Possible neon tetra disease?

[325Pilot]

Does it mean anything if one of my neon tetras has been swimming around pointed down at about a 45 degree angle all day? Looks fine other than that, and I've seen them do it before, but normally they straighten out pretty quickly, any ideas?

 

[David]

Mine did that too when I was a newbie and didn't know better than to keep them. They are not worth the hassle, IMO. They are very susceptible to diseases and die quickly. Mine died when they did that. Trust me. Get cardinals. they are tougher and prettier, you'll thank me later.

 

[325Pilot]

Actually, I've had these 7 for about 8 months and two tanks, and I haven't gotten a disease yet, unless this one has a disease. Actually, he seems to have stopped now, maybe he was just upset or something today?

 

[David]

Maybe. If so you're a lot better than I was back then. My neons literally collapsed within a week of purchase, from various things such as finrot, dropsy, neon tetra disease, etc. I finally got the hang of it and got them to live for about 3 months, but then my angels wanted a little snack. How little I knew back then...

 

[325Pilot]

Maybe you had a bad source? I'm pretty proud of my LFS, they have really healty fish and I have been dissapointed with a lot of the fish-only stores that I have been to mine. Now it seems like it's doing it again, I don't really want to euthanize because they all do it sometimes, but never this much, but I don't want them all to die.

 

[David]

Maybe they are just getting old? How old were they when you got them? Most tetras are relatively short-lived. Yes, my source was not great. It was a petsmart

 

[325Pilot]

I'm not too sure how old they were when I got them, but they don't seem to have really grown ever. so I probably got them right about the age when growth slows down (whenever that is).