Lynette - 2011-08-29 I have 7 neon tetra & an apple snail in a tank. They were all trasferred to their new tank due to My betta splenden nibbling the feelers off the snail and the neon tetra really hacking into my betta splendens beautiful fins. My snail had grown back half of his feelers before putting in with the neon tetra and over night his feelers are gone and so are his eyes. I was told neon tetra were placid & lowest of the food chain & would go well with the apple snail. What comments do you have . It may not have been my betta splenden that ate the feelers initilally. They are being fed plenty but only eat from what falls in the water. Not what is on top as I was told they would feed.
i have 2 pairs of monos and a pair of bala shark, they are all quite small in size. i was wondering if i could add a school of neons and glow lights along with them (I have a 55 gallon tank)
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Charlie Roche - 2011-08-25 General rule is 1 gallon of usable water for each inch oyour fish are going to be as adults. You have a 55 gallon and so first you sutract at least 5 - 7 gallons for gravel, decorations, plants, filter etc. So you have about 45 gallons. The monos and the bala will take that many gallons. The second problem is the Bala is going to go to about 12 inches and will naturally assume many smaller fish are food. It is said they are more agressive when just one in the tank, also.
Rishabh Jadhav - 2011-08-27 thanks for the info. i was planning on dwelling a nice planted aquarium filled with tetras and other small fishes.. just a little confused about what i should do!!!
Akshay Amle - 2011-08-24 I have 15 Gallon Tank with 6 Neon Tetra, and 4 black neon tetra along with 2 silver dollar and a sucker fish, can i put guppies with them??
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Charlie Roche - 2011-08-24 Your tank is too small for the fish you already have so I wouldn't add additional fish. General rule of thumb is one usable gallon for each inch your fish will be as an adult. Your neon tetras are going to be 1 1/2 inches as adults so for 6 fish - that is nine gallons that you need. You have a 15 gallong but you have to subtract gallons because you have gravel, decorations, plants etc in the tank so maybe you have 12 usable gallons at the most. If you have too many fish in a tank - as you do, the fish become agressive, they can become stunted and die. So good news is you need a larger tank for the fish you have. More good news - it will probably be quite attractive with the fish you have.
shawn - 2011-02-15 I recently started my 30 gallon tank, and added about 8 neon's. So far 4 of them have died, but every time I check on them and the water everything checks out ok. Can someone tell me why they are diying on me?
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spyboy - 2011-05-21 Testing for what? Pardon my asking, but that means different things to different people. Check the nitrate/nitrite levels, as they can be poisoned by them. Also, I use a mortar and pestle to grind the food into almost powder, literally. That way they can eat easily, as otherwise they will have to spit it out as it's too big to swallow. I feed them 4 times a day, with a current in the tank. I put in my cichlid fry from the nurse net in the 130 gal. into the 50 gal. with the tetras. They school with the neons, and feed with them. When the cichlids get too big, then they get moved back out.
Brynn Montag - 2011-06-07 Depending on how long ago you started your tank, it could still be cycling. Or were ever you are getting fish got there supply of tetras from a bad source.
Jay - 2011-02-20 Just a little addition to the info already provided. I have a 40 gal tank that was already set up and wanted to add some schooling fish, particularly neons. I have three tiger barbs that I don't consider big, or even medium. As soon as I put my six new neons into the tank, the barbs went crazy trying to eat them, and two became dinner. I did manage to get the barbs out and relocated to a smaller tank before they ate the remainder of the neons.
Polly - 2011-01-27 I have four neon tetras and two male guppies in a ten gallon tank and they are quite happy together. Today, however, I noticed the guppies spending time down in one corner and I looked closer and saw a teeny, tiny little neon tetra. He has his adult coloring so I guess he is over a month old, but he is so much smaller than the other tetras and the guppies. I have no idea how he made it this far since I am assuming all the other eggs and/or fry were eaten. I scooped him up in the net and have that suspended in my tank so that the guppies can not get at him since they seemed so interested, but I need some advice on what to do with him now. I know they make little mesh boxes that attach inside the big tank to separate a fish out. Is that a good idea until he is bigger? What size should he be before he can live in the tank with the other fish?
kish - 2010-09-13 Hi I have 5 neon tetras in a a tank my question is how long till they are to there maximum size? I ask as the one I purchased from my local pet store are about 2 cm long the ones I saw in another pet store were considerably bigger.
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Michael - 2010-09-17 The neon tetras dont grow very large, it is possible the the other fish you saw were cardinal tetras which grow a bit bigger. You can tell the difference by looking at the color. The cardinal tetras have a red stripe all the way down there bodys. The neons dont. Hope this helps. :-D
kingfish - 2010-11-22 Hi, neon tetras can take upto 1 year to grow in its full size that is almost 3-4 cm.
Sean - 2010-12-13 Hey I have some neons and 2 of them are almost 2 inches which is goliath for these minis. They are the same size as my black neon tetras. Common neon average is an inch but if you have a dozen or so don't be surprised if you get a couple 2 inchers (probably females) or just strong genetics like humans, we have our Shaquille O'neals and we have our Willows. If you want tiny fish that stay tiny go for cardinal neon tetras, which are the size of feeder guppies or their smaller cousin which are fairly hard to find, the wildgreen neon tetra which are the smallest I've ever seen, adult size a little larger than molly fry. Keep fishin seangetch@hotmail.com
Sean - 2010-12-12 My tank consists of 3 black neon tetras, 9 common neon tetras, 1 painted glass tetra, 3 fruit salad tetras, 3 beautiful clown loaches,a striped raphael,and a leopard sailfin plecostomus.I have had my tank for about a year now and they are all growing and healthy. My water is slightly soft and slightly acidic, which is ideal breeding water for alot of fish, including neon tetras. 6 of them have what look like gonopodiums so I think they are males and my other three are much larger and plump. Occasionally, the bigger ones become very very dark in color and I have heard of pregnancy spots on fish but this is a full black coloring over the whole body .Are they laying eggs? any hints or suggestions?please seangetch@hotmail.com
Frank - 2008-10-29 I have a 29 Gal. tank with neone/black phantom tetras, along with corydora cats and a pleco. Periodically my tetras develop a bloated look, distended abdoman etc. I cannot figure out why. They are in water p/h of 7-6.6 78 degrees, water is well water with a conditioner attached that produces mineral free water. I cannot understand why they develop this condition. Can you help me.
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:) - 2010-07-27 There might be ammonia in the water.
The Neon Tetra has been in the hobby for many years, and is still the most popular of all aquarium fishes!
I have 7 neon tetra & an apple snail in a tank. They were all trasferred to their new tank due to My betta splenden nibbling the feelers off the snail and the neon tetra really hacking into my betta splendens beautiful fins. My snail had grown back half of his feelers before putting in with the neon tetra and over night his feelers are gone and so are his eyes. I was told neon tetra were placid & lowest of the food chain & would go well with the apple snail. What comments do you have . It may not have been my betta splenden that ate the feelers initilally. They are being fed plenty but only eat from what falls in the water. Not what is on top as I was told they would feed.
hi,
i have 2 pairs of monos and a pair of bala shark, they are all quite small in size. i was wondering if i could add a school of neons and glow lights along with them (I have a 55 gallon tank)
General rule is 1 gallon of usable water for each inch oyour fish are going to be as adults. You have a 55 gallon and so first you sutract at least 5 - 7 gallons for gravel, decorations, plants, filter etc. So you have about 45 gallons. The monos and the bala will take that many gallons. The second problem is the Bala is going to go to about 12 inches and will naturally assume many smaller fish are food. It is said they are more agressive when just one in the tank, also.
thanks for the info. i was planning on dwelling a nice planted aquarium filled with tetras and other small fishes.. just a little confused about what i should do!!!
I have 15 Gallon Tank with 6 Neon Tetra, and 4 black neon tetra along with 2 silver dollar and a sucker fish, can i put guppies with them??
Your tank is too small for the fish you already have so I wouldn't add additional fish. General rule of thumb is one usable gallon for each inch your fish will be as an adult. Your neon tetras are going to be 1 1/2 inches as adults so for 6 fish - that is nine gallons that you need. You have a 15 gallong but you have to subtract gallons because you have gravel, decorations, plants etc in the tank so maybe you have 12 usable gallons at the most.
If you have too many fish in a tank - as you do, the fish become agressive, they can become stunted and die. So good news is you need a larger tank for the fish you have. More good news - it will probably be quite attractive with the fish you have.
I recently started my 30 gallon tank, and added about 8 neon's. So far 4 of them have died, but every time I check on them and the water everything checks out ok. Can someone tell me why they are diying on me?
Testing for what? Pardon my asking, but that means different things to different people. Check the nitrate/nitrite levels, as they can be poisoned by them. Also, I use a mortar and pestle to grind the food into almost powder, literally. That way they can eat easily, as otherwise they will have to spit it out as it's too big to swallow. I feed them 4 times a day, with a current in the tank. I put in my cichlid fry from the nurse net in the 130 gal. into the 50 gal. with the tetras. They school with the neons, and feed with them. When the cichlids get too big, then they get moved back out.
Depending on how long ago you started your tank, it could still be cycling. Or were ever you are getting fish got there supply of tetras from a bad source.
Just a little addition to the info already provided. I have a 40 gal tank that was already set up and wanted to add some schooling fish, particularly neons. I have three tiger barbs that I don't consider big, or even medium. As soon as I put my six new neons into the tank, the barbs went crazy trying to eat them, and two became dinner. I did manage to get the barbs out and relocated to a smaller tank before they ate the remainder of the neons.
I have four neon tetras and two male guppies in a ten gallon tank and they are quite happy together. Today, however, I noticed the guppies spending time down in one corner and I looked closer and saw a teeny, tiny little neon tetra. He has his adult coloring so I guess he is over a month old, but he is so much smaller than the other tetras and the guppies. I have no idea how he made it this far since I am assuming all the other eggs and/or fry were eaten. I scooped him up in the net and have that suspended in my tank so that the guppies can not get at him since they seemed so interested, but I need some advice on what to do with him now. I know they make little mesh boxes that attach inside the big tank to separate a fish out. Is that a good idea until he is bigger? What size should he be before he can live in the tank with the other fish?
Hi I have 5 neon tetras in a a tank my question is how long till they are to there maximum size? I ask as the one I purchased from my local pet store are about 2 cm long the ones I saw in another pet store were considerably bigger.
The neon tetras dont grow very large, it is possible the the other fish you saw were cardinal tetras which grow a bit bigger. You can tell the difference by looking at the color. The cardinal tetras have a red stripe all the way down there bodys. The neons dont. Hope this helps. :-D
Hi, neon tetras can take upto 1 year to grow in its full size that is almost 3-4 cm.
Hey I have some neons and 2 of them are almost 2 inches which is goliath for these minis. They are the same size as my black neon tetras. Common neon average is an inch but if you have a dozen or so don't be surprised if you get a couple 2 inchers (probably females) or just strong genetics like humans, we have our Shaquille O'neals and we have our Willows. If you want tiny fish that stay tiny go for cardinal neon tetras, which are the size of feeder guppies or their smaller cousin which are fairly hard to find, the wildgreen neon tetra which are the smallest I've ever seen, adult size a little larger than molly fry. Keep fishin seangetch@hotmail.com
My tank consists of 3 black neon tetras, 9 common neon tetras, 1 painted glass tetra, 3 fruit salad tetras, 3 beautiful clown loaches,a striped raphael,and a leopard sailfin plecostomus.I have had my tank for about a year now and they are all growing and healthy. My water is slightly soft and slightly acidic, which is ideal breeding water for alot of fish, including neon tetras. 6 of them have what look like gonopodiums so I think they are males and my other three are much larger and plump. Occasionally, the bigger ones become very very dark in color and I have heard of pregnancy spots on fish but this is a full black coloring over the whole body .Are they laying eggs? any hints or suggestions?please seangetch@hotmail.com
hi i also have a 55 gallon. my fish include,
20 neon tetra's, 4 kuhli loaches, Black ghost knife, 1 peppered corydoras,
1 albino corydoras, 1 silver dollar.
What filtration?
Get a couple more silver dollars. They don't like being by themselves.
I have a 29 Gal. tank with neone/black phantom tetras, along with corydora cats and a pleco. Periodically my tetras develop a bloated look, distended abdoman etc. I cannot figure out why. They are in water p/h of 7-6.6 78 degrees, water is well water with a conditioner attached that produces mineral free water. I cannot understand why they develop this condition. Can you help me.
There might be ammonia in the water.