Green neon tetra
Paracheirodon simulans
Smaller and edgier than the neon; its blue leans green, its red is a trace.
3D model coming soon
Stats
- Size
- 3 cm
- Smallest tank
- 45 cm
- Temperature
- 25–30 °C
- Temperament
- Peaceful
- Diet
- Omnivore
- Activity
- Busy
- Water layer
- Mid water
- Care
- Moderate
- Group
- Happiest in a group of 10 or more
- Coral
- Reef safe
These numbers are LumaReef simulation data, not a real aquarium care guide.
Which tank it fits
- Nano60 cm · 65 litres43 of them
- Standard90 cm · 180 litres120 of them
- Wide120 cm · 300 litres200 of them
- Living room180 cm · 650 litres433 of them
- Showcase250 cm · 1,200 litres800 of them
Who it lives with
Gets along
- Guppy
- Discus
- Lambchop rasbora
- Endler's livebearer
- Dwarf puffer
- Ember tetra
- Glowlight tetra
- Chili rasbora
- Sparkling gourami
- Multies shell dweller
- Cardinal tetra
- Lemon tetra
- Penguin tetra
- Honey gourami
- Threadfin rainbowfish
- Forktail blue-eye
- Chocolate gourami
- German blue ram
- Diamond tetra
- Silver hatchetfish
- Sterbai corydoras
- Celebes rainbowfish
- Checkerboard cichlid
- Dwarf gourami
- and 23 more species
Caution
- Neon tetraNarrow shared temperature range
- Galaxy rasboraNarrow shared temperature range
- Glowlight danioNarrow shared temperature range
- Pygmy corydorasNarrow shared temperature range
- Clown killifishNarrow shared temperature range
- Black neon tetraNarrow shared temperature range
- Serpae tetraNarrow shared temperature range
- Green kubotai rasboraNarrow shared temperature range
- OtocinclusNarrow shared temperature range
- Harlequin rasboraNarrow shared temperature range
- Rummynose tetraCrowding the same layer
- Emperor tetraNarrow shared temperature range
- Zebra danioNarrow shared temperature range
- Cherry barbNarrow shared temperature range
- PlatyNarrow shared temperature range
- Julii corydorasNarrow shared temperature range
- Dwarf chain loachCrowding the same layer
- Black skirt tetraNarrow shared temperature range
- Pearl danioNarrow shared temperature range
- Tiger barbNarrow shared temperature range
- Neon dwarf rainbowfishCrowding the same layer
- Bronze corydorasNarrow shared temperature range
- Congo tetraNarrow shared temperature range
- Zebra loachNarrow shared temperature range
- Scissortail rasboraNarrow shared temperature range
- Giant danioNarrow shared temperature range
- Boesemani rainbowfishCrowding the same layer
- Turquoise rainbowfishCrowding the same layer
- JulidochromisNarrow shared temperature range
- SwordtailNarrow shared temperature range
- Bristlenose plecoNarrow shared temperature range
- Yoyo loachNarrow shared temperature range
- Red rainbowfishCrowding the same layer
- Siamese algae eaterNarrow shared temperature range
- Rainbow sharkNarrow shared temperature range
- Bala sharkCrowding the same layer
Not together
- White cloud mountain minnowWater temperatures do not overlap
- Odessa barbWater temperatures do not overlap
- Panda corydorasWater temperatures do not overlap
- Hillstream loachWater temperatures do not overlap
- Betta (Siamese fighting fish)Aggressive with peaceful
- Paradise fishWater temperatures do not overlap
- Gold barbWater temperatures do not overlap
- Demasoni cichlidAggressive with peaceful
- Rosy barbWater temperatures do not overlap
- Red zebra cichlidAggressive with peaceful
- Denison barbWater temperatures do not overlap
- Convict cichlidAggressive with peaceful
- Red tail sharkAggressive with peaceful
- Fancy goldfishWater temperatures do not overlap
- Jack DempseyAggressive with peaceful
- KoiWater temperatures do not overlap
Same familyTetras and characins
- Neon tetraParacheirodon innesi
- Cardinal tetraParacheirodon axelrodi
- Ember tetraHyphessobrycon amandae
- Rummynose tetraPetitella rhodostoma
- Black neon tetraHyphessobrycon herbertaxelrodi
- Lemon tetraHyphessobrycon pulchripinnis
- Black skirt tetraGymnocorymbus ternetzi
- Serpae tetraHyphessobrycon eques
- Congo tetraPhenacogrammus interruptus
- Glowlight tetraHemigrammus erythrozonus
- Diamond tetraMoenkhausia pittieri
- Penguin tetraThayeria boehlkei
- Emperor tetraNematobrycon palmeri
- Silver hatchetfishGasteropelecus sternicla