I've got 4 serpae long fin tettras I've cycled a 20 gallon tank with & all's well.So I added two cory cats & alls good.A week later I went to the libary & bought some books to learn more, & everything I read says just about all tetras can live together.One book suggested a combo of serpaes,black neons & glowlight tetras.
All the pet stores had,that I liked, was some blue neons.I bought 6 of the tiny fish & threw em in the tank.
Next day one's gone.I looked everywhere & it aint there.I figured one of the serpaes ate it.Following day anothers missing.So now I'm down to 4 but the good news is I've been at four for 3 days.
So the questions I have are, do the serpaes eat other tetras or just anything smaller than them ???
The serpaes have grown larger since I brought them home & now I'm wondering if when I go to ad some black neons, that the neons(Which will be larger by then) won't eat them too.What I mean is when I add fish they grow,Then I add more but their just babies,so I'm wondering if it's a size thing or a species thing or just a weak willed fish thing.
The coryies aren't much bigger than the neons & they were in the tank for 2 weeks alone with the serpaes.And they didn't get ate.So I'm not getting why 2 of 8 smallish fish got ate & not all of them.
All the neons are just babies, but the smallest of the 6 is still kicking & the serpaes don't look like they could eat even him.
I'd like to keep 6 neons & replace the 2 that got ate but after reading a little here about serpaes I wounder If I shouldn't get rid of those.BTW I haven't noticed any agressive behavior between the serpaes & themselves or the other fish.They all act like buddies when I'm around.
Could it be possible the neons died & the other fish ate them ???
The tank has a hood.I looked behind it to see if they jumped out the gap where the heater & air hoses go in.I looked in all the plants,All the cracks & crevices & there gone.But the serpaes don't look like they swallowed a fish 3/4's their size.
I just can't figure how a fish a inch & a half long could eat one a good inch long.
I'd like to eventualy get rid of the serpaes & go with 6 neons,6 black neons & 6 myers hatchet fish BTW.
Any help would be appreciated :thm:
All the pet stores had,that I liked, was some blue neons.I bought 6 of the tiny fish & threw em in the tank.
Next day one's gone.I looked everywhere & it aint there.I figured one of the serpaes ate it.Following day anothers missing.So now I'm down to 4 but the good news is I've been at four for 3 days.
So the questions I have are, do the serpaes eat other tetras or just anything smaller than them ???
The serpaes have grown larger since I brought them home & now I'm wondering if when I go to ad some black neons, that the neons(Which will be larger by then) won't eat them too.What I mean is when I add fish they grow,Then I add more but their just babies,so I'm wondering if it's a size thing or a species thing or just a weak willed fish thing.
The coryies aren't much bigger than the neons & they were in the tank for 2 weeks alone with the serpaes.And they didn't get ate.So I'm not getting why 2 of 8 smallish fish got ate & not all of them.
All the neons are just babies, but the smallest of the 6 is still kicking & the serpaes don't look like they could eat even him.
I'd like to keep 6 neons & replace the 2 that got ate but after reading a little here about serpaes I wounder If I shouldn't get rid of those.BTW I haven't noticed any agressive behavior between the serpaes & themselves or the other fish.They all act like buddies when I'm around.
Could it be possible the neons died & the other fish ate them ???
The tank has a hood.I looked behind it to see if they jumped out the gap where the heater & air hoses go in.I looked in all the plants,All the cracks & crevices & there gone.But the serpaes don't look like they swallowed a fish 3/4's their size.
I just can't figure how a fish a inch & a half long could eat one a good inch long.
I'd like to eventualy get rid of the serpaes & go with 6 neons,6 black neons & 6 myers hatchet fish BTW.
Any help would be appreciated :thm:
