From the article: Red Eye Tetra
Have you kept a Red Eye Tetra? If so, share your experiences about care, habitat, feeding and breeding of Red Eye Tetra. Your knowledge could help other owners! Share Your Experiences
Pregnant Red Eye Tetras
- My 20 gallon tank has 5 red eye tetras and 4 julii cory catfish in it. Well one day one of my female tetras was really fat so i figured that it was pregnant. Than i started to notice it chasing other fish. Than i started to see my fish with missing fins.
- —Guest Mlewis
Good Community Fish
- I have 9 0f these in a 180L tank with widows angels corys and rasbora. I have never had any problems with nipping and they have been great tankmates to all of my other fish. I think given enough room and some of their own kind to play with they are great community fish.
- —Guest Chops
Red-Eyes!
- I have 3 of these fish in my 15-gallon aquarium. I can't say that they are totally peaceful, since a skirmish will occasionally break out between the 3 of them especially during feeding times. They school with the Black Neons and the Lemon Tetras, however. :)
- —Guest Paul
These fish are Great.
- I had 3 guppies in my tank and introduced the tetras and 1 almost right away attacked 1 of them. Woke up next day 2 were tailess and stuck in the filter. I then noticed my mollies doing the same thing to the last guppy and that's them gone. I have since let them settle and re added other fish and they are great no issues or problems. I just stay away from guppies now lol:P
- —Guest cameron
Nippers!
- H have 3 Red Tetras with 2 Dwarf Gouaramis and 2 Corys. The Tetras leave the other fish alone thank goodness but they nip at each other and it looks like they petrify my little Tetra :( Would have maybe gone with a group of 6 if I had a bigger tank. I have a 15 gallon.
- —Guest Jennifer
Had them for an hour.
- Ok went to Petco in Cape and got five red eyed tetras a Cory a Pictus catfish and five neon tetras. They all seem to want to be the leader of the school and school with the black neon tetra and my Bala shark. They are kept with 3 angelfish so far no nipping. But I would totally recommend getting at least 5 for a 10 gallon tank but if you have a bigger tank experiment with it. Good luck! Jared :)
- —Guest Jared
Good citizens
- I almost didn't get them because of the fin nipping remarks. I have 5 in a 55 gallon tank with other tetras and some tiger barbs. So far (3weeks) they are no trouble at all. No nipping, they tend to stick together and school much like tiger barbs only in slow motion. I am very happy that I got them.
- —Guest Dave-o
Red Eye Tetras
- As a group they fight for leader of the gang which takes forever and they'll nip the hell out of other fish I seperated them from my huge tank they'll kill baby neons. But they're a fun fish to watch when they're at peace and school word of advice don't mix balloon Red Eyes with other types of Red Eyes
- —Guest Chris
MR
- One red eye tetras in a tank will fin nip fish big or small it will nip the fins off a 4 inch fish in 3 days. It will attack all fish the same.
- —Guest Allan Cooper
Awsome Fish
- These are very neat fish. I have 2 at the moment, male & female. They are hanging around a plat. The male stays in one spot and the female just circles around it. Are they guarding their eggs or what?
- —Guest austin
Good fish
- Probably my most active and lucky fish. I have two right now, they eat well live worms or pellets. So far no nipping which is good.
- —Guest Chris
Great Fish!
- These guys a so cute, they just play around all the time, and are just fun.
- —Guest guest nicole
Nippers
- I have had 5 red eyed in my tank for 48 hours, they have nipped the tail of one of my other fish and I have seen two with other baby fish hanging out their mouths - I regret getting them.
- —Guest zop111
Red eyed tetras
- I have 5 red eyed tetras and 5 baloon belly red eyed tetras. They are so cool! I like the way the balloon bellies play tag and follow the leader all the time.
- —Guest Lovingfishmom
roonorr
- I have five in my tank along with seven others (4 of one type and 3 of another) They all seem to get along and I am constantly amused with the RE antics. One in particular has become very territorial and I assume "she" is about to lay her eggs. Am moving her to another tank with a male. Wish me luck as I love these guys.
- —Guest Richard
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