White Clouds vs Neon Tetras..

[bcroft]

Hello

For my new tank, I wanted to cycle it with some starter fish... I was thinking about some tetras and some zebras... Now my question is, should I get neon tetras or white clouds?

If I could mix both of them that would be great, but I'm not really sure if I could. I've also heard that the tetras are fin nippers.

[amanichen]

bcroft said:

Hello

For my new tank, I wanted to cycle it with some starter fish... I was thinking about some tetras and some zebras... Now my question is, should I get neon tetras or white clouds?

White clouds. Although I'm about to start recommending a snail cycle to people, whereby you don't risk any fish, but you don't need bio spira or ammonia either. Just some flake food for the snails to eat.

If I could mix both of them that would be great, but I'm not really sure if I could.

In a nutshell:

White clouds: cold water fish, from moderately moving mountain streams in China. Harder water with a higher pH.

Neon tetras: tropical fish, from relatively slow moving amazon river tributaries. Soft water with a low pH.

I've also heard that the tetras are fin nippers.

The next person on this forum who makes this statement is getting slapped with a wet trout I'm seriously considering making a sticky thread specifically for addressing this very statement.

[bcroft]

LOL, I wont be the next person to ask

When I was a kid I had neon tetras, but I don't really remember if they did or not...

I found this :
www.timstropicals.com/Compatibility/CompatibilitySearch.asp

for compatibility...its kind of cool

[twoluvcats]

i don't know about that site...did you look up betta??

The Betta (Siamese Fighting) should be kept in groups of a maximum of 1 and is compatible with Bala Shark, Chinese Algae Eater, Corydoras Catfish, Glass Catfish, GloFish, Molly, Pearl Gourami, Platy, Rainbow Shark, Red Tailed Shark, Swordtail, Three Spot Gourami, Upsidedown Catfish, Zebra Danio,

aside from the cories...i wouldn't put ANY of those other fish with a betta.

[amanichen]

Not that it matters, but the glass catfish there will be ok

I agree with you on the others.