Neon Tetra: The Coolest Tetra Ever

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

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Neon Tetra: The Coolest Tetra Ever

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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.

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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.

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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.
Profile For 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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ANDRI wrote...

great lens. five rates

Posted September 24, 2008

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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.

Posted June 06, 2008

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triathlontraining wrote...

Very informative! Great lens. :)

Posted May 29, 2008

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clear_estimates wrote...

How about Web Piranha?

Posted May 28, 2008

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esidyox wrote...

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