Setiawan Posted March 15 Share Posted March 15 I "Used" to have a 35g tank with 7 Kuhli Loach, 8 Harlequins, 1 Male Dwarf Gourami, and 10 Neons All fine until 3 months later all the neons started to died The water PH is 6,5 Ammonia 0 Nitrite 0 But for some reason others are still alive until i give the tank to my neighbor Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johnnyxxl Posted March 15 Share Posted March 15 I answered this before neon's guppies and some other species have been farm bred so heavily that they are fragile and die super easily. Some people on here are trying to fix it with the guppies but we need more to get on board. Go get yourself a tank rack and start breeding neon's create your own strain Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mynameisnobody Posted March 15 Share Posted March 15 Not sure if you can create your own strain of neon tetra although anything is possible. Neon tetras have had the quality be out of them it seems. If I were to buy neons or cardinals, I’d only buy them at Dans fish. He has the best quality fish especially neons, cardinals, and livebearers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tony s Posted March 15 Share Posted March 15 On 3/15/2024 at 6:53 AM, mynameisnobody said: If I were to buy neons or cardinals, I’d only buy them at Dans fish. He has the best quality fish especially neons, cardinals, and livebearers. If you can find wild caught neons. They should be fine. They should have good genes still. But you’d need certified wild caught and then start breeding them. Alternatively you could buy twice as many as you want and hope enough survive. If they make it past 2-4 months. They should be fine Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Colu Posted March 15 Share Posted March 15 It's also possible there were suffering from neon tetra disease that why the neons died and not your other fish 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Setiawan Posted March 16 Author Share Posted March 16 On 3/15/2024 at 11:05 PM, Colu said: suffering from neon tetra disease I think its a rare disease? On 3/15/2024 at 5:53 PM, mynameisnobody said: Dans fish Is it good? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Colu Posted March 16 Share Posted March 16 On 3/16/2024 at 7:23 AM, Setiawan said: I think its a rare disease? Is it good? It's becoming more prevalent in hobby 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tetra Posted March 16 Share Posted March 16 If you’re ever treating/quarantining neons, in my experience, they don’t take medications very well, specifically paracleanse. But in my experience, they didn’t get harmed using the preventative treatment (including maracyn and ich-x.) But if you’re going to use paracleanse according to the box’s instructions, just be cautious to not over-dose as it could easily kill them within a day or two in my experience. @Setiawan 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MattyM Posted March 16 Share Posted March 16 My LFS doesn't like to carry them anymore - too over bred. I was lucky enough to buy some from him a couple years ago and they are still doing fine. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dacotua Posted March 17 Share Posted March 17 My opinion : Its all about the quality of the fish supplier to your local fish store. I have a Cardinal tank and a Neon Tank. Sometimes when I buy 10 of these fish, I'll put them in the tank and over the next 2-3 days I will lose 1-2 fish on each day. None of the existing ones die. Sometimes I'll buy some of these fish and lose absolutely none. I've kept fish for many many many years. My gut tells me that the transport of the fish from the farm, to the fish store, the transfer from the shipping to the fish store tank, then the transport from the fish store to your tank puts a lot of stress on the fish. Some poorer quality fish can't stand this stress and simply die. Higher quality fish can handle the stress and can handle the stress. Best defense against this. Simply ask the fish store, when did you get this batch of fish? If they say less than 3-4 days, you may want to consider waiting a week before buying any from that batch. Again this is just my theory and experience. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johnnyxxl Posted March 17 Share Posted March 17 On 3/16/2024 at 9:56 PM, Dacotua said: My opinion : Its all about the quality of the fish supplier to your local fish store. I have a Cardinal tank and a Neon Tank. Sometimes when I buy 10 of these fish, I'll put them in the tank and over the next 2-3 days I will lose 1-2 fish on each day. None of the existing ones die. Sometimes I'll buy some of these fish and lose absolutely none. I've kept fish for many many many years. My gut tells me that the transport of the fish from the farm, to the fish store, the transfer from the shipping to the fish store tank, then the transport from the fish store to your tank puts a lot of stress on the fish. Some poorer quality fish can't stand this stress and simply die. Higher quality fish can handle the stress and can handle the stress. Best defense against this. Simply ask the fish store, when did you get this batch of fish? If they say less than 3-4 days, you may want to consider waiting a week before buying any from that batch. Again this is just my theory and experience. Good advice, other good advice was ordering from Dan's fish. I would try to find someone local to buy from that has bred the fish as a hobby also. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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