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Posted by Roger Sleet on September 20, 2005, 11:39 am
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ongar_route@hotmail.com () wrote:
> *From:* ongar_route@hotmail.com
> *Date:* 20 Sep 2005 08:13:04 -0700
>
> I am having a problem with relations between my platties and neon
> tetras in my (approx. 80l) community tank.
>
> I recently decommissioned a smaller tank which held 5 neons (about 2cm)
> and introduced them, along with 6 new, larger neons (about 2.5-3cm)
> into the main tank. The main tank had got 4 platties (pretty small as
> platties go) and 1 harlequin.
>
> Since Sunday, there have been two neon fatalities, both resulting from
> the platties attacking them and 'biting' their stomachs. The group of
> platties then proceed to try and eat the corpse.
>
> We were advised by the LFS that neons were suitable tankmates for
> platties both when buying the original 5, and the new 6.
>
> Just wondering if any had any ideas on how to stop this happening?
> Common sense suggests re-instating the smaller tank, but this is not
> really a viable option. Has anyone else had experience of platties and
> neons living together?
>
> I'd be really grateful for any help or ideas.
>
> Thanks,
> Chris Rogers.
>
>
Well that Platys are Hard water fish and Neons are soft water fish, but I
think they have both been bred in captivity for so long now it hardly
matters.
I've never seen an aggressive platy, apart from two males squabbling over
one female. They are however inveterate feeders on dead and dying fish.
I suspect your Neons are succumbing to something else and the Platys are
eating them.
Roger Sleet
Roger's Aquatic Pages http://www.sleet.plus.com
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> *Date:* 20 Sep 2005 08:13:04 -0700
>
> I am having a problem with relations between my platties and neon
> tetras in my (approx. 80l) community tank.
>
> I recently decommissioned a smaller tank which held 5 neons (about 2cm)
> and introduced them, along with 6 new, larger neons (about 2.5-3cm)
> into the main tank. The main tank had got 4 platties (pretty small as
> platties go) and 1 harlequin.
>
> Since Sunday, there have been two neon fatalities, both resulting from
> the platties attacking them and 'biting' their stomachs. The group of
> platties then proceed to try and eat the corpse.
>
> We were advised by the LFS that neons were suitable tankmates for
> platties both when buying the original 5, and the new 6.
>
> Just wondering if any had any ideas on how to stop this happening?
> Common sense suggests re-instating the smaller tank, but this is not
> really a viable option. Has anyone else had experience of platties and
> neons living together?
>
> I'd be really grateful for any help or ideas.
>
> Thanks,
> Chris Rogers.
>
>