Neon Tetra Fish

Executive Summary About Neon Tetra Fish By Sara Le

Tetra Fish

Neon Tetra Fish, otherwise known as neon tetras, are among the most popular of all tropical fish. In the wild, neon tetras originated in the tropical waters of South America. Neon tetras are schooling fish and need to live together in multiple numbers. The perfect number of neon fish to keep would be a group of around fifteen. Don’t put neon fish in with any sort of aggressive fish, or they will be quickly eaten. Most people have some trouble breeding neon fish in their tank environments. The water temperature cannot be above 75 degrees. The eggs of neons are sensitive to light so they need to have their breeding tank placed in a darkish spot before spawning takes place. Two or three days before breeding, give the neons live food to eat. As soon as you do identify eggs, remove the breeders from the tank.

Executive Summary About Neon Tetra Fish By Nero L

The Neon Tetra Fish (Paracheirodon innesi) is a freshwater fish of the characin family (family Characidae). The neon tetra fish has a light-blue back over a silver-white abdomen. The neon tetra has an iridescent blue horizontal stripe along each side of the fish from its nose to the base of the adipose fin. Wild Neon Tetras are omnivore and feed on plant matter as well as on crustaceans, worms and small insects. They are not fuzzy eaters in the aquarium and will accept most flake foods, but should also have some small foods such as brine shrimp, daphnia, freeze-dried bloodworms, tubiflex, and micro pellet food to supplement their diet.

The Neon Tetra Fish originates from westerns Brazil, south-eastern Columbia and eastern Peru and wild Neon Tetras can be found in the headwaters of the River Amazon, Tiger, Napo and Yarapa. Today, an introduced population of Neon Tetra is established in Singapore. The commercially bred Neon Tetras have adapted well to a wide range of water conditions. The recommended pH range for the Neon Tetras is between 5.0 – 7.0 and the recommended dH range is 1 – 2.

Executive Summary About Neon Tetra Fish By Steve Challis

A Fish with Extraordinary Breeding Behavior. Other common names it has been called include “Splash Tetra”, “Jumping Characin”, “Spraying Tetra”, “Arnolds Splashing Tetra” and “Spraying Characin”.

Water Conditions. The Splashing Tetra’s natural habitat is warm tropical.

Food. The preferred food of the Splashing Tetra is small live food, including aquatic insect larvae and Daphnia. They will also eat most normal aquarium fish foods and frozen bloodworms.

The Splashing Tetra is happy with other small peaceful fish like Neon Tetras, Cardinal Tetras, Green Neon Tetras, White Cloud Mountain Minnows, Cherry Barbs, Penguin Tetras, Pristella Tetras and Glowlight Tetras. I would be a little more cautious about putting them with slightly more aggressive fish like Red Eye Tetras, Silvertip Tetras, Gold Barbs, Rummy Nose Tetras, Scissortail Rasboras, Lemon Tetras, Emperor Tetras, Head and Tail Light Tetras, Glass Bloodfin Tetras, Swordtails, Platies, Mollies, Zebra Danios, Black Widow Tetras, Rosy Barbs, Tiger Barbs, Paraguay Tetras, Buenos Aires Tetras Colombian Tetras; although these may well be all right with Splashing Tetras. The males grow a little bigger than the females.

Breeding. The Breeding behavior of the Splashing Tetra is extraordinary. The female lays some eggs while the male fertilizes them. The fish drop off.

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Executive Summary About Tetra By Steve Challis

Tetra Fish

The “Blind Cave Tetra”, “Astyanax fasciatus mexicanus”, is a very unusual fish. There are several other common names for the Blind Cave Tetras, these include: the “Blind Cave Fish”, the “Mexican Tetras”, and the “Silvery Tetras”. Over many generations the fish without eyes replaced the fish with eyes and the new sub species was formed. The Blind Cave tetra is not considered a separate species from the fish that stayed on the surface and kept their eyes. Blind Cave Tetras can take quite high levels of hardness in the water. The Blind Cave tetras are very easily fed omnivore. Some sources describe the Blind Cave Tetras as being peaceful. I would definitely avoid putting them with small fish like Neon Tetras and Cardinal Tetras as well as slow moving long finned fish like Siamese Fighting Fish, Guppies and Endlers Guppies.

Fish more suited to be companions for Blind Cave Tetras are: Red EyeTetras, Silvertip Tetras, Gold Barbs, Cherry Barbs, Pristella Tetras, Rummy Nose Tetras, Harlequin Rasboras, Scissortail Rasboras, Lemon Tetras, Emperor Tetras, Head and Tail Light Tetras, Glass Bloodfin Tetras, Swordtails, Platies, Mollies, Zebra Danios, Glowlight Tetras, White Cloud Mountain Minnows, Black Widow Tetras, Rosy Barbs, Tiger Barbs, Paraguay Tetras, Penguin Tetras, Buenos Aires Tetras and Colombian Tetras, as well as the Corydoras catfish like the Peppered Catfish.

Some people keep Blind Cave Tetras in an unheated aquarium with Goldfish, Rosy Barbs and other suitable fish. Do not put the Blind Cave Tetras with large or predatory fish like the larger cichlids or Great White Sharks.

The Diamond Tetras, Moenkhausia pittieri, is a peaceful little fish from Venezuela. Other common names are the Monk Tetras and the Moenk tetras. The water where this tetra comes from is soft. I have never had any trouble with this fish in our moderately hard water. The ideal food for the diamond Tetra is aquatic larvae and small crustaceans like Daphnia, but it will take all normal fish foods. Like many fish, they love frozen bloodworms.

The Diamond Tetras are strongly schooling fish, and I suggest that at least 6 be kept together. A school of Diamond Tetras should be all right with a very wide range of small fish, including: Neon Tetras, Cardinal Tetras, Green Neon Tetras, White Cloud Mountain Minnows, Cherry Barbs, Penguin Tetras, PristellaTetras, Glowlight Tetras, Red EyeTetras, Silvertip Tetras, Gold Barbs, Rummy Nose Tetras, Scissortail Rasboras, Lemon Tetras, Emperor Tetras, Head and Tail Light Tetras, Glass Bloodfin Tetras, Swordtails, Platies, Mollies, Zebra Danios, Black Widow Tetras, Rosy Barbs, Tiger Barbs, Paraguay Tetras, Buenos Aires Tetras and Colombian Tetras They would probably also be OK with Siamese Fighting Fish, Guppies and Endlers Guppies.

The Flame Tetras Hyphessobrycon flammeus is an attractive, peaceful little fish. Other common names for this fish are the Red Tetra The Fire Tetra and the Von Rio Tetras. The Flame Tetras sold in aquarium shops are bred in captivity so buying this fish is not endangering wild stocks.

Water Conditions. A moderate amount of hardness does not seem to bother this fish, so it is an excellent fish for a mixed community tank of small fish.

Food. Like most fish, the Flame Tetra is an omnivore. Live food is especially good for conditioning the fish for breeding.

Companions. A few of the many suitable companions for this fish are Rummynose Tetras, Harlequin Rasboras, Lemon Tetras, Neon Tetras, Black Widow Tetras, Cardinal Tetras, Emperor Tetras, Head and Tail Light Tetras, Glass Bloodfin Tetras, Glowlight Tetras, Guppies, Endlers Guppies, Neon Tetras, Peppered Catfish, Siamese Fighting Fish, White Cloud Mountain Minnows and Zebra Danios.

Breeding. The Flame Tetra is one of the easier tetras to breed. The female Flame Tetra can lay 200-300 eggs over fine leaved plants.

Note that the eggs of this fish need darkness for hatching.

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