Neons

[Zagggon]

When I first bought my 10g a loooooong time ago i purchased 10 neons and 8 og them died within the first week, the other 2 died a few days after that, prolly outa lonelyness.

 

[Jebus]

When I first bought my 10g a loooooong time ago i purchased 10 neons and 8 og them died within the first week, the other 2 died a few days after that, prolly outa lonelyness.

i don't think fish die out of lonelyness
and i only have 4 and none have died
in fact,they seem like their doing well

 

[Boggle]

Hi

All I can say is thay it takes a brave soul to put NEONS in with ANGELS, lol.

I did just that, and the angel (I have only one), has since been named KK (Kardinal Killer). Angels think neons are food.

As for numbers, in their natural environment, tetras school by 50,000 +, so the more you have, the happier they will be.


Cheers

 

[lizard]

Yes neons and cardinals are both very fragile fish, it is difficult to get them past the preliminary stage when you introduce them. After that you are fine. I would suggest to have at least 6; they should not be kept in pairs or trios. I myself lost my school of 6 cardinals this weekend after being in my tank for only a day.

Nobody told this to my Neons! I bought five little ones shortly after I moved my tank down to my current place of residence (a four-hour trip), and didn't expect all of 'em to make it. Much to my surprise, they did I guess my tank stayed fairly well cycled, despite the move They've more than doubled in size now, and I just added three more little ones to the group - they're so little and cute!

I agree with what others have said - keep 'em in groups of at least five

Pamela
aka Married Lizard

 

[clutterydrawer]

i don't think fish die out of lonelyness
and i only have 4 and none have died
in fact,they seem like their doing well

Some fish (eg glass cats) do get "lonely" and can die as a result. however most shoaling/sociable fish will be stressed if kept in a small group so wil be more susceptible to disease as a result, so it can kill them indirectly.

 

[plecoperson]

i dont see why there is a problem with adding just two fish. when I set up my tank I bought 4 neons, two silvertips, and 2 head and tail light tetra. (not all at once!) two neons died leaving me with two of each fish. they all seemed perfectly happy and healthy, stuck together in their pairs and left me some extra room for bigger fish.

Buy what you are comfortable with - i would say two are better than one but 6 arent necessarily better than 2.

 

[Phantom Thief]

Different tetras wil onlyl school together when there arent enough of their own kind to school with.

P.T.

 

[parker313]

I've got 5 and wouldn't go with less than that. They were the first fish in my 10g (cycled already thanks to an established tank) and I haven't lost one of them!

 

[pgtips]

I've only got 4....but will have 20 total this weekend, they look sooooo nice in a big group

Paul

 

[Aquascaper]

Different tetras will only school together when there aren't enough of their own kind to school with.

P.T.

In my experience the opposite is true

I have 15 neons, 15 glowlights, 5 diamonds and 2 green tetras in my 56g and they school together constantly, all in a big group. I've never seen them schooling separately by type, always together.

In my experience all tetras that share the same body size & shape (ie, neons, glowlights, greens, etc.) will happily school and as long as the total number in the group is 6+.

 

[David]

Either way, it is not a good idea to add neons or cardinals to an uncycled tank.