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  • they look very pale and sick i had tiger barbs that would stand still like that in the tank later they all died..found out the ammonia and nitrites in my tank where to high i had never even heard of the nitrogen cycle before but i know about now and my water is clean and safe =)...Those died didnt they?

  • nice neons

  • my freind is breeding tetras.. he said he would give me about 10 each month to use as feeder fish for my African cichilds. is this ok?

  • i was wondering...would these fish go along with my 1 male betta, and 6 cory cats in a 20 gallon long?

  • yes. i just got 5 neon tetra in addition to my crowntail betta in a 10 gallon tank

    at first he chased them a bit, but not attacked.

    they were scared at first but they seem to get along

  • k cool thanks

  • tetras have a tendency to be nippy with long finned fish such as bettas though.... you may have problems down the road.

  • eh it doesnt matter.........my betta died last night

  • aww =(

    (sad face)

  • lol...yeh he had "dropsy"

  • I have a betta once. He was fat. I thought he was fat but he had dropsy. I think bettas are vurnerable to this disease. 3 bettas that i owned were killed because of dropsy. Any help?

  • dude i only had 2 bettas my whole life and 1 died of dropsy...he is in my video that says "male betta tankmates" i was so sad because he lived for over 3 1/2 years....i thought dropsy was rare but then i noticed dropsy is the most common killer of bettas...idk man, it just happens, i dont think there's a cure =(..but he was fine in his 1.25 gal. then when i put him in my 20 gallon he was fine until maybe 2-3 weeks, idk if it was the water quality or watever, all my cory cats survived however

  • hmm idk. i always had betta fish and i just kept them in a decent sized fish bowl ( betta fish dont move toooo much so i just got a bowl) and fed them those round pellet things. sometimes i would forget to feed him for days and he lived like 3 years. and i think u can find stuff at like petsmart or other pet stores for dropsy.

  • Your thinking of danios. Tetras are not nippy whatsoever.

  • arg i need help i have kissing gouramis that are only aggressive to their own species in my tank so would it be okay to put full grown neons in there?P.S. the kissers are 3-4 inches long PLZ help oh and i luv ur neons!=3

  • are neons compatible with discus andram chinchelids i forgot what there called i think its Microgeophagus Ramirezi or somthin i had a pair with rummynose and they did fine with the dwarfs

  • sorry to say it dude. Just bought red neon tetra today they hell lot more activ then that they actully swim around xD...

  • i love seeing a school of neons, Ive raised them ever since I got my first tank. Nice fish & tank!

  • i think they look good. one or two are a bit thin, but all look and act perfecly normally. yes, i would only stock about 2/3 as many in that tank, but i don't think having this many would cause any real issues as long as you're doing regular water changes and feeding the right amount of the right stuff.

  • If the neons get to full size before the angels, you should be ok.

    Unless it is an altum angel, those are big.

  • typically they say one fish per gallon but these are fine because tetras are so small, they have plenty of room i feel

  • Your tank is too small! They aren't swimming! Plus it doesn't have hardly any plants and you need a black gravel instead of that color you have now!

  • Whoops, I was talking to slingblade98, sorry fender. Take those neons back, you don't deserve to keep fish if you can't provide a proper home for them.

  • those are certainly neon tetras, there is no doubt about it they obviously are NOT cardinals, so stop asking that!

    Nice neons by the way!

  • those look like cardinal tetras,I got 4 neon tetras in a 1 gallon

  • ARE YOU KIDDING ME!?!

    There is NO fish that should be put in a 1 gallon tank. Bettas can survive in there, their lifespan would be shorten a little but they could survive, but absolutely nothing else! Not even small fish like neon tetras. Especially since they are schooling fish, and need groups of at least 8 to live their full life, but over 15 is better.

    Take the neons back to the store you bought the, you will save them from a lot of suffering, Fenderbender79.

  • i dont know how big my tank is in gallomns coz im not american but it is 65 litres and 2ft wide and im thinking of buying 4 neons ,, i already have 2 silver sharks (im gonna take them out when they get too big) 3 mollies, 2 guppies, 2 angelfish, and 2 gold sucking cats

  • The angels will get too big and likely eat the neons when they grow.

    If I were you, I'd get a single bolivian ram instead, great, peaceful cichlids. I would also drop the mollies and add another guppy. With guppies you need 1 male to 2 or 3 females, or just get all females or all males, but with only 2 there will be too much agression. And bump it up to 6 or 8 neons they have such a small bio-load you will hardly notice. Of course as always, do at least 50% water changes a week, or 25% twice.

  • im not looking to breed guppies though neons are only 2.50 from where i ghet my fish from and my angels and al my fish are babies so the neons with last till the angels and shark grows.

  • The top part of neon tetra bodies are an olive green color. Nothing is wrong with your water.

  • !!! dont put neons in with angels they'll get eaten alive as soon as the angels grow.

    As for the green it's probably cause your water quality is junk

  • Not always. I made sure my neons grew to a decent size before I placed them in my tank with my (huge) angelfish. They're all doing just fine.

  • i have a question, why are my neon tetras greenish? they are swimming in a 35gallon tank with 2 rainbow sharks and 3 angelfish (koi variety)

  • u r very 'PRO'

  • small tank...

  • "tetra" is a division of fish not a fish itself for example there is a silver tip tetra neon tetra cardinal tetra wich is like the neon but the red at the bottom goes all the way throo the fish.and thats just a few out the top of my mind

  • Those are neon tetras, cardinal tetras have more red.

  • ok that fish tank fun guy has tetras not neon tetras lol and tetras are vary fast! but neon tetras are very still!

  • My neon tetras never stay that still.

  • you sure they are neon tetras and not cardinal or regular tetras? they look alike

  • im pretty sure those are cardinal tetras...

  • nope, cardinals extend the red to the front

  • I have 5 neons and they go nuts after I feed them or on certain occations. Certain occations = Randomly

  • Lol really? mine go a little berserk when i turn the lights out but thats about it... guess they have sensitive sight

  • yup MP is right on the money...inch of fish per gallon of water !

  • How many can i fit in a 55 gallon tank with 3 white skirt tetras? im letting my filter age and cycling my tank now but im trying to figure it out.

  • Well, neon tetras only grow about an inch, and the rule for a well balanced aquarum is an inch of fish per gallon of water.. I dunno how big those other tetras you said grow to but even if those others grow to bout 3 inches each, you can properly fit about 46-47 neons in there with them.

  • my neon moves like crazy

  • Normally there alot more lively than that, they must be bored.

  • so sad, last year i bought 120neons to fullfil my tank and finished my monthly money, a week later my new maid change the water and all of them were RIP T__T

  • if you bought that quantity of fish it's no surprise they died. when you buy a new tank you have to introduce fish slowly because it takes time for filters to biologically develop; the fact a shop sold you that many in the first place is quite irresponsible. Neon's grow up to 4 cm so you'd need a 180 gal tank at least and this still might not be safe. perhaps you should have found this out yourself without leaving it down to your "maid".

  • I like when there hyper. They look crazy when there hyper.

  • wat size tank u got them in and how many do u have?

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