Platties (sp?) vs. Neon Tetras

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Subject Author Date Platties (sp?) vs. Neon Tetras ongar_route 09-20-2005  Re: Platties (sp?) vs. Neon Tetras Roger Sleet 09-20-2005  Re: Platties (sp?) vs. Neon Tetras Ken Wilson 09-20-2005  Re: Platties (sp?) vs. Neon Tetras Edward Cowling ... 09-20-2005  Re: Platties (sp?) vs. Neon Tetras ongar_route 09-21-2005  Re: Platties (sp?) vs. Neon Tetras crazy_horse_12002 09-25-2005  Re: Platties (sp?) vs. Neon Tetras §tudz 10-24-2005  Re: Platties (sp?) vs. Neon Tetras Gill Passman 10-24-2005
Posted by on September 25, 2005, 6:17 am Please log in for more thread options ongar_route@hotmail.com wrote: > Thank you all for your thoughts. > > Ken - I take your point about cycling, but it isn't a new tank. It's > been established for over a year and has been running at safe levels > for at least 10 months. Thanks anyway, though. > > Chris. I have never had platys and neons together, but I did (for a time) introduce a couple of small pearl gouramis (because I liked them) to a tank with neon and cardinal tetras. I never saw any fish attack each other, but the neons started disappearing. After they were down to half of their initial population, I removed the gouramis, added some more neons and they survived for ages. The cardinal numbers were unaffected. I concluded that neon tetras were very timid, and maybe even the presence of 'large' fish will cause them to hide away and not dare to come out in the open even to feed. I wonder if they just die from fright and starvation. Posted by §tudz on October 24, 2005, 1:22 pm Please log in for more thread options > I have never had platys and neons together, but I did (for a time) > introduce a couple of small pearl gouramis (because I liked them) to a > tank with neon and cardinal tetras. I never saw any fish attack each > other, but the neons started disappearing. After they were down to half > of their initial population, I removed the gouramis, added some more > neons and they survived for ages. The cardinal numbers were unaffected. > I concluded that neon tetras were very timid, and maybe even the > presence of 'large' fish will cause them to hide away and not dare to > come out in the open even to feed. > > I wonder if they just die from fright and starvation. > I keep platies and neons together with no problems Posted by Gill Passman on October 24, 2005, 4:05 pm Please log in for more thread options §tudz wrote: > > >>I have never had platys and neons together, but I did (for a time) >>introduce a couple of small pearl gouramis (because I liked them) to a >>tank with neon and cardinal tetras. I never saw any fish attack each >>other, but the neons started disappearing. After they were down to half >>of their initial population, I removed the gouramis, added some more >>neons and they survived for ages. The cardinal numbers were unaffected. >>I concluded that neon tetras were very timid, and maybe even the >>presence of 'large' fish will cause them to hide away and not dare to >>come out in the open even to feed. >> >>I wonder if they just die from fright and starvation. >> > > > I keep platies and neons together with no problems > > Same here Gill Similar Threads Posted Neon tetras aint happy in new tank? January 18, 2009, 8:52 pm