Hiya everyone... if you have seen my other thread titled "Noob w/ Neons Dying" then you already know the history of the 2.5 gallon tank in my office.
If you haven't, here is a quick summary... got a 2.5gallon bowfront tank kit from walmart, it was set up and running w/ 1 glofish and several neons. One neon died from stress during the transport to the office. A second one died about 8 hours later, presumably from stress from the transport/water change. Water parameters are good, I do daily testing. Everything was fine and dandy for two days, then I come in yesterday to 2 more dead neons, they are stuck to the bottom of the filter....
We determined that the filter that comes in the kit with this tank is much too strong... the poor little neons must have had too much current that whole time... but as much as I watched them, it was never obvious that there was any sort of issue like this.
Last nite, I went out and I bought the smallest filter I could find at the LFSs. .. my selection was not so good on tiny filters and I didn't feel I could wait long enough to order one of the net. However, I did find an appropriate sized one, so I think.. Its a Tetra Whisper Filter - the smallest size they make... I have even read reviews of people complaining that its not strong enough or doesn't clean well enough, and that they need a bigger filter for their 1-5 gallon tanks... YET when I put it on my tank, even the suction on it seems like it might pull in my lone little neon!
So you can get an example of how small...
This is a comparison of the two filters... the larger one of course is the one that came with the kit! Look at the size difference!!
As it is, I am afraid to use even this little filter... at least, without some kind of modification which is why I'm posting... I read that you can put sponge in the bottom of these things to help that problem... or someone said pantyhose, but I like the idea of the sponge better because it might decrease the suction and pull on the fish... do they just mean a regular sponge? Would cotton or some other material work?
Also... I was going to just get this situated and then add back in a few neons or cardinals or glowlights or something... but currently, I'm thinking maybe I should take this single neon home and put it in my 20gal long (it would be with a school of danios, a dwarf gourami, 4 cory cats, and possibly 2 platies - they haven't been added yet) but neons like to school and will not school with the danios because of differing swim styles (at least that has been my experience) and this has got to be the tiniest neon..
what should I do?
If I take the neon home then I would like to retock this tank with cherry shirmp and endlers most likely.. maybe add a few live plants. Create like a little nano habitat. Please give advice
If you haven't, here is a quick summary... got a 2.5gallon bowfront tank kit from walmart, it was set up and running w/ 1 glofish and several neons. One neon died from stress during the transport to the office. A second one died about 8 hours later, presumably from stress from the transport/water change. Water parameters are good, I do daily testing. Everything was fine and dandy for two days, then I come in yesterday to 2 more dead neons, they are stuck to the bottom of the filter....
We determined that the filter that comes in the kit with this tank is much too strong... the poor little neons must have had too much current that whole time... but as much as I watched them, it was never obvious that there was any sort of issue like this.
Last nite, I went out and I bought the smallest filter I could find at the LFSs. .. my selection was not so good on tiny filters and I didn't feel I could wait long enough to order one of the net. However, I did find an appropriate sized one, so I think.. Its a Tetra Whisper Filter - the smallest size they make... I have even read reviews of people complaining that its not strong enough or doesn't clean well enough, and that they need a bigger filter for their 1-5 gallon tanks... YET when I put it on my tank, even the suction on it seems like it might pull in my lone little neon!
So you can get an example of how small...
This is a comparison of the two filters... the larger one of course is the one that came with the kit! Look at the size difference!!
As it is, I am afraid to use even this little filter... at least, without some kind of modification which is why I'm posting... I read that you can put sponge in the bottom of these things to help that problem... or someone said pantyhose, but I like the idea of the sponge better because it might decrease the suction and pull on the fish... do they just mean a regular sponge? Would cotton or some other material work?
Also... I was going to just get this situated and then add back in a few neons or cardinals or glowlights or something... but currently, I'm thinking maybe I should take this single neon home and put it in my 20gal long (it would be with a school of danios, a dwarf gourami, 4 cory cats, and possibly 2 platies - they haven't been added yet) but neons like to school and will not school with the danios because of differing swim styles (at least that has been my experience) and this has got to be the tiniest neon..
what should I do?
If I take the neon home then I would like to retock this tank with cherry shirmp and endlers most likely.. maybe add a few live plants. Create like a little nano habitat. Please give advice
