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One more place to promote beautiful Cochu's blue tetra's. I would only mix them with a very active tetra, though.

Have fun with your tank, if tetras are your thing, just pick out two with similar water parameters and a similar level of activity.

i would say it is practical and i would do it although i dont know how the fish would like it. isnt it funny we have like the same name .P.s. i didnt copy you either i got this from my mom she called me the cichlid kid for keeping my Oscar, she called me this because she thought cichlid was ounced Kich-lid. funny huh?

[font color="#008000"]Mizing tetras shouldn't be a problem if you provide a decent sized school for each species (5 or more).





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In my 75 gallon I have rummy noses and rasboras (I know they're not tetras) and it looks great. The rummies mainly inhabit the lower 50% of the tank with the rasboras on the upper 50%.

BTW, don't mixe silver tip tetras with any docile tetra.

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I know about the potential size of clown loaches and this home was only a temporary for them because they grow extremely slow. It doesn't matter now anyway they are now in my 240gal. As you may or may not know, the yo yo loaches are anything up to $80 a pop over here so I think I'll pass on them.

I now have 8 cardinals, 8 rummynoses, 6 corydoras trilineatus (aka three lined), a pair of bolivian butterflys and a gibbi.(i know how big gibbis get too)

Beau.

thanks for all your help

10 Cardinals and 10 Rummy's would look nice.

Cochu's blues are active, they play a game of tag with each other. I have 8 in a 55 gallon and they do not fin nip, as many tetras do, even with ultra passive glass catfish. They eat whatever is offered. I have read that they are not hardy, but all 8 I introduced close to a year ago are doing great, and they do well with semiaggressive Kribs.

Occasionally My glass catfish will go and swim against my powerhead current. The cochu's blue fall in with the group when they do that, as if they think they are glass catfish.

If your tank has quality water, they will be much more beautiful in it than at the LFS.

Often people mistake their game of tag as fin nipping. I watch them for hours at a time, and have never seen them nip, and none of my fish have shown fin damage, either.

I have ran into zero problems with them, no disease, no fin nipping, no deaths. They are a not as common as many tetras, and I believe people are being cautious with them. Caution is good, but they are by no means a frail fish.

The biggest caution I would give is have all inhabitants of the upper 25% of your tank be active fish. That is because often shy, sedated fish are stressed by super active fish.

Tankmates for my 8 blues follow:
6 glass cats
8 ottos
a pair of albino kribs(about one third of the bottom on the right side is their territory, and they are not overly aggressive there)
a pair of blue rams
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my grandfather had the same question when i started a 55gal. tank with tetras. now i have 7 black skirted
9 neons 4 albino cories 3 platys (i know the last two arnt
tetras)and am working on a school of phantoms

Pookie, I wouldn't recommend Cochu's Blues as community fish, nor would I recommend them to a beginner. They have specialist needs. Bruce Moomaw will probably be able to say a lot more on this as he's dealt with them, but my understanding is that they're very much a specialist Tetra ...

Panda Catfish fan and keeper/breeder since Christmas 2002

I have a 55 gal that I am going to stock as a tropical tank and was wondering if tetras could be mixed?

I was hoping to mix, rummynoses, cardinals and black neons.(or atleast two of them)

could it be done, if not why not?

thanks in advance

Beau.

I'd switch that idea of clown loaches to possibly yoyo loaches...much smaller full grown, I believe only about 4". Clowns just get too big for the 55.

As you are probably aware that tank is too small for clowns. They can reach sizes of 10"+ (granted they take some quite a while to reach their adult size), and should be kept in numbers of at least six. If you have a larger tank to put them in as they grow thats fine.

ok, thanks fellas I think I'll go with the black neons and cardinals. I am planning to have clown loaches for the bottom. I would like to go full south american but i already have 2 loaches which are my brothers so i cannot get rid of them. thanks for the info.

Beau.

Most Tetras of the same or similar size, with a very few exceptions, can be mixed. I have Lemons, Cardinals and Beckford's Pencil Fishes coexisting in my aquarium without any compatibility problems.

With a 55 Gallon (US I take it) your options are quite varied. If you're thinking of Rummies and Cardinals, for example (a mix I had with the Lemons before the Rummies all expired and I replaced them with the Pencil Fish) then you should be able to to keep two decent sized shoals in there. If it was 55 gallons UK I'd say go for 12 of each, but perhaps 8 of each in a 55 gallon US is more practical if you also want to add one or two other fish species such as Corydoras.

Panda Catfish fan and keeper/breeder since Christmas 2002

You can get 2 schools of Tetra's, like Rummynose & Black Neons, maybe 6/8 of each & a school of Corydoras. Go for a South American tank & a pair of Rams as a centrepiece.


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Two large schools would look great in a tank that size...either two that are similar-looking, or go with a complete contrast.

I don't think you'd have any problems as long as both have similar water requirements.

Are you thinking of some sort of centerpiece fish as well? You could also have a school of cories or loaches to fill out the bottom.

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For sure tetras can be mixed. Just make sure you get a nice school of each, at least 4-6 of each fish. The more the better per species.


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