Caper Posted September 15, 2005 Report Share Posted September 15, 2005 If anybody could please provide some info on these, would be greatly appreciated! Read some on the internet about them...said they should be kept in schools, nip fins, and shouldn't be kept with smaller tetras...but other sites say they are a great community fish! I have 2 of them :oops: :oops: . I was talking to a guy in the store who has 2 and he said they never cause problems and he has neons as well, and he has never had more than 2. Have I made a mistake? See the guy working in the store said that he would never get a sailfin molly because they are so aggressive...I told him I have one and he's fine...he only bothers with the other molly, chasing each other but never any injuries so I'm guessing just play. Soooooooo...I thought I could try the 2 tetras...was I wrong to do this :oops: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Caryl Posted September 15, 2005 Report Share Posted September 15, 2005 Fish are like people - they have different personalities (or should that be fishnalities? :-? ). It can depend on the sex and dominace of each particular fish. I would not have said that red eyes are particularly noted for their aggressiveness. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Caper Posted September 15, 2005 Author Report Share Posted September 15, 2005 fishnalities I like that :lol: :lol: :lol: Thanks Caryl...well from everything I'm reading and from what you experienced people here know...it does seem to depend on the individual fish...at least sometimes. Do you recommend I get more though to keep them in a school? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Caryl Posted September 15, 2005 Report Share Posted September 15, 2005 See how you go with the ones you have but remember your tank isn't very big and you don't want to overstock Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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vimmer Posted September 16, 2005 Report Share Posted September 16, 2005 hey, this is sorta only vaguely related to the topic, but are there any different species of tetras that are known to school together? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
klaymann Posted September 16, 2005 Report Share Posted September 16, 2005 A rule of thumb with tetras is to keep 6 at least , but if they are happy at 2 then "blow" the rulz ... 8) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
klaymann Posted September 16, 2005 Report Share Posted September 16, 2005 hey, this is sorta only vaguely related to the topic, but are there any different species of tetras that are known to school together? I think ( will be told wrong otherwise) all tetras are schoolers... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vimmer Posted September 16, 2005 Report Share Posted September 16, 2005 sorry i didn't make myself very clear.. i mean.. say we mix some Neon tetras with some lemon tetras, for example, will they form one big school, or will they separate out into group by species? Or is that what you meant? Haha sorry, i am not with it today. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
klaymann Posted September 16, 2005 Report Share Posted September 16, 2005 nup out of luck there dude .. tetras are species specific ... unless they are ( neon/cardinal) or the serpae variants..... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vimmer Posted September 16, 2005 Report Share Posted September 16, 2005 nup out of luck there dude .. tetras are species specific ... unless they are ( neon/cardinal) or the serpae variants..... what if i force them to do it.. with, say, electro-shock therapy? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
klaymann Posted September 16, 2005 Report Share Posted September 16, 2005 lol ... their eyes might "pop" out of the sockets but you might be sucessful! as they will be blind they wouldn't care who they schoool with but .. hmm ..... you will have to take the gamble .... 1(same species tetra schools ..6 minimum) 8) ... 2 (mixed ( lolly scramble) of blind multi coloured schooling tetras) ... take your pick... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Caper Posted September 16, 2005 Author Report Share Posted September 16, 2005 I agree with Klay...everything I read so far...all tetras school with their own kind, for lack of a better word. Although, was told at dept store & pet store that they would I had 3 black neons (1 gone to fishy heaven) and they didn't school with the neons...the odd time you might see them together, but school with them, nah. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
klaymann Posted September 16, 2005 Report Share Posted September 16, 2005 Believe me .. tetras are "sp" rascist , unless your a neon/cardinal or of the serpa sp... 8) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Caper Posted September 16, 2005 Author Report Share Posted September 16, 2005 Hey Klay...what are you doing up so late...it is 11:12 a.m. here....2:12 there??? You can't get cardinals here. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
klaymann Posted September 16, 2005 Report Share Posted September 16, 2005 yeah , I know . .. finished work in the studio , now bumming around on this forum ... off in 1/2 hr due to normal work today (9am) ... 8) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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