Neon Tetra: The Coolest Tetra Ever

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The Neon Tetra

The neon tetra reigns today as the most popular of all freshwater aquarium fish. Neon tetras continue to add beauty to many home aquariums. They display brilliant red and blue coloration and are very easy to keep. Neon tetras are the coolest tetra ever!

Reasons Why the Neon Tetra is the Coolest Tetra 

Neon tetras are one of the 3 most popular aquarium fish. They are best when kept in shoals of 10 or more, constantly shoaling together in the aquarium.
  • Brilliant blue and red coloration
  • Very peaceful
  • Easy to keep
  • Shoals of 10 or more look great in a community tank

Neon Tetra: The Coolest Tetra Ever

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Some neon tetras in my lil aquarium

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The Cardinal Tetra 

This is another extremely popular freshwater aquarium fish. Cardinal tetras look much like neon tetras but unlike neons their color lines extend the full length of their body. These tetras also like to be kept in a shoal of 10 or more and will actively swim around a community tank in their shoal. They are very peaceful and will mix well with other peaceful community fish.

Black Neon Tetra 

The black neon tetra is a dark colored cousin of the neon tetra. They have a black line that runs the length of their body and green-to-gold line above the black line.They are hardy, peaceful and very attractive fish. Black neon tetras like to live in shoals of 10 or more and will be seen swimming together in a shoal in a community tank.

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Neon Tetras at a Glance 

The neon tetra (Paracheirodon innesi) is a freshwater fish of the characin family (family Characidae) of order Characiformes. The type species of its genus, it is native to blackwater or clearwater streams in southeastern Colombia, eastern Peru, and western Brazil, including the tributaries of the Solimões where the water is between 20-26°C. It is not found in the whitewater rivers of Andean origin. Its bright colouring makes the fish visible to conspecifics in the dark blackwater streams, and is also the main reason for its popularity as a tropical fish.

Links to Information on Popular Tetras 

Black Phantom Tetra
Black Phantom Tetra, Megalamphodus Megalopterus Profile.
Black Widow Tetra, Black Skirt Tetra
Black Widow Tetra, Black Skirt Tetra, Gymnocorymbus Ternetzi Profile.
Bleeding Heart Tetra
Bleeding Heart Tetra, Hyphessobrycon Erythrostigma Profile.
Congo Tetra
Congo Tetra, Phennocogrammus Interuptus Profile.
Emperor Tetra
Emperor Tetra, Nematobrycon Palmeri Profile.
Flame Tetra
Flame Tetra, Hyphessobrycon Flammeus Profile.
Glowlight Tetra
Glowlight Tetra., Hemigrammus* Erythrozonus. Profile.
Lemon Tetra
Lemon Tetra, Hyphessobrycon Pulchiprinnis Profile.
Serpae Tetra
Serpae Tetra, Hyphessobrycon Serpae Profile.

Videos about Neon Tetra 

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Betta and Tetra aquarium

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ANDRI wrote...

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ReplyPosted December 13, 2008

ANDRI wrote...

great lens. five rates

ReplyPosted September 24, 2008

kiwisoutback wrote...

Neons are cool and easy to find in local stores! I found that cardinal tetras were a little less hardy, but they're a little more colorful. They look really cool in large "shoals" (I never knew they were called this!) against live plants. They don't seem to mix well with anything but other types of tetras because of their size..mine were picked off by gouramis. They've done really well in larger tanks in larger shoals, like you said, and look great.

ReplyPosted June 06, 2008

triathlontraining wrote...

Very informative! Great lens. :)

ReplyPosted May 29, 2008

clear_estimates wrote...

How about Web Piranha?

ReplyPosted May 28, 2008

esidyox wrote...

Why don't you change your name fro Web Gazelle to Web Fish

ReplyPosted May 28, 2008

DarkwingDuck wrote...

Neon tetras are cool fish!

ReplyPosted May 25, 2008

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