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Beautiful Scaled Characin (Copella natteri)

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Stats:	Adult Size: 2" (5 cm) Temp: 76-80 F (23-27 C) Tank: 24" (60 cm) minimum
Requirements:	Larger tank for these active fish. Floating plants are preferred.
Diet:	Carnivore, eat flake, frozen, live with no problems.
Breeding:	Males brighter, with a longer caudal fin. Broad Leaf plants needed to spawn on. Male tends spawn.
Sociability:	Mildly aggressive with each other, territorial when breeding. Okay with most other fish.
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Special Info:	In the Splash Tetra family, but like most of them spawning involves no splashing.