Nutrition
In the wild this fish eats mainly aquatic insect larvae and crustaceans. In an aquarium they will readily adapt to a diet of commercial dry fish foods, but benefit from a variety of food including both live and frozen foods such as daphnia and bloodworms.Aquarium care
The glass bloodfin tetra is a community tank fish that would do best in a group of at least 8 fish. A well planted aquarium with a volume of 15 Gallons (57 L) would make an ideal home for this species.Breeding
''Prionobrama filigera'' will breed successfully in harder and more alkaline water than most tetra species. A pH of 7.3 and 10 degrees of hardness is suitable, but not the much harder water the adults can live in. It is an egg scattering species that will eat its own eggs.References
* http://www.fishbase.org/Summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=12396 * http://www.bettatrading.com.au/Glass-Bloodfin-Tetra-Fact-Sheet.php * http://www.fishchannel.com/freshwater-aquariums/species-info/keeping-and-breeding-the-glass-bloodfin.aspx {{Taxonbar, from=Q2791026 Tetras Freshwater fish of Brazil Freshwater fish of Colombia Freshwater fish of Ecuador Freshwater fish of Peru Fish of the Amazon basin Fish described in 1870