I'm planning on switching to black neon tetras ONLY and I want 12+, 1 apple/mystery snail, I already have a pleco.. But do black neons stick together as a group 90% of the time? At my LFS, I see the neons school but not the black neons or any other fish.. Or maybe 6 black neon and 6 neon.. But every time I add a neon tetra, it dies(or all of them dies)! And I heard that neon tetras have a high death chance when introduced, but this is ridiculous!
Summary:
1)Do black neons school as much as neons?
2)Should I get 6+black neons, 6+neons?
3) at #2, will they school with each other?
4)Good idea?
5)Is there something wrong with my tank that all the neons die, but not the black neon tetras?
Extra:
6)IF my driftwood WAS rotting, would it still bother the fish (after I put in), even after I cut off the part? I mean, wouldn't the bad stuff mix with the water? I don't want to cycle again!
7)Should I add plants, even though my tank is anywhere but near a window? As for CO2, should I get those freshwater plant supplement things?
8)Will adding a non-photosynthetic light still produce algae or feed the plants?
Why I want to have only black neons or black AND neons:
I'm so sick of my tetras dying off one by one because of the others nipping and bothering my other fish. Besides, they look cool as a huge group schooling, rather than just little groups not schooling but killing each other :
Ty for reading all this stuff and if you can, PLEASE answer(or at least some of them) ASAP!
Summary:
1)Do black neons school as much as neons?
2)Should I get 6+black neons, 6+neons?
3) at #2, will they school with each other?
4)Good idea?
5)Is there something wrong with my tank that all the neons die, but not the black neon tetras?
Extra:
6)IF my driftwood WAS rotting, would it still bother the fish (after I put in), even after I cut off the part? I mean, wouldn't the bad stuff mix with the water? I don't want to cycle again!
7)Should I add plants, even though my tank is anywhere but near a window? As for CO2, should I get those freshwater plant supplement things?
8)Will adding a non-photosynthetic light still produce algae or feed the plants?
Why I want to have only black neons or black AND neons:
I'm so sick of my tetras dying off one by one because of the others nipping and bothering my other fish. Besides, they look cool as a huge group schooling, rather than just little groups not schooling but killing each other :
Ty for reading all this stuff and if you can, PLEASE answer(or at least some of them) ASAP!