MY TOP 5 TETRAS FOR YOUR AQUARIUM

‎ Here are some of my favorite tetras at the store. Some are quite popular, while others not so much.

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0:00 - Black neon tetra
0:35 - Pristella tetra
1:00 - Red arc pencilfish
1:28 - Cardinal tetra
1:50 - Silver tip tetra

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[koveshannaidoo]

I love rummeynose and ember tetras. Your number one pick of the silver tip tetras I find that they are a bit aggressive to all my other fish.

[mountainhobbit]

tetras are my personal favorite fish, love them so much.

[jayworkman]

I hit my Black Neon with a hammer... I think we should share the blame.

[Ballacha]

i've had a school of 15 ornate tetras for almost two years now in my heavily planted community tank. i find them to be of the perfect temperament. many schooling fish that are either too shy to ever be seen in the tank, or too out going and rarely school (fish only school when they sense danger or simply feel nervous). i've gone through probably 5 or 6 different asian and south american fish species before settling on ornate tetras not only because of their personality, but also their rather subtle colour and pattern that compliment the plants well and don't take people's attention away from beautiful aquascapes like neon/cardinal tetras do.

[greenleaf]

Cardinal Tetras have come up in almost every top 5 fish video it seems like. Because of you, I have 3 tanks in my house that feature them.

[anthonyragan]

Good list. I would have included neons: In my experience, once you get past the first two weeks, they're little tough guys who make a great centerpiece shoal for a tank.

[felipelion]

1-rummy nose tetra
2-bleeding heart tetra
3-green blood Finn tetra
4-candy cane tetra
5-cardinal tetra
Not gonna lie silver tips are pretty awesome but in my experience I had some of them eating my plants

[ameliej]

i LOVE ember tetras, so pretty and i love when they swim as a school, they look like a little ball of fire lol

[oma.arre.]

Working on building up my NEON TETRA school, sitting on about 35 at the moment in a 60g planted, they offset well with black skirts too. Great Video guys, keep them coming.

[matarese]

Awesome video Cory, ever thought about making a video with stocking ideas for 10, 20, 30 etc... gallon tanks

[varanidguy]

Nice video! I'm in love with rummy nose tetras because they school so tightly and they are very active. Plus the contrast they deliver is awesome. I have them with neons and black neons, three rams (two standard GBR and one gold), an albino bristlenose, and some cories. Really a brilliant fish.

[teamhex]

Perfect timing. Just started a 29 gallon tank yesterday.

[LeePinnington]

Tetras are great and ours just swim along happily together, silver tipped tetras are quite special in that they are small, have of all the right markings and colour they remind me of a mini Buenas Aires tetra with the similar markings on their tail. Thanks

[jaratt]

I love our Buenos Aires Tetras, they've lived really well and are nice big fish. I just got baby Congo Tetras too and those will be GORGEOUS and huge when they grow up. We've also got Black Skirt Tetras and they are pretty hardy too and about 1.5 inches long, we had white ones including some long fins but they died when the nitrates skyrocketed :( We also have had headlight tetras too and only have one survivor, they are cool once they get big because you can really see all their scales but they definitely are a very muted color.

[catfishcave]

Silver Tip Tetras -- The first tetra I ever kept, way back in 19xx (that's all I'm gonna say!) I need to keep them again - go back to my roots! Only this time, not three! What Cory said about these holds true for all tetras... the more, the merrier! Get at least a dozen - two or 3 dozen would be better.

[rietzhu]

Sad the black phantom tetra was not mentioned, especially since they are really playful and mock fight. 😂 pretty cool to watch and as they play they never damage each other.

[FelipeFinelli]

I also love silvertip tetras, they're an amazing school fish.

[bonwrentaylor]

Like your choices but another awesome, often overlooked, tetra is the Lemon Tetra & beautiful !!

[JRPHL]

Black Neons are great fish. I pick up a small school a while back and do not regret it. I just may have to check out the silver tips as they may be coo in my 90G. Thanks for sharing.

[formercityboy]

I want to add some variety to my south American tank especially want to try out some tetras. picked 10 black neons and 10 silver tips last weekend. now in quarantine. cant wait to put them in the main tank.