Not again... Neon Tetra Disease? Certain death?

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I posted a couple of days ago about acquiring a school of 16 glowlight tetras. Two of them died the next day I bought them even though I drip acclimated them for 2-3 hours.

A week has passed and yesterday one of the fish looked abnormally discolored. I disregarded it since I just did a water change and that might have stressed out the fish. Well, today about 5 of them show the same signs.

I let my water rest in a plastic container for about 3 days. Added dechlorinator and the usual amount of fertilizer for the plants. Temperatures, alkaline hardness, and pH for both tank and replacement water were the same. Nitrates are about 10-20ppm, 0 ammonia, and 0 nitrates.

I looked around the internet and it seems that they got neon tetra disease. I had something similar happen to another tank not so long ago where it wiped out my school of rummynose and cardinals. It stuck hard and fast, killing all 20 tetras in a period of 2 weeks.

I just pulled out a plastic container to quarantine the discolored fish. Just have to wait for the water temperatures to equalize to move the affected fish and do a 50% water change.

Comments?

Notice the difference in color between the non-affected tetra and the others.

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I have glow lights and I love their colors. I'm sorry to hear about this. 16 of them must have looked pretty impressive though.
 
Not much you can do but separate the affected and hope for the best.. You can prevent this though by finding another store. It's a genetic thing. Better quality strains should, (if I have my facts right) mean a less likely chance of the fish having it. If this isn't possible, A 2 week QT on all new fish should stop it from spreading to any survivors.
 
PapaMann said:
I have glow lights and I love their colors. I'm sorry to hear about this. 16 of them must have looked pretty impressive though.
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They certainly did. Unlike neons and cardinals, the glowlight tetras seemed to have more personality and were less shy.

Well, 8 of them I got from PetCo so I will bring them back and see if I can get an exchange or refund. The other 8 I got them at the LFS and I think these are the unaffected ones, although by now they are probably infected. I am definitely avoiding tetras for a while.

Any recommendations for a community fish that isn't susceptible to this disease? I seem to have a really bad luck with tetras lately.

I might just settle for a centerpiece fish for a couple of weeks. I am thinking of a pearl gourami or angel fish for this 29g tank.

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homedog98 said:
Not much you can do but separate the affected and hope for the best.. You can prevent this though by finding another store. It's a genetic thing. Better quality strains should, (if I have my facts right) mean a less likely chance of the fish having it. If this isn't possible, A 2 week QT on all new fish should stop it from spreading to any survivors.
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Well I got this 29g tank recently so this is kind of a QT tank. The glowlight tetras were the first fish I introduced along with some otos. The otos are fine. They were unaffected by the other time were my rummys and cardinals were wiped out. And yet, there are people complaining they can't keep otos alive...
 
i like harlequins and im sure theyd look impresive in a large school of 12. they can range from orange to a dark red color
 
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