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Live Fish

Black Morpho Tetra | Poecilocharax weitzmani (1–2cm)

SKU 1142475
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Live Fish — Click & Collect Only

Order your fish online and collect them from our Aquatics department in Newlands. We do not ship or deliver live fish.

Click & Collect information

How Click & Collect works for live fish:

Place your order online and choose Click & Collect at checkout. Please wait until you receive confirmation from us that your order is ready before travelling to the store.

Your fish will be held for collection by our Aquatics team at Newlands Home & Garden Centre, Clondalkin. When you arrive, bring your order confirmation and a member of the team will prepare your livestock for collection.

Please note: live fish are not shipped or delivered. Collection times can vary depending on livestock preparation and availability, so please wait for your ready-to-collect confirmation before setting off.

Species care guide

Fish Care Guide

Use this guide to check the aquarium size, water conditions, behaviour, compatibility and feeding needs of this fish before bringing it home.

Live fish are Click & Collect only.
Order online and collect from Newlands Aquatics.

Overview

Black Morpho Tetras are small, characterful characins with dark markings and unusual cave-breeding behaviour. Supplied size: 1–2cm. Size at sale is not adult size.

Behaviour

An unusual small characin with cave-breeding behaviour. Males defend small territories; it should not be treated as an ordinary open-water shoaling tetra.

Tank Size

We recommend a mature, shaded aquarium of at least 60 litres, with plants, leaf litter, wood and separate small caves. Add floor space for additional males. Adults reach about 3–4cm.

Compatibility

Choose small, calm companions. Avoid fast feeders that prevent these fish receiving food; breeding males need distinct territories.

Diet

Offer tiny live or frozen invertebrates, such as newly hatched brine shrimp and small daphnia. Check acceptance before relying on dry food.

Care

Use stable, soft, slightly acidic water around 24–27°C. Do not attempt extremely low breeding pH without experience managing very soft water. Use a fully cycled aquarium. Check appetite, breathing and equipment daily; test water regularly and keep ammonia and nitrite at zero. Make regular partial water changes with conditioned, temperature-matched water and clean filter media in removed aquarium water.

Click & Collect only: order online and wait for confirmation before collecting from Newlands Home & Garden Centre, Clondalkin, Dublin 22. We do not ship live animals.

Complete your aquarium

Plants, aquascaping and the essentials for your fish.