Most neon tetras available in the United States are imported from Hong Kong, Singapore, and Thailand, where they are farm-raised, or to a lesser extent (<5%) from Colombia, Peru, and Brazil, where they are collected from the wild.
Najveći broj neon tetri dostupnih u SAD-u uvezen je iz Hong Konga, Singapura i Tajlanda, gdje se uzgajaju na farmama (ribogojilištima), a jedan manji dio (<5%) uvozi se iz Kolumbije, Perua i Brazila.