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Can neon tetras live with rainbow fish?

Asked: Brent Bellefleur, Last Updated:

If your tank is well planted and you get atleast 20-30 neons, they will do fine provided your rainbows don't attack them on sight. I've had luck keeping them with rainbows when they were added when the rainbows were around 2".

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