Neon vs Cardinal Tetras

[Harry Tolen]

So Flohrie, what are your water conditions, anyway? Temperature, GH, KH, and pH would all be important to know. We can all tell you which fish we like the best, but not which will do best for you until we know something more about the tank they will be going into.

 

[Aquafreak]

Angels are natural predators of neons, so I wouldn't advice you putting neons in that 55g.

 

[Shay]

Originally posted by clayt101
Hey Shay, have you ever checked out www.fishrushouston.com (

No, haven't been yet. It's about an hour away from my house, but I'll check it out next time I'm headed that way.

Luckily, I had the chance to see some large neons in a tank near some large cardinals just last night. I can say for sure that I definitely prefer the neons. I think that the original poster should select whichever he prefers visually. If he takes proper care of them, then either can be very healthy in his tank.

I wouldn't recommend either with angels, however. One of my angels tried to swallow a large rummy nose, and the angel wasn't nearly full grown. I had to remove the rummy nose with tweasers and consider the angel lucky that he didn't die.

-Shay