🐠 Red Phantom Tetra – Premium Schooling Pack (6 Fish)

Megalamphodus sweglesi | Deep red tetra with elegant schooling behavior

Add rich coloration and graceful movement to your aquarium with Red Phantom Tetras — a peaceful and visually captivating tetra species known for its deep ruby-red body tones, dark shoulder marking, and calm schooling behavior.

Their subtle elegance and natural social interaction make them an excellent choice for planted aquariums, blackwater-inspired setups, and peaceful tropical communities.

✨ Why aquarists love Red Phantom Tetras

✔️ Rich red coloration — deep ruby and translucent red body tones
✔️ Elegant schooling behavior — calm and natural synchronized movement
✔️ Peaceful temperament — ideal for community aquariums
✔️ Perfect for planted tanks — contrasts beautifully with green aquascapes
✔️ Distinctive phantom tetra appearance — signature dark shoulder marking

📦 What you receive

• 6 × Red Phantom Tetra
• Size: Juvenile/Sub-adult
• Carefully selected from stable, healthy batches

🌍 About the species

Megalamphodus sweglesi originates from the slow-moving freshwater systems of South America and is admired for its refined coloration and peaceful nature.

These fish are known for:

• Deep translucent red coloration
• Gentle schooling behavior
• Calm mid-water swimming activity
• Distinctive dark body patch
• Excellent compatibility with peaceful fish

When maintained in groups, they create a balanced and visually warm atmosphere within the aquarium.

🏡 Ideal aquarium setup

Red Phantom Tetras thrive best in:

• Planted aquariums
• Blackwater-inspired setups
• Soft to moderately soft water
• Dim to moderate lighting
• Groups of 6 or more

Recommended setup:

• 60 liters or larger
• Dense planting with shaded areas
• Stable filtration and mature aquarium conditions

⚠️ Compatibility notes

Red Phantom Tetras are peaceful community fish.

Not ideal with:

• Aggressive cichlids
• Predatory fish
• Fin-nipping species
• Extremely rough community environments

Best suited for:

✔️ Peaceful community aquariums
✔️ Nature-style aquascapes
✔️ Planted tropical setups
✔️ Mixed tetra communities

🚚 Professionally packed for live arrival

Every shipment is treated as a live biological transport, not a standard parcel.

Your fish are packed using:

• Oxygen-filled fish bags
• Temperature-insulated packaging
• Shock-absorbing thermocol protection
• Fastest safe transport routes available

This minimizes transit stress and improves live arrival success.

🛡️ Live Arrival Guaranteed*

Instant Refund of Full Replacement for DoAs in accordance with our Refund Policy.

👉 You are not taking the risk alone.

💰 Total Delivered Price: ₹1,499/-

No hidden charges.
No surprise shipping fees.
The displayed price is the final delivered price.

🧠 Why is this priced at ₹1,499/-?

Unlike conventional aquarium stores, we do not price livestock only by “per fish” cost.

This pricing includes the entire safe delivery ecosystem, including:

• Fish value and batch quality
• Oxygen packing and insulation materials
• Specialized live-animal packaging
• Express transport logistics
• Mortality risk management

In many cases, shipping and packaging alone exceed ₹600 per order.

👉 This approach ensures every shipment remains ethical, viable, and survival-focused.

🧭 Is this right for you?

✔️ You want a peaceful and richly colored aquarium
✔️ You enjoy elegant schooling fish with subtle movement
✔️ You are building a planted or blackwater-style setup
✔️ You prefer calm tropical community species

⚠️ Not ideal if:

• You keep aggressive or predatory fish
• Your aquarium is overcrowded or unstable
• You prefer highly active fast-swimming species
• Your setup lacks calm and stable conditions

🔬 Nero Labs Standard

These fish are maintained with:

• Controlled batch monitoring
• Observation-based selection
• Stress-aware handling
• Survival-focused transport preparation

We prioritize long-term stability and health over bulk-volume movement.

👉 Add rich color and calm elegance to your aquarium

Experience the refined beauty and peaceful schooling behavior of Red Phantom Tetras from Nero Labs.

Red Phantom Tetra (Megalamphodus sweglesi)

Description

The Red Phantom Tetra (Hyphessobrycon sweglesi), offered by Nero Labs, is a selectively maintained ornamental characin recognized for its deep red to crimson body coloration, distinct dark humeral blotch, and calm schooling behaviour. Native to slow-moving blackwater tributaries of the upper Amazon basin, this species exhibits strong colour responsiveness to environmental stability, subdued lighting, and water chemistry consistency.

Body coloration ranges from translucent amber to saturated red, with mature males developing more intense pigmentation and elongated dorsal fin structures. Females are typically rounder in profile with softer coloration. Behaviour is generally peaceful and cohesive, with minimal fin interaction when maintained in appropriate group sizes. Colour intensity and contrast improve with maturity, high water quality, and low-stress conditions.

Individuals supplied are lab-reared and system-acclimated within controlled, closed-system environments, reducing early-life stress and supporting reliable long-term adaptation to established aquaria. This lineage represents domesticated ornamental stock maintained for predictable colour expression and aquarium suitability rather than wild ecological performance or conservation deployment.

System & Rearing Notes

Origin: In-house, Nero Labs
Rearing environment: Controlled, closed system
Line status: Selectively maintained ornamental characin lineage
Behaviour: Peaceful, schooling; minimal aggression
Feeding behaviour: Omnivorous; accepts prepared, frozen, and natural feeds
Sexual dimorphism: Pronounced in mature individuals
Colour development: Progressive; strongest under stable, low-light conditions

Minor variation in red saturation, body depth, and fin extension may occur between individuals and reflects normal biological diversity within maintained ornamental populations.

Availability & Use

Availability of Red Phantom Tetras is cycle-dependent and aligned with biological readiness and population stability rather than commercial inventory targets. This species is suitable for beginner to intermediate aquarists capable of maintaining stable water parameters and adequate schooling groups.

Best suited for ornamental community aquaria, blackwater-style setups, planted systems, and mixed-species tanks with calm, compatible inhabitants.

Important Note

Red Phantom Tetras require group housing to maintain behavioural balance and optimal colour expression. Bright lighting, unstable water parameters, or insufficient group size may result in faded coloration and increased stress.

Ethical & Operational Context

Distribution of Red Phantom Tetras through Nero Labs emphasizes organism welfare, closed-system integrity, and responsible management of small schooling characins. Proceeds support ongoing refinement of tetra husbandry protocols, colour stability research, and applied ornamental aquaculture initiatives.