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	Tank Mates For Tetra Schools
pla Fingerling Posts: 21 Kudos: 15 Votes: 2 Registered: 25-Jul-2006	Hi all I'm trying to decide on some tank mates for my tetras. I have a 40 gallon tank (3'long) with a small school of cardinals and rummy noses 3 julli corys and a bristle nose. the tank has very softwater around 3 and a ph of6.2-5. It is planted and overfiltered and never get nitrates over 20 usually only <10 (except when I'm lazy). Anyway I'm looking for something bigger that inhabits the middle to top region as the tetras tend to be middle to bottom. I was thinking of an angel or two or maybe gourami.
Posted 29-Jul-2007 03:00
General Hague Enthusiast Posts: 182 Kudos: 81 Votes: 3 Registered: 29-Jun-2007	There are Marble Hatchets and silver hatchets. Rainbow fish spend a lot of time at towards the top. Some rainbow fish can get kind of big but you have a 40 gallon which is fairly big, if you wanted small rainbows though, there are drawf rainbowfish such as neon rainbows for example. Danios spend a lot of time towards the top. Probably a horrible idea, but you could also get a butterfly fish. They always stay at the surface of the water, but they could possible eat a tetra if they came at the top of the water.
Posted 29-Jul-2007 04:40
Fallout Moderator Communications Specialist Posts: 6416 Kudos: 4053 Votes: 742 Registered: 29-Jul-2000	I'd advise against the angels, they eat tetras in the wild That and they need a tank with at least an 18" height. i agree with the general, small rainbowfish would look really nice in there. The praecox (dwarf neon) rainbows have a nice light blue sheen with red lining on their fins if you wanted to carry the blue/red theme. Maybe a dwarf gourami of some sort? They're a bit bigger and tend to stay in the upper regions of the tank.
Posted 30-Jul-2007 10:08


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