Having very hard water I tend to stay away from them,learned the hard way. Have to agree with the Professor find fish that fit your water,don’t try to change your water for your fish. On a bright note I have started ordering seed for my garden/ greenhouse!😁
Have you ever seen the Black skirt tetra? Shaped like an angel fish and is black and silver vertical stripes …….. lovely. And also the Serpae tetra which has reddish gold body colour. Black on the fins and black comma shaped mark behind the gills. Check them out. K
I have the "honorable mention" black neons and I have to agree with you about how hardy they are, as i have hard water where I live. They are thriving in their planted aquarium. And yes they have such a sweet personality with their tank mates. I can watch them from across the room with their glowing stripe swimming around the aquarium. I wouldn't have given them a thought if it weren't for one of your previous videos that featured them. They are now my favorite little tetras :)
I absolutely love my green neons. It's neat watching their behavior change as you slowly increase their numbers. Just added some baby ember tetras as well, I can't wait until they color up!!
I have green neons, exclamation point rasboras and yellow shrimp in a 20 The neons are definitely the center piece. The rasboras hide easily in the planted tank so I’d never do them again even though they are peaceful.
Oh my - I love that combo! My greenies are hanging out with those same rasboras currently but also with pumpkin shrimp. Yellow shrimp are my favorite though! I ADORE the thought of having the yellow shrimp with the green neons!
Ember tetras are amazing vibrant deep orange as they mature I have an ember tetra that’s easily hitting 3 years in my tank with a massive personality. I highly recommend
love my 10 green neon tetras in my planted 40 breeder, had them for almost 1 year, no losses and they are getting bigger than I thought (looks close to about 1.2 inches so far). Looking to get 10 more because I love the fluorescent stripe. Also have purple neon tetras that look similar to black neons but without the black and their flourescent stripe is more copper/yellow/lavender depending on how the light hits them. There are diamond tetras and ember tetras in my 40 also.
I have embers and orange rasboras in my 36 Bow front....I love them! I'm trying out the dwarf emerald rasboras with cherry shrimp in my 20long.....I do have lots of albino corydoras in several tanks...they keep me supplied breeding endlessly. I love this list. I'm not sure if I can keep green tetras...but I do want the green rasboras.... LOL...love your list!
I love green neon tetras. Have a healthy little school in my 20 high jungle scaped aquarium. They live peacefully with Pygmy corydoras, shrimp and my dumbo betta Banana. They are absolutely beautiful. Look like little jewels swimming in and out of all the green plants.
I'm thinking of trying Tetra. 😊 The colour of the glowlights reminds me a bit of a mini Odessa barb. 😊 Ember Tetra are definitely at the top of my list. 😊
I knew you were awesome but putting glowlight tetra on your list just made you perfect in every way. 😀 Just received my first ember tetras and love them. Have Amapa Tetra on my bucket list. But I think I’m going to have green neons first. 💜
I agree the ember tetra rating near the top of the list. I have 14 or so in a planted 20 long with some pileatus catfish and a Bolivian ram. The ember tetras school up fairly tight, and they're always out and about in the open areas of the tank.
I think, pretty much every one you mentioned is on my list of favourites, too. Lol Green neons and embers are tied for me in top place. I actually "rescued" an ember while buying a bunch of green neons that were finally in stock. Somehow, this poor little ember got missed when the rest of his school got sold, and the lady who was helping me didn't even know he was there. As he is the only ember I currently have, he swims with the neons and green neons now. Lol My black neons swim together but seperate from everybody else, and my glowlight kinda follow them around.
I wondered if you would comment on your husband's rating of the green neon fish. Your comments made me laugh out loud. I have 20 neons and LOVE to watch them swim across my 39 gallon tank. They are so beautiful. 💚💚💚
I have candy cane tetras in very hard water and they are huge and happy. I agree that they display cool interactions. I would also rate them as mildly shrimp safe when well-fed. They don’t seem to bother my teenage and adult cherry shrimp.
I’ve got a 29 gallon that I’m planning on keeping green neons and glowlight tetras in. I think their markings would complement each other nicely. Also would like to have a school of neon green rasboras with them.
I love your videos. You are a joy to listen to and I appreciate all your information and tips. This, plus your tanks are always so artistic. You're a water artist!
💚💚💚 -- and I’ve never even had them! We have had some almost indestructible black neons and glowlight tetras (the latter even survived a year in my 9 year old niece’s first tank before coming back to live with us). We have several from our original schools which must be about 5-6 years old now (or more). I’m currently loving my rummynose school and new cardinal school - but I have soft water and they do well for me, which I know is not the case for everyone. I’d love to try the candy cane tetras some day!
💚💚💚🙌 those black neons sure are indestructible! And glowlights too are so hardy and under appreciated. You’ve got some pretty happy fish over there, I’d say!! ☺️
Candy canes are an amazing tetra. The colors make any tank pop to life. I currently keep a small school of 6 Bleeding Heart Tetras in a 14 gallon 15x15x15 frameless setup. I know that it is too small of a tank for this group. I got them to put into a 50 gallon with a single Geophagus Heckelii and a female Blue Angelfish. The Bleeding Hearts aggressive eating was too much for the Geophagus and it caused me to overfeed to compensate. I had the 14 already and decided why not put it to use. I lightly scapes it with a ceramic hide and a medium to large piece of Spiderwood with an medium sized Anubias plant attached to the wood. They seem to be ok for now.🤞🏾
I love my candy cane tetra. They are super fun fish and very pretty. I have been very lucky with neons. I keep hearing they are not as healthy as they had been in the past. I have 20 in a 29 heavily planted and they are eye catching.
Red cherry tetra are closely related to pristella tetra and they have a very strong lateral line. They are more sensitive to noise than most. Keep your noise and footfalls down. Hold still for a bit and they will come out more. You have built a comfortable scape for them.
Nice list ! I too am a Black Neon fan. I prefer to keep them with either Neon or Cardinals. I find the contrast they provide when kept with those two makes all of them stand out more. Typically, I'll have maybe 1 Black to every 2 or 3 neon/cardinals. A school of 20 Cardinals, with 7 or 8 Black Neons is a wonderful sight.
I have Cardinals and Diamond head neon tetras together and i absolutely love them! I will be adding green neons in my 55 gal tank soon! These fishes are so beautiful!
I’ve had the black neons and glowlights before. I just love ‘em. I still have all 6 of the embers in my 6g office tank. I’ll be moving the. This weekend back to the home fishroom because the endlers had babies. I don’t think I ever kept green neons…
When I have space these are on my list: green neon (of course 😉, 💚💚💚💚💚💚💚💚), ember (love their color and size, black neon (I usually go for more colorful fish but love their shape and that subtle blue highlight). Have a great day!! 😊
I've had good luck with Black Neon Tetras and Serpae Tetras. I've also kept Glowlight Tetras, Neon Tetras and Beacon Tetras (AKA - Head-and-Tail Light Tetras), of which I've found Glowlights to be reasonably hardy and Beacon Tetras to be the most fragile.
@@labachaterairlandesa It depends partly on your water. Mine is hard and neutral. I suspect Head-and-Tail Light Tetras would do better in soft, acidic water.
Well if this video didn't come at a good time! I'm doing 3 20-gallon scapes (2 rescapes and 1 new) and I was thinking one would be a great tetra tank and I've been looking for a video like this. I'm a nanotank gal too :)
I am finding that Tetras do better than some other fish in my water. Great, colorful, get along fish.
And yes, I knew😉
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Having very hard water I tend to stay away from them,learned the hard way. Have to agree with the Professor find fish that fit your water,don’t try to change your water for your fish. On a bright note I have started ordering seed for my garden/ greenhouse!😁
Agree! Hard lesson to learn but absolutely know and fit your water!
How hard is your water?
My water is hard too. What’s in your tank?
@@Brensters63 bristle nose,cherry shrimp,cories,white clouds,chili Rasbora and snails
Have you ever seen the Black skirt tetra? Shaped like an angel fish and is black and silver vertical stripes …….. lovely. And also the Serpae tetra which has reddish gold body colour. Black on the fins and black comma shaped mark behind the gills. Check them out. K
Those red cherries are wild. What a cool fish. They're so expensive, though!
I currently have my green neon shoaling with ember tetras and gold tetras.
Honorable mention, ruby tetras are great option too
Gold tetras are also a gorgeous fish!
💚💚💚 Green neons are on my bucket list! Can't wait to add them with my ember tetras 💚💚💚
Yes ibwanna do the same I think would be great together
Lovely!! 🥰
You should do a top 5 Danios and Rasboras for a 20 gallon!! 🥰 (Just a suggestion)
Oh, rasboras are coming… 😏🙌
I have the "honorable mention" black neons and I have to agree with you about how hardy they are, as i have hard water where I live. They are thriving in their planted aquarium. And yes they have such a sweet personality with their tank mates. I can watch them from across the room with their glowing stripe swimming around the aquarium. I wouldn't have given them a thought if it weren't for one of your previous videos that featured them. They are now my favorite little tetras :)
I like how they're always out in the open. They seldom hide, and their boldness seems to give other species the confidence to come out.
glow light tetras are my favorite, my wife calls them orange neons..
My absolute favorite tetra is the pristella tetra, aka the X-ray tetra. Their colors can be very stunning and I just love how well they school
I have 10 green neons, 7 emerald eyes 4 corys and 2 angels in my 20gal planted tank. 🎉❤❤
Sounds lovely.
20 gallons is probably too small for angel fish. I would recommend getting a bigger tank.
@@mythicbliss747 thanks but my angels are small, if they or when I'll move 'em to 40g.
I love the green neon tetra! I also like Ember, Neon and Cardinal. 💚💚💚💚
All so beautiful! ☺️
I absolutely love my green neons. It's neat watching their behavior change as you slowly increase their numbers. Just added some baby ember tetras as well, I can't wait until they color up!!
LOVE, LOVE, LOVE my Green Neons!! I have them in my 55, 32, & 3- 9 gallon tanks!!❤
Cardinals for me!
💚 love my green neons. I got myself a school of 15 because of your videos. 💚
Did you?! Aww how awesome!!! 💚😊💚
Definitely should have been higher than number 9! 💚💚💚💚💚💚💚💚
I have green neons, exclamation point rasboras and yellow shrimp in a 20 The neons are definitely the center piece. The rasboras hide easily in the planted tank so I’d never do them again even though they are peaceful.
Oh my - I love that combo! My greenies are hanging out with those same rasboras currently but also with pumpkin shrimp. Yellow shrimp are my favorite though! I ADORE the thought of having the yellow shrimp with the green neons!
I love my lemon tetras very yellow and red eyes and they had babies
Yes, lemon tetra are amazing!!
Hehehe!!! Hubby and I love you two 🤣❤️💚💚 I suspect "Fish Night" is going to be fun tonight 🤣
Oh yes. Every day since has been fun. 😐🤭😆
Ember tetras are amazing vibrant deep orange as they mature I have an ember tetra that’s easily hitting 3 years in my tank with a massive personality. I highly recommend
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Yay!!! You win for the most 💚. Showin the love!!! 💚🤗💚
So far I’m having great success with neons but the green or black will be my next choice 💚
love my 10 green neon tetras in my planted 40 breeder, had them for almost 1 year, no losses and they are getting bigger than I thought (looks close to about 1.2 inches so far). Looking to get 10 more because I love the fluorescent stripe. Also have purple neon tetras that look similar to black neons but without the black and their flourescent stripe is more copper/yellow/lavender depending on how the light hits them. There are diamond tetras and ember tetras in my 40 also.
How fun! I love your combo and so happy to hear your greenies are doing so well ☺️💚☺️ I do love diamond tetras too…
I love all these! Have green neons and they are my favorite right now. 💚💚💚
Such little beauties 💚💚💚
I have a school of 20 green neons - love them! 💚💚💚💚💚 Oh, Mr. Prime Time 🤦🏼♀️
Yay!! How lovely! Mr PTA… I know! 🙄🤭
I have embers and orange rasboras in my 36 Bow front....I love them! I'm trying out the dwarf emerald rasboras with cherry shrimp in my 20long.....I do have lots of albino corydoras in several tanks...they keep me supplied breeding endlessly. I love this list. I'm not sure if I can keep green tetras...but I do want the green rasboras.... LOL...love your list!
I’ve only seen them online, but the neon green rasboras look awesome! I’d love to try them sometime.
I love green neon tetras. Have a healthy little school in my 20 high jungle scaped aquarium. They live peacefully with Pygmy corydoras, shrimp and my dumbo betta Banana. They are absolutely beautiful. Look like little jewels swimming in and out of all the green plants.
I'm thinking of trying Tetra. 😊
The colour of the glowlights reminds me a bit of a mini Odessa barb. 😊
Ember Tetra are definitely at the top of my list. 😊
Hmm..I can see that! Similar stripe down the side ☺️
I want to add some green neons 12 and 12 embers hehe so cute
💚 Green Kubotai Rasbora AND Green Neon Tetras together 💚
That’s what I’m hoping to do in my 29, but I’d like to have some glowlights in there with them for contrast.
Oh wait… what the heck!! 😱What a GREAT idea!!! My favorite color is green too - tank with multiple shades of green! Amazing!! 💚🙌💚
I knew you were awesome but putting glowlight tetra on your list just made you perfect in every way. 😀 Just received my first ember tetras and love them. Have Amapa Tetra on my bucket list. But I think I’m going to have green neons first. 💜
Yes! I had cherry tetra. They hid ALL the time!😊
I have 4 Columbia red/ blue tetra they are my favorites
I agree the ember tetra rating near the top of the list. I have 14 or so in a planted 20 long with some pileatus catfish and a Bolivian ram. The ember tetras school up fairly tight, and they're always out and about in the open areas of the tank.
I think, pretty much every one you mentioned is on my list of favourites, too. Lol Green neons and embers are tied for me in top place. I actually "rescued" an ember while buying a bunch of green neons that were finally in stock. Somehow, this poor little ember got missed when the rest of his school got sold, and the lady who was helping me didn't even know he was there. As he is the only ember I currently have, he swims with the neons and green neons now. Lol My black neons swim together but seperate from everybody else, and my glowlight kinda follow them around.
Green neons are my favorite too 💚💚💚💚💚💚💚💚💚
Are they?!? Woohoo!! 💚🙌💚
My old man pudgy black neons are tanks and just a chill tetra to have!
Well said, Wendi! Lol!
I wondered if you would comment on your husband's rating of the green neon fish. Your comments made me laugh out loud. I have 20 neons and LOVE to watch them swim across my 39 gallon tank. They are so beautiful. 💚💚💚
💚💚💚💚 My number one is the ember tetra, the green is number two, so it's sort if a tie.💚💚💚💚
Oh hey!!! Woohoo!! Love it and I will take that! Both beauties!
I have candy cane tetras in very hard water and they are huge and happy. I agree that they display cool interactions. I would also rate them as mildly shrimp safe when well-fed. They don’t seem to bother my teenage and adult cherry shrimp.
I’ve got a 29 gallon that I’m planning on keeping green neons and glowlight tetras in. I think their markings would complement each other nicely. Also would like to have a school of neon green rasboras with them.
I love your videos. You are a joy to listen to and I appreciate all your information and tips. This, plus your tanks are always so artistic. You're a water artist!
Racoon tetras are calm and beautiful when they colour up...
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My 20G has 10 black neons, 13 ember tetras, 8 golden white clouds, 22 white clouds, and 2 nerites. Heavily planted.
It must be beautiful 🤩
💚💚💚 -- and I’ve never even had them! We have had some almost indestructible black neons and glowlight tetras (the latter even survived a year in my 9 year old niece’s first tank before coming back to live with us). We have several from our original schools which must be about 5-6 years old now (or more). I’m currently loving my rummynose school and new cardinal school - but I have soft water and they do well for me, which I know is not the case for everyone. I’d love to try the candy cane tetras some day!
💚💚💚🙌 those black neons sure are indestructible! And glowlights too are so hardy and under appreciated. You’ve got some pretty happy fish over there, I’d say!! ☺️
Candy canes are an amazing tetra. The colors make any tank pop to life. I currently keep a small school of 6 Bleeding Heart Tetras in a 14 gallon 15x15x15 frameless setup. I know that it is too small of a tank for this group. I got them to put into a 50 gallon with a single Geophagus Heckelii and a female Blue Angelfish. The Bleeding Hearts aggressive eating was too much for the Geophagus and it caused me to overfeed to compensate. I had the 14 already and decided why not put it to use. I lightly scapes it with a ceramic hide and a medium to large piece of Spiderwood with an medium sized Anubias plant attached to the wood. They seem to be ok for now.🤞🏾
I love my candy cane tetra. They are super fun fish and very pretty. I have been very lucky with neons. I keep hearing they are not as healthy as they had been in the past. I have 20 in a 29 heavily planted and they are eye catching.
Red cherry tetra are closely related to pristella tetra and they have a very strong lateral line. They are more sensitive to noise than most. Keep your noise and footfalls down. Hold still for a bit and they will come out more. You have built a comfortable scape for them.
I like the embers and standard neons the best. You can keep the glowlights and black neons 😂 they have no personality. Mine dont, anyway.
Nice list ! I too am a Black Neon fan. I prefer to keep them with either Neon or Cardinals. I find the contrast they provide when kept with those two makes all of them stand out more. Typically, I'll have maybe 1 Black to every 2 or 3 neon/cardinals. A school of 20 Cardinals, with 7 or 8 Black Neons is a wonderful sight.
I don't have any tetras, but...💚💚💚💚💚
I love my embers. They are very cute. Under the chihiros light woe they are fire
Shocker!!Green Neon ...really ? They are great though and I do love mine! Great topic! (I do really like my Von Rios though :) )
I have Cardinals and Diamond head neon tetras together and i absolutely love them! I will be adding green neons in my 55 gal tank soon! These fishes are so beautiful!
I’ve had the black neons and glowlights before. I just love ‘em. I still have all 6 of the embers in my 6g office tank. I’ll be moving the. This weekend back to the home fishroom because the endlers had babies. I don’t think I ever kept green neons…
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Fun video. All of your aqua scapes are beautiful I especially liked the tanks with the green neons and the black neons.
Thank you so much! And they’re just so fun to watch zoom zoom zoomin!
I have fairly limited tank space, and some of it always belongs to ember tetras. 💚
☺️💚yay! Well said. Super cute little fish!
Thank you very much for the valuable info about these fishes... really informative and know to take care of them.. thank you very much.. 😊
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Much needed information. I agree with you choice 👍 for number 1 tetra. 😊💛
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I love the Serape tetra. A beautiful affordable.
It really is!
A house divided. 😂😂. 💚 💚.
Haha! We know who’s right, it’s ok 🤭💚
When I have space these are on my list: green neon (of course 😉, 💚💚💚💚💚💚💚💚), ember (love their color and size, black neon (I usually go for more colorful fish but love their shape and that subtle blue highlight). Have a great day!! 😊
Great list for the future, Cheryl! They’re all winners! Thanks for the 💚🤗💚
Tetra are cool fish. Nice show of the little ones & nice info.
Green Heart
I like red eye and lemon tetras. Also blue flame is what I’ve seen them called.
I've had good luck with Black Neon Tetras and Serpae Tetras. I've also kept Glowlight Tetras, Neon Tetras and Beacon Tetras (AKA - Head-and-Tail Light Tetras), of which I've found Glowlights to be reasonably hardy and Beacon Tetras to be the most fragile.
Thanks for sharing. I’m researching fish for my first tank, and I liked the looks of the head and tail lights. I need hardy fish to learn on.
@@labachaterairlandesa It depends partly on your water. Mine is hard and neutral. I suspect Head-and-Tail Light Tetras would do better in soft, acidic water.
😂I guess I do know you bc I guessed your top 2! I love ember tetras. They're adorable. I have them in with black neons, golden clouds and red bellies.
Haha! Top 2 for the win. Nice mix you’ve got ☺️
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Sorry Jason 😂
Haha!!! Woohoooo 💚💚💚 sorry NOT sorry Jason. Lol 🤭
You should try the Toucan Tetra! Small and beautiful!
I'll check it out! Thank you!!
Dimond & Flame after water change still top Green neon
Both stunning ☺️
Thinking of the green neons for my new 80 gal rimless fragtank I'm gonna be setting up. 48x24x16. Blackwater with some pencilfish. What do you think?
Been on the Green neon bandwagon for years…!!!
Woohoo!! 💚
@@thesmallscapewhat state are you guys from…?
Awesome video! Getting Tetras soon.
You are too funny:-)💚💚💚💚
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Woohoo! I will take those 💚🙌!
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I'm looking to purchase your honorable mentioned too. Thanks ❗️ 😊
Wonderful!
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I love my candy cane tetras! I have some blue tetras that I hardly ever see. Should have gotten ember tetras instead.
Candy canes are so fun! ☺️
Those Red Cherries are gorgeous but too pricey for me.
Thanks for share
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Well if this video didn't come at a good time! I'm doing 3 20-gallon scapes (2 rescapes and 1 new) and I was thinking one would be a great tetra tank and I've been looking for a video like this. I'm a nanotank gal too :)
Woohoo!!! Gosh, have fun!! Let us know what you decide on! ☺️
Ooo was that gracillis in the glo light tank? I created anubias trees as well but I love how full that one is!
Yes!!! Beautiful plant!
OK. my little babies made it to the honorable mentions... Nevertheless 💚💚💚💚💚💚💚💚💚💚💚💚💚💚💚💚💚💚
It was tough, yes, all very close. They are all little sweeties! Thanks for the green neon love though!💚💚💚
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The only tetra's I have at this time are silver tip tetra's and they are more aggressive than other tetra's.
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Will the green or black neon tetras be eaten by angels?
Both still left out bloodfin tetras SMH 😉💚
Ya. I know. Those are really cool though. We need a top 27 list!
Can you mix different tetras together in the 20 gallon
Depending on the kind… 😊
@@thesmallscape Emperor and neons?💜
Serpae tetra denied again 😆
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What tetra has the best schooling behaviour? Its for a 15 gallon
Hi! For that size tank probably the silver tip or black neon 😊
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