Tetras

[LoveTheFishies]

I haven't kept tetras since college (so long ago we used wood stoves to heat the tanks).      Anyway, when I set up my office tank 2 years ago, I put in 3 bala sharks on sale from petsmart so I could tell if the tank was done cycling.  2 years , they are doing well and are in with the mixed bag of cichlids (peacocks, labs, compressiceps, pseudotropheus) and are doing great.  They don't bother anyone, and no one bothers them.  Exceptions to every rule.

By the way.  The psychotic tank mixture will be changed in the near future.  At present, everyone is still happy.  I have found a little baby yellow lab, and a little peacock that made it by hiding in the holey rock.

[Cat(fish)lady]

I keep neons with my rams and cardinal tetra with my haps.. Sounds like its the betta

Now that is new,  I have been told by several sources to not mix Cichlids with Tropicals...

Heck, I was even told not to put a pleco in with Cichlids,  but I did anyway and he is doing fine...

A big school of neons is very cool... Also rams have always been one of my favorites...

Dwarf cichlids like rams, kribs, dwarf congos, if kept as more than one pair, need a "dither fish" to keep them distracted from attacking others of their own species. Making tropicals perfect. Killies are a common suggestion too. I have kept kribs with danios and dwarf rainbows. My bf has actively kept Von Rios with Blue Rams. I have multiple small schools of dithers in my 135 with large Yellow Labs and have no problems!

[Steve]

I've noticed lately that not only are the tetras coming out more, but there are actually four of them left so that is good. So far the four of them seem to be doing okay now.

[Kaia]

Dwarf cichlids like rams, kribs, dwarf congos, if kept as more than one pair, need a "dither fish" to keep them distracted from attacking others of their own species. Making tropicals perfect. Killies are a common suggestion too. I have kept kribs with danios and dwarf rainbows. My bf has actively kept Von Rios with Blue Rams. I have multiple small schools of dithers in my 135 with large Yellow Labs and have no problems!
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I separated the Rams from the neons, although there were no feuding issues I found that my rams lost all of their color. I don't think they like all of the fast moving neons. I also found that my paired off couple still chased the 2 out cast girls I have.

[Cat(fish)lady]

Dwarf cichlids like rams, kribs, dwarf congos, if kept as more than one pair, need a "dither fish" to keep them distracted from attacking others of their own species. Making tropicals perfect. Killies are a common suggestion too. I have kept kribs with danios and dwarf rainbows. My bf has actively kept Von Rios with Blue Rams. I have multiple small schools of dithers in my 135 with large Yellow Labs and have no problems!

I separated the Rams from the neons, although there were no feuding issues I found that my rams lost all of their color. I don't think they like all of the fast moving neons. I also found that my paired off couple still chased the 2 out cast girls I have.
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How big of a tank are they in??
Rams are more aggressive than most dwarf species. Best to give the pair their own space with a half dozen or so dithers.

[Kaia]

My German blues are not aggressive at all. The male/female pair chase away the other 2 girls  but never any fin damage to anyone.  They were all in a 60 gallon tall with only 9 neon tetra.

[Kaia]

My German blues are not aggressive at all. The male/female pair chase away the other 2 girls  but never any fin damage to anyone.  They were all in a 60 gallon tall with only 9 neon tetra.

Lets just say the tank was so big for that small amount of fish that my mother always made fun of me by saying "what's in this tank? oh this is that tank that always looks like nothing is in it"

[Steve]

Get this I just now saw 5 tetras in a group for the first time in the tank. I have no idea where that 5th one has been hiding for the past month+ because I looked all over for him, but there's 5 left. Guess the beta was getting a bad rap the whole time lol