Which Of The Following Tetras Are The Most Sensitive?

[DAlmond123]

Neon Tetras, Rummynose Tetras, Black Neon Tetras, or Cardinal Tetras?

I ask this because I bought 3 rummy nose tetras yesterday for my 65 gallon tank and it only had 3 swordtails in there and today I woke up to find that only 1 made it. The tank has been set up for 10 years. On the other hand, I also bought 5 neon tetras for my ten gallon and none of them died, so could it be contrary to popular belief that neon tetras are less sensitive than rummynose tetras?

 

[Davo86]

Neon Tetras, Rummynose Tetras, Black Neon Tetras, or Cardinal Tetras?

I ask this because I bought 3 rummy nose tetras yesterday for my 65 gallon tank and it only had 3 swordtails in there and today I woke up to find that only 1 made it. The tank has been set up for 10 years. On the other hand, I also bought 5 neon tetras for my ten gallon and none of them died, so could it be contrary to popular belief that neon tetras are less sensitive than rummynose tetras?

Rummynose are indeed an extremely sensitive species, whereas neons on the other hand, can be generally quite weak fish depending on where they are sourced from.

That being said, healthy fish don't just die from being moved from one tank to another,

 

[DAlmond123]

Well could you put the fish in order according to how sensitive they are, with the first being the least sensitive and the last being the most sensitive.

 

[DAlmond123]

Can anyone tell me which is more sensitive? I would like to know before I make my purchase!

 

[Davo86]

Can anyone tell me which is more sensitive? I would like to know before I make my purchase!

Well Rummynose and neons are, black neons and cardinals aren't,

However if your tank is well established you shouldn't be losing any of them unless you have a problem with water quality or disease

 

[Inchworm]

Please have some patience, DAlmond123. You have yet to tell us just what is wrong with your tank that the fish should not be sensitive to. Perhaps you don't know yourself.

For starters, since your tank is 10 years old, please rule out Old Tank Syndrome. If that's not the problem, we can go from there.

http/www.bestfish.com/oldtank.html

 

[DAlmond123]

Please have some patience, DAlmond123. You have yet to tell us just what is wrong with your tank that the fish should not be sensitive to. Perhaps you don't know yourself.

For starters, since your tank is 10 years old, please rule out Old Tank Syndrome. If that's not the problem, we can go from there.

[URL="http/www.bestfish.com/oldtank.html"]http/www.bestfish.com/oldtank.html[/URL]

Ok, sorry. That's the problem, there is nothing wrong. Water conditions are fine. I have never missed a water change on anything like that, so I wouldn't think the Old Tank Syndrome would be a problem. Actually I should have edited that part out at the beginning of my post all of them didn't die. I'm pretty sure it was disease, because I didn't know it until I got home that one of them had like a healed wound on it's side that another fish may have took a chunk of it's skin off. I pretty much knew then that it would be a goner. It's just something about all of those fish being in the tank that makes them look like they have no diseases. You get what you pay for because at one of my lfs they sell them for $1.50 and another one sells them for $3.00, so I just thought I could get twice as more for the same price. I'm going to try the other store. If it doesn't work, then that's when I will worry!

 

[Inchworm]

You get what you pay for because at one of my lfs they sell them for $1.50 and another one sells them for $3.00, so I just thought I could get twice as more for the same price. I'm going to try the other store. If it doesn't work, then that's when I will worry!

When it comes to buying fish, there's no guarantee on that. It is just as likely that the more expensive store has higher overhead or wants to make a bigger profit. Maybe he's having a sale this week and next week the prices will be the same.

 

[DAlmond123]

It's regular price.

 

[Amberleaf]

I'd say that, in a battle between neons and cardinals, cardinals are the most sensitive and weakest fish (or, at least, where I got them from); because, this is what happeneds:

I got 3 mickey mouse platies and 3 neon tetras for my 10-gallon tank at PJ's Pets. One was injured on transit, but he took around a week to die -- but I thought that he was recovering, too! Well, actually, what happened was, the platies kept shoving him (accidentally, because he got stuck) into the corner, so then the middle of him was completely white and broken.

A week and a few days later, I only had 2 neon tetras, so I went back to get some more. They only had cardinals and large golden neon tetras this time, so I got around maybe 5 (?) cardinals, and 1 golden one.

I acclimated them properly (although properly was pretty lame back then XD I do it much better now, a few months later), and all seemed fine. They all disappeared a few days later. One after the other, each a couple hours or even maybe a few days apart. I was (somewhat) devastated. I was even *more* unhappy when I looked and there were tetra bodies lying, all rotten and fuzzied (eww ) stuck on the filter intake tube, or around the tank! Of course, by then they were so gross-looking that I didn't want to take them out, and nobody in my family (not even my Dad! XD) wanted to help me. Soooooo, a few weeks later, the bodies were all gone. And I *know* the water was fine, because I tested it shortly before I got the second batch of tetras.

So, that makes, what? 5 cardinals down, 1 golden neon gone, and they also took one of my 2 original green neons out with them, as well.

Of course, by now, I was getting rather fed up. My Mom told me that we couldn't get any more neons until we figured out what was wrong with them. Shortly before we got the second batch of tetras (I just say 'tetras' and not 'neons' because, as you know, 5 were cardinals), we had added my Mom's WCM minnow, Oddball, into the tank. He's fine, even to this day. He used to live in a 5.5 to 6-gallon tank with 2 female Bettas and a nasty big pearl danio, who would bully him and force him to stay in the small corner, by the filter. Of course, now he gets to swim wherever he likes. ^^;

Maybe two weeks ago, I decided to get 3 more neon tetras. So, my Dad took me (to Big Al's, this time around ), and they were very awesome; unlike PJ's, the girl there made sure that my tank was cycled (has it been set up for at least a month?) and my answer was yes, so she let me get my tetras. This time, I acclimated them for a little bit longer; and, guess what -- all 3 survived! ^^; On their first night, Terra, my lonely neon who had been hanging out with Oddball sometimes, but mostly just hanging around the back, alone, became the kind little welcoming committee, and they all helped Oddball guard the little Japanese-Thai-Chinese-looking house that Oddball likes to hang around in front of.

Just yesterday, I got.... What was it? Yeah, 3 more neons. ^^; I went to Big Al's again, and they asked me the same questions as last time. I was debating getting the minnows, but my Mom said that first we should wait another few days and get 3 more neons, bringing the population up to a total of 10, and only then can we worry about the minnows (my tank will be soooooooo overstocked by then.... XD). ^^; I acclimated them properly, and the 4 that I already became the roles of the welcoming committee, this times arounds! <3

So, you can see that my experiences with neons have been more positive, thus me saying that green neons (but mine are either green, or blue, or a faint blueish-purple) are more hardy and goods! ^^; <3

If you read all that, you get an Internet chocolate chip cookie with a glass of milk on the side.

 

[crazychris]

A very hardy tetra is the X-Ray, Pristella Tetra.