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Lemon tetras are peaceful and nonaggressive to other fish and do well in community tanks.
Like many of the other tetras, they can be considered a schooling fish and do better in groups of five to twenty individuals. The historical estimated farm gate prices producers could expect for a group of various one-inch Hyphessobrycon sp. are summarized in Figure 1. These prices were taken from a series of price lists published every five years by one Asian trans-shipper. A one-inch fish was used to serve as an easy reference point, although many can be sold at smaller sizes. The Lemon tetra could be considered what the industry refers to as a bread and butter item.