Congo Tetras

[pcam86]

Hi, I've got a 47 US gallon tank and was just wondering how these fish are in a community tank with other fish like corys, clown plec, featherfin syno, angels?

 

[freddyk]

They're nice fish and keep to their own, so would work well in your tank. Certainly do best in shoals of 6 or more as they can be a little timid.

 

[pcam86]

how big do they get? don't wanna be overrun with congo's?

 

[sylvia]

http/www.fishforums.net/index.php?showtopic=41714

 

[Jmoto]

hey i have 8 male congos living with 5 x leopard corys , 3 x bristlenose pleco and 2 x blue ram

and their doing just fine

 

[fishman 1]

Congo tets get to approximately 100mm in body length.

I found I got the best out of this fish when kept in a shoal of 6 consisting of 4 males and 2 females. The males were always putting on a show then. I currently have a large'ish shoal of them (12). I also have some alestes longipinnis (10) which come from the same sort of region and happily shoal with them.


There is a yellow finned congo tet too. These are very nice looking too but do not seem to get quite as big.