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Neon Tetra
Paracheirodon innesi
Family: Characidae
📍 Western Amazon, South America
One of the most popular aquarium fish, the neon tetra is recognised by its vivid iridescent blue stripe and red tail. It thrives in schools of six or more in soft, slightly acidic water with dense planting. Peaceful and hardy once acclimated, making it ideal for community tanks.
Keeping this species
- diet
- Omnivore – micro pellets, flake food, daphnia, micro worms
- lifespan
- 5–8 years
- max size
- 4 cm (1.5 in)
- tank size
- 10 gallons minimum
- school size
- 6+
- temperament
- Peaceful, schooling
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Water it likes
- ph
- 5.5–7.0
- ammonia
- 0 ppm
- nitrate
- <20 ppm
- hardness
- 1–10 dGH
- temperature
- 68–79°F (20–26°C)
Natural Habitat Temperature
77°F — 81°F seasonal range · (Jul low, Feb high)