What tetra?

[myboyshay]

Hi there,

Nearly ready for stocking and I can't decide between embers, green neons and I love cardinals but I think they may look too big in a 60cm Iwagumi.

What are the green neons like does anyone have any?

Thanks in advance

Mark
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[YzemaN]

Lemon tetra look good in a 'gumi, but I think like most tetras they only school until they have settled in.

 

[Themuleous]

Ive got a few green neons, much smaller than cardinals and neons. Personally I've found them to be hardy and a pretty fish, with almost no red, just the green/blue iridescent stripe.

Sam

 

[Dolly Sprint 16v]

Here is a picture of Green neon's

http://www.fishfriend.com/fish-profiles ... eon-tetra/

Have you thought about some "X" ray tetra's

http://www.aquahobby.com/gallery/e_pristella.php

I think these look smart.

Paul.

 

[andy]

Most tetras will look good, it's purely down to preference. As mentioned, lemon and x-ray tetras look superb in a planted tank as do serpae, head and tail light and black phantoms.

Do you have to have tetras ? My local maidenhead aquatics has a tank full of lampeyes (only £1 each too) and they've inspired me to set up another tank with just them in as they look so good.

 

[Ed Seeley]

IMO go for something small in a 2ft tank. Smaller fish make the tank look bigger as they decieve the eye and you can have a larger shoal of them too.

I'd look at a big shoal of the smaller rasboras, lampeyes, blue-eyes, smaller barbs and danios or smaller tetras as possibles too if you're not restricting yourself just to tetras.

 

[myboyshay]

Thanks for all the replies everyone, I've decided to go with the green neons, I think they'll suit my scape the best.

cheers

Mark