aquarium size |
minimum 10 liter |
| Number of fry |
|
| Comment |
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| Astyanax spec. |
| Temperature |
22-26 °C |
| dh |
12 to 16 |
| Spawning cycle |
Male smaller and slimmer than female |
| sex |
|
| Aquarium size |
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| Number of fry |
|
| Comment |
Not recommended, |
| hemigrammus ocellifer |
| Temperature |
23-25 °C |
| dh |
|
| Spawning cycle |
8 to 10 days |
| sex |
Male smaller and slimmer than female |
| Aquarium size |
minimum 50 liter |
| Number of fry |
|
| Comment |
Very productive |
| hemigrammus unilineatus |
| Temperature |
23-25 °C |
| dh |
|
| Spawning cycle |
8 to 10 days |
| sex |
Male smaller and slimmer than female |
| Aquarium size |
|
| Number of fry |
|
| Comment |
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| Hyphessobrycon bifasciatus |
| Temperature |
22-27 °C |
| dh |
|
| Spawning cycle |
6 to 8 days |
| sex |
Male smaller and slimmer than female |
| Aquarium size |
minimum 15 liter |
| Number of fry |
|
| Comment |
Not very productive |
| Hyphessobrycon flammeus |
| Temperature |
23-25 °C |
| dh |
8 to 10 days |
| Spawning cycle |
Male slimmer and and has stronger color |
| sex |
|
| Aquarium size |
|
| Number of fry |
|
| Comment |
fry grows slow at beginning |
| Hyphessobrycon scholzei |
| Temperature |
22-26 °C |
| dh |
|
| Spawning cycle |
10 to 12 days |
| sex |
Male smaller and slimmer than female |
| Aquarium size |
minimum 50 liter |
| Number of fry |
|
| Comment |
Productive |
| Mimagoniates barberi |
| Temperature |
24 - 26 °C |
| dh |
|
| Spawning cycle |
12 to 14 days |
| sex |
|
| Aquarium size |
|
| Number of fry |
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| Comment |
Sensitive |
| moenkhausia pittieri |
| Temperature |
23-26 °C |
| dh |
|
| Spawning cycle |
14 to 18 days |
| sex |
Hannens rygg finne langt utdragen |
| Aquarium size |
minimum 60 liter |
| Number of fry |
|
| Comment |
Productive with a wild spawning act.
Spawning occurs a couple of days after inserted in to spawning tank |
| moenkhausia sanctae-filomenae |
| Temperature |
22-24 °C |
| dh |
|
| Spawning cycle |
8 to 10 days |
| sex |
Male smaller and slimmer than female |
| Aquarium size |
|
| Number of fry |
|
| Comment |
fry sensitive to microorganisms, euflavin recommended |
| nannaethiops unitaeniatus |
| Temperature |
24-27 °C |
| dh |
|
| Spawning cycle |
14 to 18 days |
| sex |
Male smaller and slimmer than female |
| Aquarium size |
|
| Number of fry |
|
| Comment |
If the fish don't spawn, add another male |
| prionobrama filigera |
| Temperature |
23-25 °C |
| dh |
|
| Spawning cycle |
7 to 10 days |
| sex |
Difficult, male usually slimmer |
| Aquarium size |
|
| Number of fry |
|
| Comment |
Fry very small |
| pristella riddlei |
| Temperature |
22-26 °C |
| dh |
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| Spawning cycle |
8 to 12 days |
| sex |
Male smaller and slimmer than female |
| Aquarium size |
minimum 50 liter |
| Number of fry |
up to 800 |
| Comment |
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| Pseudocorynopoma doriae |
| Temperature |
23-25 °C |
| dh |
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| Spawning cycle |
14 to 18 days |
| sex |
rygg og anal fenen mye større en female |
| Aquarium size |
minimum 80 liter |
| Number of fry |
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| Comment |
Very messy spawning,
Degeneration after a couple of generations, a problem |
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