Freshwater Fish
Silver-tipped Tetra.
A small copper-toned tetra with bright white fin tips that flash as a school turns. Peaceful and beginner-easy, though a touch nippy if kept in too small a group — keep six or more in a 15-gallon-plus tank.
In-store purchase only. Live fish, coral, and invertebrates are sold at our Erie store only. They cannot be bought online, and we do not ship live animals under any circumstances.
Live fish are priced per supplier batch — prices may vary. Call to confirm current pricing.
- Condition
- new
- Fulfillment
- Local pickup — Erie, PA
Live animals are sold in store only — we do not ship fish, coral, or invertebrates. Every animal is acclimated and health-checked in-house before it reaches the sales floor. This is a species we carry — it's most likely in the tanks around delivery days, but live stock changes daily. Please call (814) 456-9445 to confirm availability before you drive in.
Care at a glance
What to know before you take one home.
- Care level
- Beginner
- Temperament
- Peaceful
- Community
- Community safe
- Adult size
- 2"
- Min tank size
- 15 gallons
- Diet
- Omnivore
- Scientific name
- Hasemania nana
Good tank mates
Peaceful and community-safe overall, but a little nippy if kept in too small a group, so the fix is a school of six or more to keep their attention on each other. Pair them with other small, active community fish: similarly-sized tetras, rasboras, corydoras, and livebearers like platies. Avoid long-finned or very slow fish that invite nipping, much larger or aggressive fish, and anything tiny enough to be seen as food.
Good to know
The silver-tipped tetra gets its name from the bright white tips on its fins, which flash as a school turns together.
Stock and individual temperament vary — call (814) 456-9445 for pairing advice before you buy.
Good tankmates
Plays well with.
Species we’d keep in the same tank, with why each pairing works. Stock and individual temperament vary — call (814) 456-9445 to confirm before you buy.
New to stocking a tank? Read our guide on which fish live together.
Bronze Cory
Peaceful bottom-dwellers that occupy a completely different tank level, share similar soft warm-water requirements, and are explicitly recommended as compatible by Seriously Fish for Hasemania nana. Their armored bodies and bottom-hugging behavior keep them out of the silvertip's mid-water territory and free of fin-nipping conflicts.
Zebra Danio
Fast-moving, short-finned, and similarly sized; Seriously Fish explicitly lists danios as suitable community companions for Hasemania nana. Their active swimming pace matches the silvertip's energy, and their lack of flowing fins eliminates fin-nipping incentive.
Harlequin Rasbora
Seriously Fish explicitly recommends rasboras as a group for Hasemania nana. Harlequin Rasboras are similarly sized, short-finned, active mid-water schoolers that share the soft, slightly acidic water preferences of the silvertip tetra.
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Apistogramma
Listed as compatible by Aquarium Co-op, and consistent with Seriously Fish's general guidance that Hasemania nana does well with dwarf cichlids. Water parameters align well — both species prefer soft, slightly acidic conditions. Size is comparable so neither poses a predation risk. Breeding pairs can become territorial, so a sufficiently sized tank with visual cover is recommended.
Visit the store
660 East 14th Street,
Erie, PA.
Mon–Fri 12–6 · Sat 11–4 · Sun closed. Call ahead on livestock — what's on the floor rotates.