From the article: Black Neon Tetra (Hyphessobrycon herbertaxelrodi)
Have you kept a Black Neon Tetra? If so, share your experiences about care, habitat, feeding and breeding of Black Neon Tetra. Your knowledge could help other owners! Share Your Experiences
The hardiest Tetras that I've ever had!
- I can't believe the hardiness of these fish compared to their more beautiful and more delicate relatives -- the Neon Tetras. I already have 4 in my 15-gallon tank and they school well with the Lemon Tetras and the Red Eye Tetras. If I will be asked to choose which one to keep, Neon or Black Neon; I would say Black Neon, all day! Hands down.
- —Guest Paul
3 gallon minimum
- No fish esp schooling fish should be kept in anything as small as a 3 gallon. The school and the larger the better, should be thought of as ONE. In nature these schools run in the hundreds, even thousands! Do you think a minimum of 5 or six is really natural to their genetics/instincts (no). When one keeps them in larger set ups, with appropriate low light plantings so on, they come alive and behave completely different then when in smaller - five to six minimum "school" set ups. The water chemistry is easier (esp for beginners) to maintain with at least a 20. These fish need room to swim (I kept mine in a 75 where they bred). Even if one does small weekly partials (as one would in such a small set up) this alone is a stressor. Fish btw kept in small sizes release stress/territorial hormones - it is not good for them (like people crammed in an elevator). Background - biochemistry, pre vet/ocean studies, 50 + yrs fish breeding/keeping
- —Guest sazure
I've had them
- Really easy to keep - I would recommend them to anyone wanting to start a tropical aquarium. They like to live in groups of at least 5.
- —Guest gweon
Other breeding info
- When the female is in the breeding tank you must have a dark place for her to hide while pregnancy is occuring.
- —Guest Laura
