Zastrus,
when it comes to neon tetras and oto's it's a crap shoot/gamble. the stock they get in at the fish stores, may not be all that healthy..neons are notorius for suffering from ailments(neon tetra disease being a bad one) and oto's it can be even worse..they seem to be sensitive for some reason..you can keep them for months then all of a sudden they roll over and die. a lot of this is blamed on quetionable cature methods some suppliers use on wild otocunclus..they are great fish if you can get healthy ones. the same is true with neons. I had a run of bad fish 4-5 out of 6 would dies for no reason.water parameters are very good 0,0,10 (ammonia, nitrite,nitrate) water in the tank is changed out 2-3 Xweek
but some neons would die. the a batch comes in and no losses.
Marinemom,
in my area..it's the govt that determines what is added to the water..up until 2 years ago they added only a little chlorine(very little)..now it's changed health dept determined they needed to add other chemicals..atleast they sent out letters before the change.
when it comes to neon tetras and oto's it's a crap shoot/gamble. the stock they get in at the fish stores, may not be all that healthy..neons are notorius for suffering from ailments(neon tetra disease being a bad one) and oto's it can be even worse..they seem to be sensitive for some reason..you can keep them for months then all of a sudden they roll over and die. a lot of this is blamed on quetionable cature methods some suppliers use on wild otocunclus..they are great fish if you can get healthy ones. the same is true with neons. I had a run of bad fish 4-5 out of 6 would dies for no reason.water parameters are very good 0,0,10 (ammonia, nitrite,nitrate) water in the tank is changed out 2-3 Xweek
but some neons would die. the a batch comes in and no losses.
Marinemom,
in my area..it's the govt that determines what is added to the water..up until 2 years ago they added only a little chlorine(very little)..now it's changed health dept determined they needed to add other chemicals..atleast they sent out letters before the change.
