Cardinal Tetra living in a Neons world

[Winstons_estate]

I have a school of 30 Neon Tetras, or at least i thought I did... turns out there are 2 cardinals mixed in by mistake. will They be okay and socialize with the Neons? Does anyone have any experience with this?

The google internet has given me contradicting opinions (woah crazy i know!)

[JettsPapa]

There isn't a hard and fast answer.  Typically similar appearing fish of different species won't shoal together, so the ideal situation would be to return them or get more cardinals.  However, if that's not easily doable I wouldn't judge you for leaving everything as-is.  It's not the end of the world.

[mynameisnobody]

At least cardinals and/or neons are fairly easy to net out of basically any setup barring the super dense plant setup. 

[Winstons_estate]

On 12/13/2022 at 12:01 PM, Mynameisnobody said:

At least cardinals and/or neons are fairly easy to net out of basically any setup barring the super dense plant setup. 

Thats true. I may give it a week or two and see their behaviour and if the cardinals dont mix or seem stressed ill get more.

[Theplatymaster]

id just say moniter the cardinal behaviour. If they shoal around with the neons, you should be fine. I had one glowlight tetra once, that was not all stressed being alone, she pretended to be a platy instead. But if the cardinals are shy, and dont hang out with the neons, you will definetly want to move them or get more.