Dwarf Pencilfish
Dwarf Pencilfish
Origin
Guyana, Suriname, Colombia, Peru, Ecuador, Brazil, and throughout most major left-bank tributaries of the Amazon in Brazil.
Habitat
Inhabits sluggish tributaries, small rivers and swampy areas, particularly in areas with dense growth of aquatic vegetation or submerged woody structures and leaf litter.
| Family: | Lebiasinidae |
| Genus: | Nannostomus |
| Species: | marginatus |
| Status: | SOLD OUT |
| Diet: | Omnivore |
| Sexing: | Dimorphic |
| Breeding: | Substrate Spawner |
| Max Size: | 2.5 cm |
| Water Hardness: | Soft |
| Difficulty: |   |
| Temperment | Conspecific Temperment |
| Peaceful | Peaceful |
| min Temp °C | max Temp °C |
| 22 | 28 |
| min pH | max pH |
| 4.0 | 6.0 |