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Shop 4, Al Muntasir Road, Al Nakheel, Ras Al Khaimah, UAE

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Neon tetra, Paracheirodon innesi, photographed in the shopAvailable now

Neon tetra

Paracheirodon innesi

A shoaling fish that only looks like itself in numbers. Eight is the minimum, fifteen is better.

Indicative starting priceAED 12

Size, colour and how many you take all move this figure. We confirm the real number before anything is held.

About 140 in stock, sold in groups of eight or more

Enquire about this fishCall the shop

The message arrives with this listing already written into it. Answered by a person during shop hours, 9:00 to 13:00, 16:00 to 22:00, Saturday to Thursday.

Care at a glance

What this animal will ask of you

Read this before the price. If any line here does not fit your week, tell us and we will point you at something that does.

Experience level

Beginner

A sound first animal, as long as the housing is right on day one. We will still check the numbers with you before you take it home.

Neon tetra is rated Beginner, 1 out of 3 on our scale.

Tank
60 litres for a group of fifteen
Temperament
Peaceful, easily startled by boisterous tankmates
Diet
Micro pellets and quality flake, crushed if needed
Lifespan
3 to 5 years
Social needs
Groups of eight minimum, fifteen or more preferred

The longer answer

About the neon tetra

Six neons in a tank look nervous and washed out. Fifteen in a planted 60cm tank turn into a single moving band of blue, which is the entire point of the species. They are also the fish most often lost to a tank that has not finished cycling, so we will ask what your nitrite reading is before we bag them.

If any of that changes your mind, that is the page doing its job. Nobody loses a deposit for deciding against an animal after reading about it.

Vitals

Measured on the animals we have in the shop now, not copied off a supplier sheet.

Key figures for the Neon tetra, Paracheirodon innesi
Adult size3.5cm
Water23 to 26 degrees, pH 6.0 to 7.0
Tank60cm or wider, planted
Sold asGroups of 8 minimum
Quarantine10 days in store

What you will need

The kit we would send home with it

Not an upsell list. These are the items we put on the counter beside a neon tetra because leaving one of them out is usually what goes wrong in the first month. Supplies can be ordered online and delivered. The animal cannot.

Together about AED 965, VAT included

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Before you send the message

Three things that do not change, whatever the animal

  • We do not ship live animals

    No courier, no cargo hold, no airport collection. Every animal leaves in your hands from the counter on Al Muntasir Road. Supplies travel in our van across the northern emirates. Animals never do.

  • A person answers, not a form

    Your enquiry lands on the phone behind the counter and comes back with questions. Nothing is reserved by clicking a button, and no deposit is taken until we have both said yes.

  • We will decline if the setup is not right

    If the tank has not cycled or the housing is undersized, we will say so, tell you what would change it, and hold the animal while you sort it out. That is the reason there is no checkout on this page.

Shop 4, Al Muntasir Road, Al Nakheel, Ras Al Khaimah, UAE. Trade licence RAK-1104782.

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