tetras

[shark89]

i'm thinking of getting some tetras for a five gallon tank. and i'm asking if someone could please tell some types of tetras that are great fish to have. thankyou

 

[Gabe]

Well, I have 4 Black Skirt Tetras in a 5gallon right now. I do feel kinda bad for them so I am setting up a new, bigger tank for them. I really like these fish, they are very pretty. But you could go for Neon Tetras, they are smaller I think. Good luck finding a fish you like!!

Gabe

 

[Alia]

Neons are definitely smaller than black skirts, as are cardinals (a little bigger) and black neons. Pristella maxillaris (x-ray tetra) is also small (1 inch). I wouldn't put black skirts in a five gallon for very long at all - my biggest one is pretty good sized and might still be growing!

They will no doubt appreciate a bigger tank, Gabe, I'm glad to hear you are setting one up. Will you be giving them some new companions in the new tank? Some neons, maybe?

Good luck to you both!

 

[Gabe]

Actually I'm going to get 2 more black skirts to make 6 and then probably 6 cherry barbs. I'm hoping they will all get along though

Gabe

 

[Elisabeth]

Glowlight tetras look pretty cool in a shoal

 

[Dragonslair]

What kind of tank do you propose to put the Tetras in. I know you said 5 gallons, but is it just a rectangular type a plexiglas type of a bioOrb? Just trying to think of the best effect for the type of tetra. Will you also have any living plants?

 

[Starry^]

Anyone adding barbs to a community tank needs to remember these are a very nibbley fish, and must have atleast 4 of them but be outnumbered by the other fish,they will rip and nibble at larger fishies fins but otherwise will stick to picking at each other if theres enough of them.

we have 6 glowlight tetras, which are beautiful and 6 neon tetras which are also very pretty,we have 4 green tiger barbs in the tank - and they all seem to get on well...(my bf is obsessedwith tetra's, I wont be surprised if he soon is king tetra question answerer!) lol

Starry^

 

[Mollymomma]

LOL

My neons are great... they just happily go about ignoring the other's.. I have 5 at the moment but want to get another 5 as they look great in a large shoal.. I also have 4 pristella's, & 9 black skirts in my 55gal.

hmmmm maybe I should change my name to tetramomma now lol as my tetra's outnumber my mollys

 

[Jesse]

Hi! I recommend Pristella tetras. They are cute (eh i know...couldnt think of another word) and they stay small at about 1". I have 3 in my 10 gallon with tigerbarbs. They all stick together!

 

[Jazz_UK]

My fav is Bleeding Heart Tetras!

Not that great a name (one of the reasons my wife will not let me buy them, since she found out what they were called) but I think that they are very elegant as they swim around and the markings on them are unusual. I think that you can get ones with high fins (or this may just be the normal look)

Don't know if they shoal as I have only had 5 or below in a tank.

Jazz_UK

 

[elgecko]

I would say a small group of Neons is your best bet for a 5 gallon tank. I have 7 of these in my 40 gallon tank. I also have 4 Bleeding Hearts, but they get much bigger then Neons so they would not be a good choice for a 5 gallon tank.

Pics of my Neons here:
http/www.geocities.com/elgecko1989/neon.html

and my Bleeding Hearts:
http/www.geocities.com/elgecko1989/bleed.html