Tetra

One of my all time favorite fish is the little Neon tetra fish. Along with the Kitty tetra read more by clicking the link. Back to our neon tetra, this tiny fish may be small but boy does it have color. This brightly neon colored fish has immense personality and has become a firm favorite […]

So today I’m writing about a typical subject that comes up often. What size fish tank or aquarium do you need for the size of fish you will be keeping?  Wow I know that’s a multifaceted question as it depends on lots of variables. What type of fish will you be keeping are those fish

Neon tetra chasing each other oh jeez not another neon tetras fish fight. Words we hear often as these amazing little fish are a bit feisty. Let us take a deeper look are neon tetra’s aggressive and their general persona. Come with me as we go swimming with the neon tetra let’s find out more

Today we are looking at The Congo Tetra and The Long-fin Tetra. Amongst others and thought we would look at how we could not only put these two amazing fish in a tank together. But as they are both from Africa how about finding some more African tankmates. Some African plant shrubs etc to really

Today as we were doing a water change on one of our tanks (more on that as we go) we started thinking about the “Buenos Aires tetra” This beautiful incredibly colourful fish just came to mind! but why? I sense you asking why during a routine water change? Well funny you should ask let’s start

So We’ve been pondering our usual Questions. Which Tetra to get next and what tank should we buy and of course filters, lights, decor, etc! Have you ever just been looking and thinking I want it all lol. Anywho we decided to head off to our local fishery at good old Dobbies – maidenhead aquatics

SERPAE TETRA INTRODUCTION: Today let’s look at a tetra that has some boisterous some say “fin nipping” problems yep the shall we say naughty tetra the Serpae tetra! This fish was discovered fighting its way out of the back swamps of the Amazon River drainage through Brazil, Peru, Paraguay and winning its way into Bolivia

What do you need to know about the Ember Tetra? The Ember tetra or Amanda tetra even red dwarf tetra and red tetra oh and of course the fire red tetra (these are some of the names given) These tropical freshwater fish are found in Brazil, within the Araguaia river basin! This orangy-red super friendly

We have wanted to write about our experiences with different types of tetra we thought it would hopefully benefit some of you so let’s look at 5 of our favourite tetra fish types starting at our fish tanks beginning with our first tetra The Cardinal tetra! hope you enjoy the read. So you have been