What tetra do you like the most?


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Humphead glass tetra!, I had them for a few years, they were not the longest lived fish, and there was very little information on them, but they were AWESOME! I have never seen them in a store again.
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Flame-back Bleeding Heart Tetra.
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Bleeding hearts are my fav. I’ll have to look up the flame-back. Second fav is serpae and third is lemon.
I kept all three in my first fish keeping experience some 35 plus years ago.
 
Bleeding hearts for sure! I had a school of 30 of them in a 125g planted tank forever ago and they were SO COOL! I also love scissor tail tetras in planted tanks but they're both bigger tetras so most people aren't as familiar with them as they can't go in smaller tanks.
 
Diamond Tetras. Not much to look at as petstore juvies, but OMG an adult male is a sight to behold under the right lighting. The sparkle is real and they swim like little trick kites.
This isn't even a good picture because you can't catch the colors with a phone camera. The eyes are red and there's a glowing green ear dot, the flanks are gold with rose colored sparkles. The males' fins are lavender and flowing. They give me heart-eyes.
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Red Eye Tetra, just got ten of them a couple of days ago. Very hardy, and enjoyable to watch. Their eyes glow a bright red. But I wouldn't mind two breeds of tetra for color difference and add some cardinals later. These two are comparable in size and temp requirements. Both peaceful fish.
 
I love my little Lemons. Very social and active little pirhanas. If you catch them in the right lighting, they glow a bright lemony yellow color.
 
Bucktooth Tetra, just wanted to throw this one out there. But they get rather large and not really good for community tanks from what I have read, because they nip the scales of other fish.
 

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Humphead glass tetra!, I had them for a few years, they were not the longest lived fish, and there was very little information on them, but they were AWESOME! I have never seen them in a store again.
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That's Parambassis pulcinella, a Glassfish, not a Tetra. It is a cool fish, though!
 
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My favorite Tetra. Rhoadsia altipinna. Was marketed for a very short time as Pink Diamond Tetra. The males can get about 7 inches. They like it really cool, like 65-68 F. Warmer than 72 and I had to use 5-6 inch Cichlids as dithers for them. Male digs a nest and guards it, fiercely. Had an African Cichlid that wasn't too smart, kept coming after the Tetra. By the time I found him, almost all his scales were gone, but he was still trying to go at the Tetra - who did not have a mark on him. The Cichlid did recover, though I thought it was a miracle.

TUIC had some recently, but at the time I was broke and had no place for them. I really want to get them back.
 
Right now I have 5 long finned black skirts, 15 neons, 12 blood fins and one lone red blue columbian in my 55 gallon tank. If I had to choose a favorite it would have to be the blood fins because they are so active. They are the most recent addition to this tank. The neons are pretty laid back and spend a lot of their time in the plants at the bottom of the tank except at feeding time. The Blood fins are constantly on the move in the upper part of the tank. The Black skirts spend the majority of their time mid tank but will shoot up to the top at feeding time.

Having a variety of fish that prefer different levels in the tank almost guarantees constant movement in the tank. The cory's take care of the very bottom. They are constantly on the move.
 
I'd love to hear about some awesome tetras to possibly get in the future!
 
I'd love to hear about some awesome tetras to possibly get in the future!
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Ooh well I like Buenos Aires, von rio flame and black neon
Black neons are super hardy. Great for a beginner!
 
Ooh well I like Buenos Aires, von rio flame and black neon
Black neons are super hardy. Great for a beginner!
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How big do those von rio flames get? I love the color on them
 
I like my blushing skirt tetras, they are cool to look at but can be little hogs at feeding time. One in particular is always on the verge of having bloat but I can’t feed less or the others won’t get any food. Little snot. Anyways other than that it’s really cool to see all of their insides. I like golden/ brass tetras too, they’re cute little guys, very docile and kind of shy but also very hardy. Great little silver fish to add some movement to the background if a peaceful community tank.
 

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Cardinal Tetras. Hardier than Neons and more colorful. I love them.
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What tank size minimum would you recommend for cardinals?
I like my blushing skirt tetras, they are cool to look at but can be little hogs at feeding time. One in particular is always on the verge of having bloat but I can’t feed less or the others won’t get any food. Little snot. Anyways other than that it’s really cool to see all of their insides. I like golden/ brass tetras too, they’re cute little guys, very docile and kind of shy but also very hardy. Great little silver fish to add some movement to the background if a peaceful community tank.
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Wow those are stunning! Definitely keeping an eye on them
 
What tank size minimum would you recommend for cardinals?

Wow those are stunning! Definitely keeping an eye on them
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They are only slightly bigger than Neons. 1 1/2 inches?
 
Hatchetfish are my favourite tetra. I think all tetras are pretty great in a large enough school. Except those blind cave tetras those ones freak me out!
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Where do you get your hatchefish from? A LFS or online? I'm very interested in them and I'm trying to find somewhere to get them, but I can't find anywhere that has them in stock :(
 
Neons are my favorite....the colors are just stunning when they move through the aquarium in school formation. Their peaceful nature is fantastic, the size is perfect, and they don't butcher the plant life.
 
Where do you get your hatchefish from? A LFS or online? I'm very interested in them and I'm trying to find somewhere to get them, but I can't find anywhere that has them in stock :(
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I’ve had my group for years but my LFS carries the marble hatchets often. I highly recommend them, peaceful, quirky little fish
 
Golden Xray tetras and regular x-ray tetra are the best!, there fins look like tiny air plain wings and you can see through them.

I use to have Humphead glass fish. Im still not sure if they are technically tetras, but they were some of the most awesome fish I ever had. Peacefull sparkling giants! well, giant in the world of tetras.
 

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Cardinals, cochu’s blue, purple emperor

Really just because they’re very colorful. I know Congo’s have some rare colorful variations but I have never owned or even seen them.
 
I also really like the cochu’s blue, purple emperor because anything deep blue or purple like that is pretty cool to me. I also have a simple side and really like the Black Neons and Black Skirts. Got them both on a whim when there was a 5 for $5 sale at Petco and have really enjoyed them. Almost 2 years in and I still have 4 of the 5 BST going strong in my SA Cichlid Tank.
 
Not necessarily a tetra, but still a characin. Marbled hatchetfish. I don't know, the regular tetra isn't as interesting as say wcmm (A cyprinid), rainbows (Such as furcata), chili/kubotai/galaxy rasboras, or marbled hatchets. They're just so much prettier. Though emperor tetras are pretty cool.
 
Lampeye Congo tetras. Prettier than the Congo tetra imo, a little smaller too. Lovely colours, nice size at around 3 inches and they've proven to be quite hardy as well. Only downside to my individuals is that they are incredibly shy, but that isn't usual.
 
I always have loved rummy nose tetras even though I don’t have any right now. Von Rio and Black phantoms are very nice, too. I do like Emperors, but the males can be real little snots.
 
Fun topic. I’ve been on a tetra kick the last year or so.
#1 Tucanoicthys tucano. Super awesome nano fish, and they don’t eat their fry.
#2 Hyphessobrycon wadai. Pre spawn males are epic.
#3 Hyphessobrycon myrmex.
 
Hey Fisch i was wondering what fish do you keep? I am curious because I don’t know a lot of responsible Utah fish owners haha
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How many fish owners do you know in Utah ;) ?
I am a beginner with a 55gl....Peppered Cories, a BN, Neons...that's it (beside the Betta tank)
 

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