Regular Member Kingyo Posted June 30, 2005 Regular Member Share Posted June 30, 2005 Hi everybody, My planted tropical aquarium has been running great for over two years now. It is a 15G tank with an AC150 filter, a 40W power compact strip light, fluorite substrate, heater, and home-made CO2 reactor. It is planted with vallisnerias, anubias nana, and Java fern. The residents are 3 clown loaches, a lonely platy, 10 amano shrimp, and ramshorn snails. I have been trying to add neon tetras with little success. Last time I added 10 and they disappear one by one without a trace! Any clues on what may be happening? No signs of disease or anything! BTW: pH 7.0, NH3/NH4 0 ppm, NO3 below detection Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Regular Member Lozbug Posted June 30, 2005 Regular Member Share Posted June 30, 2005 well i don't thinnk anything is eating them, i have lost lots of tetra and never found them, when they die - thru natural causes i aasume - as they are so small the bodies/bones bio-degrae (for want of a better word) really quickly. tis' the only explanation i can think of. PH could be a bit high for them, but i think emmajh keeps them at that sort of level. so i doubt it would be that. could you ask the lfs what their ph is , the deaths could be ph shock maybe? i am thinking out-loud here Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Regular Member Kissy Posted June 30, 2005 Regular Member Share Posted June 30, 2005 If the pH is introduced gradual and is constant it shouldn't be a problem for most. I dunno! I hope you figure it out Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Regular Member touchofsky Posted June 30, 2005 Regular Member Share Posted June 30, 2005 If they die the snails will eat them very quickly, too, so you wouldn't find bodies You could try cardinal tetras instead of neons. I have found them to be more hardy for me, even with my high ph of 7.8 - 8. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Esareh Posted June 30, 2005 Share Posted June 30, 2005 arent some neons dyed? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Regular Member Lozbug Posted June 30, 2005 Regular Member Share Posted June 30, 2005 don't think neons are, they are naturally blue & red, some other tetra can be.... the more plain - can't think which re most common now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Regular Member Kissy Posted June 30, 2005 Regular Member Share Posted June 30, 2005 For some reason I think I remember hearing about neons being dyed. I'm not sure why tho! They are so colorful and gorgous as they are. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Regular Member kortniee Posted June 30, 2005 Regular Member Share Posted June 30, 2005 The glo-lite ones are genetically engineered to glow under blacklights... which is kind of cool and kind of freaky at the same time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Regular Member Kissy Posted June 30, 2005 Regular Member Share Posted June 30, 2005 Oh so these are the fish that they made glow? Yah that would be kind of scary. I don't want glow in the dark fishies! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Regular Member magickzzl Posted July 1, 2005 Regular Member Share Posted July 1, 2005 The glo-lite ones are genetically engineered to glow under blacklights... which is kind of cool and kind of freaky at the same time. 353515[/snapback] No, glowlights have orange stripes, the ones your thinking of are GloFish. Not Glowlights. And i would bet the Loaches are eating them... they can be fiesty, and that tanks to small for them. they get about 12" or longer Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Regular Member kortniee Posted July 1, 2005 Regular Member Share Posted July 1, 2005 Oooops. That's what I get for doing a post-and-dash and just saying the first thing off the top of my head. Well, anyways, I stand 100% behind my statement that it's kinda weird. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Regular Member Kingyo Posted July 1, 2005 Author Regular Member Share Posted July 1, 2005 Thanks for your help... I will stay away from neon tetras because of the pH issue. I migh try white cloud mtn minnows instead. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Regular Member touchofsky Posted July 1, 2005 Regular Member Share Posted July 1, 2005 White clouds have been very hardy for me, and have even spawned Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Regular Member magickzzl Posted July 1, 2005 Regular Member Share Posted July 1, 2005 For some reason I think I remember hearing about neons being dyed. I'm not sure why tho! They are so colorful and gorgous as they are. 353513[/snapback] no, their not dyed.. its Candy tetra's who get died... (though we have a small school of uncolored ones at work who ar GORGIOSE! very translusent white...) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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