are neon tetras compatibale with goldfish or will my goldies eat them? my fish are 6 inch and 7 inch fancy goldfish

the goldies would see them as food and will chase them round and try to eat them. neons are fast but its a chance you will have to take if you decide to go ahead. i had white cloud minnows with my fancies and they didnt chase them because they had grown with them so its hard to say what will happen. the temp of the water will have to be tropical. you will need quite a big group so the neons will feel safe.

would about 74 F be good enough? how much space does each tetra need?

the temp is fine, and they require more in swimming room rather than gallon size as they dont really add anything to the system, but 6 would be a good number. just remember to quarantine them first and as long as your system is more than six months old they should be fine. just a word of warning though, big fish will eat little fish. what do you plan on feeding them as they need tropical flake in the diet?

i have some old tropical flakes from when my dad had angelfish and they are still ok to be fed.

thanks alot sandy. the petco has a sale and its 6 for 6 and im thinking about doing that today.

depends how long ago he had the angels, i would buy new flakes. make sure the tank has plenty of hiding places such as fake plants.

oh it was only like last year when all the angels died. i got some floating plants and some aponegens. ill probably buy some more thou

the other problem with Tetras is the they need more soft water than the goldfish needs.....Dont think Tetras and Goldfish should be placed to gether

Also id like to add, if im not mistaken.... Neon tetras are one of the
most sensitive and gentil tetras... So putting them in a tank with
goldies isn;t a good idea.

I tried putting neons with goldies and the goldies ate all eight of them!So I would say it is not a good idea.

oops. i already bought them yesterday. i shouold have waited. oh well ill just see how it goes.

Hope it goes well.

it didn't go well at all 4 of them got eaten by my goldies in one day then i decided to put them in with my comets in a rubbermaid. so far they seem to be ok but i dont know. i should never have bought them in the first place.