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muhammad sami - 2006-05-10
i have quite an experience in aquarium fishes. My favourites are off course tetras and above all are neons. i have 90 neon tetras, 20 harliquin rasboras, 12 rummy nose, and 12 black neons in a tank with many varities of plants, rocks, and wood. My harliquins have bred once but neons havent. they spawn very much but i have not yet seen a fry roaming in my tank. Neons are the best fishes for a community tank. The white spots is a common disease in neons, some people say that it is not curable but when ever my neons are effected with this disease i have always get success in curing it. Chloromycitin capsules works brilliantly, much much better than methyline blue.

Dave - 2006-05-08
this is a great tetra, very easy to care for. but i have noticed that when this fish reaches the end of its life it may come down with dropsy disease. i have had 20 of these in a 55 gal. tank and 14 of which came down with dropsy. they were about 5 years old.

SC13NTIFIC - 2006-04-26
Definately keep these fish in schools. I have seven in a tank with a glass tetra (who thinks he's a serpae) and a rainbow shark. They stay together and are fun to watch especially when feeding. Whenever I add other smaller fish (neons, etc) the Serpae tend to destroy them. I would avoid adding anything to your tank smaller than the serpae's.

alex h - 2006-04-23
I have 2 Von Rio tetra and they are the bright fish in my tank!

fishermanbob - 2006-04-21
My neon tetras don't have that blue line that they are supposed to have. Their line is green.

Gage - 2006-04-19
The silver dollar is my favorite top feeder fish. i have my silver dollar with an angelfish, 3 plecos, a few loaches, an african knife, and a baby whale. my silver dollar is my most peaceful fish i have.

Erik - 2006-04-19
These are great fish for small tanks, and are very humorous. I made an aquarium out of an old mac which is about a 2 gallon tank. I have it paired with a neon tetra at the moment. They are very active, almost to the point of being funny. you can tell how eager they are to eat by when you put food in the tank. he just goes nuts darting all around trying to get the food. They are truly great fish, in fact in a few days I plan on buying another. The only advice that I can give people is don't go to giant chain stores where the employees there know nothing about the fish they are selling, its best to go to a smaller community store where the people actually know how to care for the fish.

China Town - 2006-04-02
I knew this fish was famous for nipping at fins, but I had no idea it would swallow my neon tetra whole... Other than that one incident, this fish is very active and interesting to watch.

Amber - 2006-03-28
It is possible to breed Rummy-noses...I've done it by accident! A very clean tank is essential--when mine bred, the tank was quite recently set up (the rummy's being my starter fish). The males start chasing the females around the tank, and when the female consents, they make for some vegetation and spawn. Ours laid eggs on our Water Primrose...unfortunately, they aren't great parents, and we weren't prepared for the grand event, so they ate all their eggs :(

Mike - 2006-03-21
My Leporinus fasciatus is a beast. I have had him for well over 2 years and is roughly 8in. I have noticed several large chilids and my african butterfly fish, as well as some tiger barbs disappeared. This guy is the killer. I warn anyone who wants one, it is a mean fish and likes live prey, it will not leave any remains, it eats everything of the fish.

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