🐠 Neon Tetra – Premium Schooling Pack (6 Fish)

Paracheirodon innesi | Iconic glowing blue-red schooling fish for planted aquariums

Add timeless beauty and continuous motion to your aquarium with Neon Tetras — one of the most popular and visually iconic freshwater fish in the aquarium hobby. Known for their glowing neon blue stripe and bright red tail line, they create a stunning “living light effect” when kept in groups.

Perfect for planted aquariums, they bring calm movement, color contrast, and natural schooling harmony.

✨ Why aquarists love Neon Tetra

✔️ Iconic neon blue + red coloration — glowing effect under aquarium lighting
✔️ Strong schooling behavior — synchronized group movement
✔️ Peaceful community fish — ideal for mixed aquariums
✔️ Perfect for planted tanks — enhances aquascape contrast
✔️ Beginner-friendly species — hardy and easy to maintain

📦 What you receive

• 6 × Neon Tetra
• Size: Adult (2 – 2.5 cm)
• Carefully selected from stable, healthy batches

🌍 About the species

Paracheirodon innesi originates from South America and is one of the most recognized aquarium fish globally.

These fish are known for:

• Bright neon blue horizontal stripe
• Red posterior body coloration
• Tight schooling behavior in groups
• Calm mid-water swimming pattern
• Strong adaptation to planted aquariums

Their colors become more vivid under soft, dim, planted lighting conditions.

🏡 Ideal aquarium setup

Neon Tetras thrive best in:

• Planted community aquariums
• Soft, slightly acidic to neutral water
• Calm tropical environments
• Low to moderate flow setups
• Dark substrate with plant contrast

Recommended setup:

• 40 liters or larger
• Dense plants + open swimming zones
• Gentle filtration
• Stable water parameters

⚠️ Compatibility notes

Neon Tetras are peaceful schooling fish.

Not ideal with:

• Large aggressive fish
• Fin-nipping species
• Very bright high-flow tanks without plants
• Predator cichlids

Best suited for:

✔️ Peaceful community aquariums
✔️ Planted aquascapes
✔️ Nano-to-mid size schooling setups
✔️ Beginner-friendly tropical tanks

🚚 Professionally packed for live arrival

Every shipment is treated as a live biological transport, not a standard parcel.

Your fish are packed using:

• Oxygen-filled fish bags
• Temperature-insulated packaging
• Shock-absorbing thermocol protection
• Fastest safe transport routes available

This minimizes transit stress and improves live arrival success.

🛡️ Live Arrival Guaranteed*

Instant Refund or Full Replacement for DoAs in accordance with our Refund Policy.

👉 You are not taking the risk alone.

💰 Total Delivered Price: ₹1,499/-

No hidden charges.
No surprise shipping fees.
The displayed price is the final delivered price.

🧠 Why is this priced at ₹1,499/-?

Unlike conventional aquarium stores, we do not price livestock only by “per fish” cost.

This pricing includes the entire safe delivery ecosystem, including:

• Fish value and batch quality
• Oxygen packing and insulation materials
• Specialized live-animal packaging
• Express transport logistics
• Mortality risk management

In many cases, shipping and packaging alone exceed ₹600 per order.

👉 This approach ensures every shipment remains ethical, viable, and survival-focused.

🧭 Is this right for you?

✔️ You want classic glowing schooling fish
✔️ You enjoy planted aquascapes with movement
✔️ You prefer peaceful community aquariums
✔️ You are building a beginner-friendly tank

⚠️ Not ideal if:

• You keep aggressive or predatory fish
• Your aquarium is unplanted or high-stress
• You prefer large centerpiece species only
• Your tank is extremely small or unstable

🔬 Nero Labs Standard

These fish are maintained with:

• Controlled batch monitoring
• Observation-based selection
• Stress-aware handling
• Survival-focused transport preparation

We prioritize long-term stability and health over bulk-volume movement.

👉 Add glowing life to your aquarium

Experience the iconic neon glow and peaceful schooling behavior of Neon Tetras from Nero Labs.

Neon Tetra (Paracheirodon innesi)

Description

The Neon Tetra (Paracheirodon innesi), offered by Nero Labs, is a selectively maintained ornamental characin recognized for its distinctive iridescent lateral stripe, compact schooling form, and stable community behaviour. Native to the blackwater tributaries of the Amazon Basin, this species is adapted to soft, low-light environments with dense vegetation and minimal flow.

Body coloration is defined by a vivid iridescent blue lateral stripe extending from the snout to mid-body, paired with a contrasting red posterior band. Colour intensity and reflective quality are influenced by environmental stability, lighting conditions, and nutritional balance. Behaviour is strongly schooling, with individuals exhibiting synchronized group movement that contributes to both visual cohesion and stress reduction. When maintained in appropriate group sizes, the species displays stable and non-aggressive social dynamics.

Specimens supplied are lab-reared and system-acclimated within controlled, closed-system environments, minimizing early-life stress and supporting consistent adaptation to established aquaria. This lineage represents domesticated ornamental stock maintained for colour clarity, behavioural stability, and aquarium compatibility rather than wild ecological function or conservation deployment.

System & Rearing Notes

Origin: In-house, Nero Labs
Rearing environment: Controlled, closed system
Line status: Selectively maintained ornamental characin
Behaviour: Peaceful, schooling; group-dependent stability
Swimming profile: Midwater, synchronized schooling patterns
Feeding behaviour: Omnivorous micro-feeder; accepts fine prepared and frozen feeds
Habitat preference: Planted environments, subdued lighting, low-flow systems
Colour development: Stable; iridescence enhanced under low-stress conditions and appropriate lighting

Minor variation in stripe intensity, red band extent, and body size may occur between individuals and reflects normal biological diversity within maintained ornamental populations.

Availability & Use

Availability of Neon Tetras is cycle-dependent and determined by biological readiness rather than inventory-driven targets. This species is suitable for beginner to advanced aquarists capable of maintaining stable water parameters and appropriate group sizes.

Best suited for community aquaria, planted systems, and blackwater-inspired displays emphasizing group cohesion and environmental stability.

Important Note

Neon Tetras should be maintained in groups to ensure behavioural stability and reduce stress. Inadequate group size or unstable water conditions may lead to suppressed coloration and increased sensitivity to environmental fluctuations.

Ethical & Operational Context

Distribution of Neon Tetras through Nero Labs prioritizes organism welfare, lineage consistency, and responsible propagation of schooling ornamental species. Proceeds support refinement of characin husbandry protocols, system stability research, and applied ornamental aquaculture initiatives.