What are some of the larger tetra species?

[MaryHM]

Sheesh, SubRosa....that thing scared the crap out of me...whoddathunk I'd ever be scared by a tetra!

 

[toddnbecka]

Silver dollars are basically a big, round tetra...

 

[Dexmaster]

The rainbow idea is a good way to go personally. Deep bodied fish with striking colors! Amazing!

 

[captaincaveman9]

Diamond tetra

 

[MaryHM]

Great suggestions! Will any of these species school together, or if I got a couple different types just would they hang out in their little cliques and bring back bad memories of high school?

 

[KevG]

bleeding hearts are beautiful.
They will be more aggressive with each other in small numbers so 5 or more is recommended.

 

[KevG]

I have oodles of different tetras and they all inter-mingle nicely.
neons, cardinals, black neons, glowlights, glass bloodfin all hang out together.
The larger tetras like red eyes and bleeding hearts keep to their own kind mostly but also only fight with their own kind.

 

[SubRosa]

Silver dollars are basically a big, round tetra...

As are Piranha.

 

[jasonG75]

Sorry but my favorite tetra has got to be the RummyNose, nothing better in a planted tank.

 

[StarStruck8]

Great suggestions! Will any of these species school together, or if I got a couple different types just would they hang out in their little cliques and bring back bad memories of high school?

My emperor tetras schooled together sometimes, other times they hung out near the bottom by themselves.