Lipstick Tetra 3cm


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Natural Range
The upper basins of the rivers Rio Paraguai and Rio
Tapajos in Brazil
Maximum Size and Longevity
Maximum length reported for Moenkhausia cosmops
is about 6 cm and life span of 3-5 years.
Water Quality
 · Temperature: 24°C - 26°C.
 · pH: 6.0—7.0
 · General Hardness: 30—150 ppm.
Feeding
Lipstick characins are omnivorous and will readily
take most types of aquarium foods. They will accept
flake and pellet and also benefit from most frozen
foods. We recommend AI Naturals Range Frozen
Brine Shrimp, Krill and Tropical Mix for these fish.
Ideally, add live foods such as Black worms and
Daphnia to their diet as well.
Compatibility
Best kept in schools (minimum 5 in the group).
Different characin species can generally be kept
together with no problems. Lipsticks will also mix
readily with a wide range of species and are generally
an ideal community fish. It is not a good idea to mix
them with species that grow very large as predation
can be a factor due to their smaller size. Beware of
elongated fins on some species as they can be
nipped. Note: as they are omnivorous, they can be
prone to eating aquatic plants.
Colour and Varieties
The name cosmops in ancient Greek means “with a
decorated face” and the Lipstick characin certainly
has a striking one, with red lips, blue eye shadow and
a shimmery scale pattern it’s a very attractive little
characin. Note: Being new to science only one variant
is known to exist.
Sexing
This species, like many in its genus, shows no sexual
dimorphism at all. This makes sexing of the fish
difficult. Best to set up a breeding program with small
schools.
General Information
This species has only recently been described
scientifically and is considered to be a close relative
of the well known species Moenkhausia
sanctaefilomenae (Red eye tetra) and M oligolepis
(Glass tetra).
Lipstick characin have only recently (within the last 4
years) started to be imported into the fish keeping
hobby and have had great success. Being unique
they have fitted in well with many people’s community
tanks.
Given a varied and well balanced diet with enough
tank space to openly school, looking after the Lipstick
characin is something any fish hobbyist can do

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