View Full Version : neon tetras as dithers?
Macromatt
11-08-2003, 12:00 AM
I was reading somewhere on the net the other day about diffrent fish that could be used for dither fish. It said a school of neons in a Chiclid tank would make them not hide as much. Unfortunatley this was a few days ago and I can't find the link for the life of me. I think my fish (4 species of Lamprologus) and am interested in trying this out. My largest fish is about 2" at the moment.
Would I just be wasting my money and sacrifycing the neons or might this actually work?
Matt
JSchmidt
11-08-2003, 12:05 AM
Did you say "neon tetras as dinners"?
;)
Jim
Macromatt
11-08-2003, 12:56 AM
That's what I was thinking when I read that post. I just started thinking about it earlier today, and thought...hmmm...I've heard stranger things...so just maybe...
Is there ANY fish that can do this for Lamprolgus?
Matt
Well neons would likely work for some S American dwarfs , and I've used them myself, but I think they'd struggle woth the high pH's your lamprologus prefer. Giant danios?
tanker
11-10-2003, 5:00 AM
Neons would be dinner fish. Try platies or guppies, they better for the hard and high-PH water as dither fish.
demon_surfer
11-10-2003, 8:25 AM
neons are too small, you need something bigger and hardier. danios, platies, mollies, rainbowfish. there is a large list of possibles.