Mixture Of Tetras?

[Fishstix]

Would it work well if i got maybe 2 each of different species of Tetras rather than one school of the same species? Such as 2 Glowlight,2 Rummy Nose,etc... Would they school together or just stay with their own kind? I would get some with 5 or 6 Tiger Barbs. It's a 30 gallon tank.

 

[Stryker]

You will get mixed responces on that. My answer in short is yes, take look at my 120L tank in my sig. I inherited most of that stock so it is a fair mixture at that. However the tetras seem to live as one large group.

 

[finius]

My tetras will school with my loaches so I'd imagine they'd school with each other. Couldn't say for sure though.

 

[Jaded_Pulse]

In my experience - bad idea. I had 1 each of colombian tetra, black widow tetra, & neon tetra along with a krib, 2 guppies, angelfish & scissortail rasbora. Admittedly a very bad combo, but even with all those aggressive fish the 3 tetras all avoided each other as much as possible even when the krib was doing the psycho thing. Maybe this was because there were only 3 tetras, or maybe because they were very different sizes, but unless u know u'll be able to return them if it doesn't work out then I'd say just go with a group of the same tetras. Just my opinion.

 

[modernhamlet]

While the idea of many different species of fish sounds good in theory, a tank with fewer species will usually look better. JMO.

Good luck!

 

[aquarius]

i think it also depends on their sizes. when i had black neons, they wouldn't school with my neon tetras probably because they were much bigger but now my neons and rummie noses school together and they're similiar in size

 

[karrihug]

i have 5 neons and 3 glowlights and they school very nicely. used to have 10 neon 6 glowlight and 2 rasborahs that schooled together, but lost the rest when the tank exploded.

 

[Lateral Line]

Similaly sized, similaly shaped tetras that habitually cruise at the same depth, will probably school up, if they feel the need. Schooling/shoaling is a defence mechanism. In a small crowded tank, it has no real benefit and is not seen as often as with the same group of fish in a large relatively uninhabited tank.

Naturally schooling fish, will always feel safer schooling with their own kind.