Penguin tetra
Thayeria boehlkei
It sits at a tilt with its nose angled up, hanging near the surface.
3D model coming soon
Stats
- Size
- 4.5 cm
- Smallest tank
- 60 cm
- Temperature
- 22–28 °C
- Temperament
- Peaceful
- Diet
- Omnivore
- Activity
- Moderate
- Water layer
- Surface
- Care
- Easy
- Group
- Happiest in a group of 8 or more
- Coral
- Reef safe
These numbers are LumaReef simulation data, not a real aquarium care guide.
Which tank it fits
- Nano60 cm · 65 litres21 of them
- Standard90 cm · 180 litres60 of them
- Wide120 cm · 300 litres100 of them
- Living room180 cm · 650 litres216 of them
- Showcase250 cm · 1,200 litres400 of them
Who it lives with
Gets along
- Guppy
- Neon tetra
- Cardinal tetra
- Lemon tetra
- Harlequin rasbora
- Honey gourami
- Odessa barb
- Rummynose tetra
- Black neon tetra
- Serpae tetra
- Glowlight tetra
- Emperor tetra
- Zebra danio
- Cherry barb
- Platy
- Threadfin rainbowfish
- Forktail blue-eye
- Panda corydoras
- Otocinclus
- Sparkling gourami
- Multies shell dweller
- Glowlight danio
- Julii corydoras
- Dwarf chain loach
- and 59 more species
Caution
Not together
- White cloud mountain minnowWater temperatures do not overlap
- Betta (Siamese fighting fish)Aggressive with peaceful
- Paradise fishAggressive with peaceful
- Demasoni cichlidAggressive with peaceful
- Red zebra cichlidAggressive with peaceful
- Convict cichlidAggressive with peaceful
- Red tail sharkAggressive with peaceful
- Fancy goldfishWater temperatures do not overlap
- Jack DempseyAggressive with peaceful
Same familyTetras and characins
- Neon tetraParacheirodon innesi
- Cardinal tetraParacheirodon axelrodi
- Green neon tetraParacheirodon simulans
- Ember tetraHyphessobrycon amandae
- Rummynose tetraPetitella rhodostoma
- Black neon tetraHyphessobrycon herbertaxelrodi
- Lemon tetraHyphessobrycon pulchripinnis
- Black skirt tetraGymnocorymbus ternetzi
- Serpae tetraHyphessobrycon eques
- Congo tetraPhenacogrammus interruptus
- Glowlight tetraHemigrammus erythrozonus
- Diamond tetraMoenkhausia pittieri
- Emperor tetraNematobrycon palmeri
- Silver hatchetfishGasteropelecus sternicla