question about mixing fish...

**IRescue452** · 02-28-2007, 05:33 AM

Is your tank cycled already?
You should add a few more of the same tetras to make a school. Most small tropicals will do alright. Barbs, rasboras, platies, swordtails, rainbowfish. You might also consider a small bottom level fish like a bristlenose pleco or a small group of loaches or cories.
Mixed fruit tetras are dipped in chemicals to get the colors. The process is very painful and the colors fade away with time. Don't give stores money for doing that.

**Chilli** · 02-28-2007, 07:23 AM

I agree with IRescue, from my own experiance, most tetras seem to do really well in schools. =]
Right now my Black Skirt tetra is in my "rescue" tank(they are fish from a guy who was going to dump them if I hadn't taken them) and the little fish is perfectly fine with a few hatchetfish, barbs, and a guppy.
HERE is a site that shows pictures of many other species of tetras. Also, you can look at other fish through the links displayed on the left. Lifebearers, Danios, & Rasbora would all be good section to look at.
Good luck! =D

**Flatcoatluver** · 02-28-2007, 12:04 PM

Originally Posted by IRescue452

Mixed fruit tetras are dipped in chemicals to get the colors. The process is very painful and the colors fade away with time. Don't give stores money for doing that.

Are all of them dyed?
Walmart had some dyed yellow, purple, and blue. But petsmart had none of them died of what I know of, mine is white, but when the light comes on there is a pinkish tinge.

**tikeyas_mom** · 02-28-2007, 07:17 PM

yeah i would never buy a dyed white skirt i think that is soo cruel.... mine are regular colors, white and white /black... yes the tank was cycled for 24 hours before we added my fish.. (we moved so they were lviing at my moms for a while)... I love guppies (a friend of mine breeds them) they would do alright with my Full grown tetras?? They have been knows to peck at other fishies...

**IRescue452** · 02-28-2007, 07:33 PM

flatcoatlover, that sounds like either a bad dying job or that they are already faded

**Flatcoatluver** · 03-01-2007, 01:46 PM

Originally Posted by IRescue452

flatcoatlover, that sounds like either a bad dying job or that they are already faded

Oh really? Wow I never even knew that, well I won't buy one of thease fish again. I wish they would tell you before they buy it.

**SunsetRose** · 03-02-2007, 04:37 PM

The fish already mentioned would work well with the tetras. Just watch angelfish and bettas though as they can be aggressive. I had a betta in my tank and he would kill any fish that were about an inch, inch and a half long and he injured my striped zebra fish pretty badly.

Check out mollies. I really enjoyed having mollies because they were very active fish that would actually interact with me. They always got excited when they saw me come in the room and they would follow my finger if I slid it across the glass. They are live bearers though, so be careful about what sex they are. Males will fight and if you have a male with females, you will probably end up with babies. If you aren't prepared and have the female in a breeder, then the babies will just get eaten by the other fish (which is completely fine as long as you don't mind it).

Striped zebra fish were cool, platys, glass fish....