Lemon Tetras

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I have a cycled 2 foot 15 gallon tank with 6 lemon tetras. There's no plants now, just alot of rock and driftwood, gravel substrate. I was going to transfer some panda cories but changed my mind since they have sand in their present tank.
I'd like to keep it South American.

What sort of tetras, and how many could I have with these lemons.

Would a small placo work, like a bristlenose or rubberlip?

 

[jacko32]

you could have a bulldog pleco but not a BN you need 30gallon for the BN
other tetras you can have would be
black phantoms
blue emperor
neon
cardinal
colombian tetras
flame tetra
garnet tetra
glowlight tetra
january tetra
rosy tetra
serpia tetra
silver tip tetra
splash tetra
x ray tetra
other south american fish for 15gallon tanks include
marbled hatchet fish
brown pencil fish
coral red pencil fish
dwarf pencil fish
red breasted acara
apistogramma borreli
blue ram

 

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Thanks for the great list, I'm stuck between adding 5 glowlights or 5 rummynose tetras.

 

[jacko32]

Thanks for the great list, I'm stuck between adding 5 glowlights or 5 rummynose tetras.

tanks not big enough for rummy nose you need 25gallon minimum

 

[saz326]

Id be tempted to stick some microfish in there. That would make the Lemon tetra the big guys and the focal point with a shoal/grouping of maybe 15 microrasbora or similar as background fish

edited: spelling

 

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that's a great idea saz, I just saw some microrasbora at the LFS yesterday, that or ember tetras would be really nice.

 

[jacko32]

micro rasboras great fish for that size tank
not south american though

 

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I went with 5 juvenile black phantoms since they were so healthy looking and had really vivid contrasts. They seem to like schooling with the lemons right now. Thanks for the suggestions, I hope they fit in well.