Congo Tetra • Care Guide (Tank Setup | 水產百科網

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If you’ve dreamed of creating a vibrant display within your freshwater aquarium, you couldn’t ask for better than Congo tetras (Phenacogrammus interruptus).

With stunning scales in every color of the rainbow, topped with an iridescent sheen, they’re perfect.

Congos are African members of the Characin family. They’re also one of the more recent tetras to gain popularity with aquarists.

The species earned its name in 1949, but they proved tricky to breed, leaving aquarists to take them from the wild. 

Finally, in the 1970s, a Florida fish farm experimented and finally stumbled on the breeding solution.

At long last, aquarists were able to add these vibrant freshwater denizens to their aquariums.

Now, most of the Congos that appear in fish stores descend from that line.

While hardy in nat...