Tetra suggestions

[Mad Highlander]

I'd like a school of smaller tetras in my 40 gallon which also houses two angels and two festivums. I'd ike some colourful, active fish to liven things up. Any Suggestions?

[gillfluke]

Aside from the usual suspects(neons).
How about some glolight tetras, or
pristellas. Some cardinal tetras would also be nice. Maybe even some rummy nose.








Gillfluke

[GulfCstAquarian]

My favorite schooling fish is the Harlequin Rasbora. I've got 7 of them in my 55g tank along with a school of 8 Pristellas and I want to find a new home for the Pristellas so I can get more Rasboras!

[OrionGirl]

Blues or silver tips. Rummynose are very colorful, as well.

[ChilDawg]

Angels will eat a whole bunch of smaller fish, neons and cardinals included. (I had originally written excluded, but that was obviously wrong.) I do not believe that your angels will work with glo-lites either. Anything the same size as those or smaller, or a little larger with the same general shape will be angel food. I do not know what Festivums will do, but beware the nasty nature of angels, especially with tetras who are new tankmates and thus seen as food.

[superstein61]

I would be cautious given the angels. That said, my favorite colorful, active tetras are Rummynose and Lemon tetras

[EagerAqua]

Bleeding Heart Tetras are cool and so are X-Ray Tetras. I added some to my tank very recently and they look great.

Eager

[Mad Highlander]

I like the idea of pristellas or cardinals. Neons are just too small, I lost 17 to my angels the first time around.:eek:

[Converseballer]

Maybe either like someone said Buenos Aires tetras or some lampeye(red eye) tetras. i have some of these in my 50 gallon and they school very well especially the lamp eye's and they even school together sometimes. good luck! tell us what u decide on!

[Fishiebusiness]

cardinals work, neons don't. I lost all but one neon to angel predation, but they didnt touch the cardinals.

[Mad Highlander]

Do love cardinals, what size would you'd have to get to avoid predation? I'm amazed what those angels can fit in their mouths!

[Harry Tolen]

Cardinal tetras do not have a long lifespan in nature; if you buy them large enough to avoid being eaten by mature angels, you are not going to have them around much longer than a year or so. Rummynose tetras, Garnet tetras (also known as Pretty Tetras), Emperor tetras, and Red and Black Phantom Tetras might be better sized/shaped for survival in your tank.

The idea of Harlequin Rasboras is also an excellent suggestion, however. From the standpoint of coloration as well as size and disposition.

Good luck.

[Mad Highlander]

I'm staying away from rasboras as I'm trying to keep a south american theme.

[Skittyfish]

Nobody mentioned Serpae Tetras. They have the beautiful red color and don't really get very big, not likely to be Angel food either. I have had 6 for a year and they seem to keep getting redder.

[NJ Devils Fan]

I would strongly recommend rummynose tetras. They are very active and have nice colors. I enjoy watching them swim side to side in the back of my tank. IT's funny to watch the long-fin danio try to get in with their crew. He sometimes acts like he is one of them because he is also a schooling fish and doesn't have any partners. The rummys kind of let him in to. They get along with all of the fish.

[Mrditty]

My current schools are
30 Rummy noses
30 Glass blood fins
30 Cardinals
15 harlequin Rasboras
20 Red sapras
20 Danios
15 blank phantoms
Counts are estimated because I really have no idea and I aint counting

Some other odds and ends
Also I the tank are two breeding pairs of H Multisinosa
and two breeding pairs of Cichlasoma spilurum Never had a problem with predation
Out of all of these for pure schooling behavior I tend to favor the Blood fins and the rasboras.
The cardinals show little school behavior but tend to spread out in the plants.
For pure beauty I again like the Blood fins and will throw in the Cardinals and black phantoms
Hope that helped.

[Alex]

Diamond Tetras are very active, bigger than most Tetras, school well and very when they reach maturity

Alex