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FWIW I have 5 out of 20 neons left in my tank all of which were purchased in the last few months. They were not eaten.
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Neon Tetras - Good beginner fish? I think NOT!
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To start a tank if you do a fishy cycle danios and white clouds are very hardy never heard of cycling with neons. Maybe add them once your water is cycled but not to cycle with I heard they are pretty sensitive to water parameters.
you may call me a liar but the only time i lost 1 neon was when he got something of one of my other fish that died (now i use a q tank) . i still have 15 out of 15. i heard that cardinals have a higher death rate than neons....but i could be wrong i havent had any cardinals yet. also i was told that the reason they have hardly any imune system is because when they breed the breeders pump heaps of chemicals in to stop them getting sick so when you bring them home they have never experienced normal water so no imune system.
First I bought 6. One came missing a gill plate. Said deformed fish, along with 2 others, are still around. Still in the Sickly Bin. (With the Oto.) Interestingly... they have no signs of white patches anymore.
The only Neon I ever had on me wedged itself behind the filter and got stuck. The other 2 were too ill to swim right or eat anymore at which point I euthanized, but survived for a very very long time.
Then I bought a group of 3 (quarantined 6 weeks) and a group of 4 (quarantined 4 weeks.) All of the 7 are now together, and about 2 of them have small signs of having those pesky white patches the first batch had months ago. (!!!) But otherwise, appear in good condition.
My experience? They are sickly fish, but I've seen amazing abilities to cling to life. (Or recover.)
I love them and hate them. :/
The only Neon I ever had on me wedged itself behind the filter and got stuck. The other 2 were too ill to swim right or eat anymore at which point I euthanized, but survived for a very very long time.
Then I bought a group of 3 (quarantined 6 weeks) and a group of 4 (quarantined 4 weeks.) All of the 7 are now together, and about 2 of them have small signs of having those pesky white patches the first batch had months ago. (!!!) But otherwise, appear in good condition.
My experience? They are sickly fish, but I've seen amazing abilities to cling to life. (Or recover.)
I love them and hate them. :/
I just bought a group of 5 neons about 2 weeks, put them in a new "not quite cycled" tank and all are fine.
I'd like to know - Those of you who have had problems keeping neons, where do you live and where are you getting the fish from? Perhaps it is the fish's origin (like the breeder or LFS) and not the fish species that is causing problems for you?? :huh:
I'd like to know - Those of you who have had problems keeping neons, where do you live and where are you getting the fish from? Perhaps it is the fish's origin (like the breeder or LFS) and not the fish species that is causing problems for you?? :huh:
I live in MA all my life. (But I really want to move hahaha!)
When I was younger I had a group of neons survive a 3-day power outage. It was during a blizzard and the tank temp fell way below 60 degrees. When the power came on, the neons were so weak that they stuck to the filter intake. But when the tank warmed up they came back to life and lived quite a long time afterwards. Thats why I thought they were hardy.
Maybe mine were just weird...
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When I was younger I had a group of neons survive a 3-day power outage. It was during a blizzard and the tank temp fell way below 60 degrees. When the power came on, the neons were so weak that they stuck to the filter intake. But when the tank warmed up they came back to life and lived quite a long time afterwards. Thats why I thought they were hardy.
Maybe mine were just weird...
:Just another quick question. When you bought yours, were they labelled as "tank bred" or "wild caught"? My local store has both in different tanks.
Hmm, no label, that I remember..... I didn't know they still catch em in the wild. I thought the ones we buy were all tank bred.
Which did you buy - tank raised or wild caught?
Maybe the wild ones cannot acclimate to aquarium life? Or maybe they switched the labels and mixed up the fish?
Which did you buy - tank raised or wild caught?
Maybe the wild ones cannot acclimate to aquarium life? Or maybe they switched the labels and mixed up the fish?
