neon tetra (how many)

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just a quick question but i know the tetras swim in shoals but how many would you guys say for them to look good?
i have always loved the colours i think they look awesome and being small i was thinking maybe 40 of them would be cool?
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I always go for 10+ in a group.
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the more the merrier
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More is good! How big is your tank and what else are you looking to add?
200l 1000x500 planted Amazonian, 24 x Paracheirodon innesi, 10 x Hyphessobrycon megalopterus, 6 x Corydoras Sterbai, 1 x BNP. Still to add a pair of Angels
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Are you still going for angels?
I ask as I would have gone for cardinals rather than neons for the temperature compatibility and they're a bit bigger..... ;)
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How many is in there? It looks great.
64l kitchen tank: 16 golden tetra.
5ft 425L: 7 blue angel fish, 30 rummie nose tetra, 20 black neon tetra, 1 longfin bristlenose plec, 2 corydoras sterbai, 2 SAE.
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Price is right rules for guesses, nearest without going over?

I guess 78.
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2 female Bristlenose Pleco, 24 Cherry Barbs 7M:17F, 4 Reticulated Flying Foxes, 17 Neon Tetra, 15 Lemon Tetra, 11 Yellow/Orange Cherry Shrimp, 1 Zebra Nerite Snail, 3 Olve Nerite Snails, 4 Horned Nerite snails, 25 Amano Shrimp, Many Malaysian Trumpet Snails - AqAdvisor
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I can count 73 :D
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Gingerlove05 wrote: Sat Oct 17, 2020 10:18 am I can count 73 :D
I have 70 in my aquarium, the more the better ;]
425L SeaBray Elite aquarium - Rio Mamoré (Bolivia) theme
4 x Cupid Cichlids, 14 x Cory caudimaculatus, 13 x Cory sterbai 52 x Reed Tetra, 4 x Honeycomb Bristlenose (L519)

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