Neon Tetras - another day...another way to die...WTH

[ktrom13]

Neons are... Well... Tricky. Keeping them healthy is a trick. For me they only last about 6month to a year. That's with regular water changes as well. With my cousin who I have my neons too. They are still alive and thriving. That's with one water change a year sadly. The odds are getting worse of having a good batch as most come from big box stores or irresponsible breeders out in Asia somewhere. Your best bet would to go with nice big tank and ALOT of plants.


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[gmh]

The last time I bought neons I found a great deal, 65c each, and picked up a couple dozen of them. They all looked great and were a joy to watch schooling around the tank.
I seemed to lose just one about one every 5 or 6 days until after a few months every single one had died even though none ever showed signs of disease and all other fish were fine.
I now buy only Cardinals. They live for years and are prettier to boot.

 

[JackLantern]

i went from 13 to 1 the same way, just faster. i read a lot on forums how the die, are overbred, etc. what i'm curious about is how they get them to market alive then?

 

[JackLantern]

i've been watching for cardinals, no luck

 

[Vincenia]

I have 12 Neons in my 20g and only lost one of them and the rest are fine and thriving in a temp of 76-78. I had Black Neons for 5-6 years that were unkillable. It depends on where they come from and how well they were cared for. I work in a pet store and the neons that come in live while other tetras die off even if they are healthy. Got in Cardinals and all of them died off within 2 days.

 

[rufioman]

Water problems and bad stock. This stuff will happen. I would keep up with checking your water.

 

[JackLantern]

i keep checking water, levels seem fine.

but lost some danios. similar symptom is the swelling in stomach. before dying.

a serpea tetra i bought at same time as the danio is showing the same swelling and swimming with head down.

 

[Rbishop]

Bad stock..very likely...but something is missing in this tale it seems...

 

[JackLantern]

one thing i know, they put bags of salt in their tank weekly or so, it was like a 5"x7" salt pouch in all the tanks. i asked what it was for, staff said they do it weekly and more in the brackish tanks

is this a normal "resting" angle for this fish?

 

[Rbishop]

there is a difference in brackish tanks and FW..salt for ich is not salt for brackish...just saying...