Debate! Neon Or Cardinal Tetras?

[SJ2K]

Yes, 6

ahh very nice, and do they play well with platy and red eye neons tetras?

Tigers are well known to be nippy but, provided they are kept in the larger shoal, all aggression should be disbursed within the group.

Back on topic.

 

[afishdude]

ahhahaha yes i know that is a Tiger Barb! Here is a Black Neon Tetra!

btw, how many tiger barbs is recommended to get, are they like tetras and want many friends?

lol we know what a black neon is....

barbs are like tetras, you should get 6 or so of each kind.

 

[divisible by zero]

Glow Lights > Cardinals > Neons

it's all about the color.

 

[omega59]

i just read they like some what dirty water, can be nippy at other fish, and like shallow water
and they do well with platy haha.

 

[Essjay39 154]

Just to be awkward, I prefer green neon tetras

http/www.fishforums.net/index.php?showtopic=94880

Less red, but more blue/green - the stripe looks blue when looking at the fish from the side but green if you look from higher up.

 

[HooleyHoop]

cardinals for me, just love the colours

 

[divisible by zero]

my 55g that's 'in the hole' (third in line for setup, 55g cichlid is up now, and 10g guppy is 'on deck') is going to be planted will all tall grass, 2x-3x overfiltered with maybe a refuge so i can get 100 or more tetras in there. Ideally would like to get 8-10 of:
hockey stick
lemon
diamond
neon
glo light
headlight taillight
cardinal
rummy nose
pristilla
and maybe more

 

[fiskkeeperpro]

nice tank plans, tetras r gr8 lol

 

[jdkxpress]

4 me neons r a gr8 little fish. like cardinals but neons r just pure class

 

[dave_gray2077]

Cardinal!

Better Colour.

 

[lilfishie]

Neons kick cardinals ass' off lolALL VOTE NEON!!!!!DESTROY THIS APPRESSION OVER THE ENDANGERED SPECIES!WILLS MADNESS HAS GONE 2 FAR]ALL VOTE NEON!!! NOW!!!! OR FACE IMMEDIATE ELLIMINATIONN FROM PLANET EARTH!!!!LONG LIVE ME!!!!!

i prefer cardinals because of them having more red and being hardier IME but at the moment i have neons, they are both great fish IMO and look great as a mixed shoal

ARE YOU MAD???HOW COULD YOU THINK THAT CARDINALS ARE BETTERNEONS R A SUPERIOR RACE OF FISHBELIEVE IN NEONANTINY NOW OR FACE IMMINENT DANGER

no i'm not mad that is just what i have experienced and have found cardinals by far to be the better fish, for me anyway

 

[chibi]

I can never tell the difference. I was never a tetra person.

 

[fiskkeeperpro]

lol

 

[lilfishie]

there isn't much difference really except the red on cardinals goes all the way across there body and grow a little bigger

 

[rabidric]

They both the same to me.