🐟 Rummy Nose Tetra (Hemigrammus rhodostomus)
A Vivid Red Nose Fading Into a Silvery Body • A Bold Black-and-White Striped Tail • One of the Tightest-Schooling Tetras in the Hobby
 
📋 The Rummy Nose Tetra has a distinctive look, a vivid red nose and head fading into a silvery body, finished with a bold black-and-white striped tail.
It comes from the Amazon Basin, across Brazil, Venezuela, and Colombia, naturally forming large, tightly coordinated schools in blackwater streams and tributaries. Every Rummy Nose Tetra we ship is feeding well.
This is one of the tightest-schooling tetras in the hobby, moving almost as a single unit when kept in a real group, and its vivid red colouration is a real, visible marker of water quality, fading when stressed and returning with stable conditions. It coexists well with other small, peaceful tetras and rasboras, and looks especially striking against a planted backdrop. It reaches up to 5cm, so an 80L tank suits a school well.
 
💡 Highlights
🔴 Vivid Red Nose: A bold splash of colour fading into a silvery body
⚫⚪ Striped Tail: Bold black-and-white banding
👥 Exceptionally Tight Schooling: Moves almost as a single unit in a real group
🌿 Planted Tank Favourite: Striking against green backdrops
💧 A Living Water-Quality Indicator: Its red colouration reflects tank conditions