neon tetras

[cassandra]

i want to get a school of neons but the last time i did that more then half got sucked or stucked to the filter and died, i know the more the marrier for that fish but i want to try to breed them, ( i want to try to breed every fish in my tank) and i only have 2 neon tetras and i beleive there only females, now for the pimps how many ho's do they like to have as ho's LoL

 

[Lateral Line]

I would suggest that before you buy any more, you sort out the source of death for your last poor bunch

 

[cassandra]

well how do i stop them from getting sucked or stucked on filter

 

[Alien Anna]

well how do i stop them from getting sucked or stucked on filter

Turn the filter's flow rate down?

 

[Lateral Line]

Place a larger diameter finer meshed cage over the end?

 

[Lithril]

Place a set of tights over it?

 

[Lateral Line]

>>> Place a set of tights over it?

That'll stop them getting sucked in, but if the flow rate is high enough, they will still get "stuck" to the "out hose", she needs to place the finer mesh further away from the inlet hose to reduce the local flow.

 

[Lithril]

Anyone know any steroids for fish???

Must be one hell of a flow for neons to get stuck never had a problem with that before.

 

[guppymonkey]

I always find my dead fish wedged under rocks or my mist bar. I would rather have them sucked up against the filter, much easier to take care of then.

 

[david27]

Try a block of coarse pond filter foam over the inlet pipe, all you need do is cut a cross in the top of the block that goes about half way down and push it over the end of the inlet pipe. You'll have to clean it about once a fortnight but you'll be amazed how much coarse detritus it will catch, which means you might not have clean the filter quite so often.

Hope it helps

David

 

[Aqua_Princess64]

2 layers of pantyhose might work. I never had that problem when I had neons in the past. Odd...

 

[cassandra]

really i had a few friends who had problems like that, weird i'll turn he flow down thanks