White Spot Tetra

A peaceful nano tetra with shimmering silver colour and distinctive white-tipped markings

The White Spot Tetra is a charming little schooling fish known for its iridescent silver body and distinctive black tail spot highlighted by a bright white band. This subtle yet eye-catching pattern gives the species its common name and creates a striking effect as a school moves through the aquarium.

Peaceful, active, and easy to care for, White Spot Tetras are ideal for planted community aquariums. They thrive in groups, where their natural schooling behaviour and shimmering colours become even more impressive. Their small size makes them perfect for nano and medium-sized planted tanks alongside other gentle community species.

Need to Know:

Recommended For: Beginner aquarists and planted community aquariums
Minimum Tank Size: 60 litres
Temperature Range: 23–28°C
pH Range: 6.0–7.5
Recommended School Size: 6+ for best schooling behaviour
Compatibility: Peaceful; ideal with other small community fish
Max Size: 3–4 cm

Shipping Disclaimer:

All fish are usually shipped on Monday or Tuesday mornings via an overnight courier. We use NZ Couriers for all livestock shipping, we find they handle your fish with the best possible care and have quick overnight delivery nationwide.

Special Requests:

If you have any requests for gender/colour etc we will do our best to accommodate them. Please note we can not always accommodate every request due to high stock turnover and what is available at the time. We move all fish sold online into separate holding tanks while they wait to be shipped.

Rural Shipping:

Good news! If you are a rural customer, we can still ship fish to you. Your order will be shipped to your nearest NZ Couriers Depot or Collect/Send Point and you will be phoned once it arrives. You can find your nearest depot/point here: https://nzcextras.co.nz/nearestlocation/