What kind of food do neon fish eat and what kind of bowl should I keep them in?

Answer 1

Neon tetras eat regular tropical fish food.

Do not keep them in a bowl. They WILL die within a couple of weeks. They need to be kept in groups of six or more in at least a 10-gallon filtered tank. They also need plenty of plants and places to hide in.

Answer 2

Now, when you say bowl, what you really mean is cycled filtered heated tank of over 10 gallons, right? Neons, and any other fish will die in a bowl. It may be hours, or weeks, but they will die, and while they live, they will be swimming and breathing in their own waste, and not oxygen. Though a 10 is the minimum, a nice 30 gal tank is good for begginers, or if you can afford it, a 75. For filtration, either plant the tank heavily, and use some filtration, or go big. Either the aquaclear 70, 110, or the eheim 2215 would be great. Or a combo of both. There is no such thing as overfiltration. After setting up the new tank( get a begginers book),you'll need to learn excatly what does the filter do. MEchanical filtation is the commonly thought up answer. This is the process of removing visable waste, and though is somewhat important, not as crucial as biological filtration.
When fish eat, they produce waste. This waste not only includes solid waste, but ammonia. This is a highly toxic form of nitrogen. Needless to say it will kill the fish. When you cycle the tank, beneficial bacteria grow that use the ammonia as food. That is great, though they produce another chemical, nitrite. Again this is toxic. So, during cycling, another bacteira grows to use nitrite. They produce nitrAte, which is much less toxic. You need a test kit to moniter these things, as well as pH. Ammonia and nitrite mst be kept at 0, and nitrates under 40ppm. Any higher, and the fish will either die, or become extremely stressed. You do water changes to get rid of the excess waste. The aquarium pharm master test kit is a great test that i use.
Once you think about, using fish to cycle is pretty stupid. You expose them to horrible enviroments just to keep them. Luckily, threr are 2 humane ways. One is to use bio-spira. This is the only bacterial remidy that works, all others are a waste of money, based on experience. Adding bio-spira allows you to just add your fish, just test carefully. The second method is fishless cycling and is a bit more complicated. You basically get some ammonia at your local walmart or any other store, and add it to your tank without fish. Get it to 4ppm, and wait. When it drops add more, when nitrite and ammonia are 0, do a 80% water change to deal with nitrate, and add all fish. By the way, weekly 1/3 water changes are great, just add dechlorinator.

After that, you can add your neons, and a few other fish, just do not exceed 1 inch per gallon of adult sized, slim bodied fish, under 4 inches. And tropicals, no goldfish. Feeding is best with variety, and get as many foods as you can. You'll want staple foods, such as those from omega one and new life spectrum, my favorite brands, as well as a few frozen or freeze dried foods, and some vegetables. Feed the frozen foods 1 or 2 times a wee, the veggies, once, and any other flake or pellets for the rest of the week, as well a fast one day a week, where you do not give your fish food for a day.

Answer 3

Neons eat regular flake food. I feed mine the Tetra brand. They should be kept in schools of 6 or larger. A bowl wouldn't be a good idea. If you are only going to have a few a 10 gallon aquarium would be a nice choice along with some other tetras and maybe a couple bottomfeeders such as catfish or algae eaters. Try freshaquarium.about.com or tetra-fish.com. Just to a Yahoo or Google search for freshwater aquariums and they will have tons of links with some good information.

Answer 4

Tropical Fish Flakes

They would appreciate a filter because they are sensitive to changing ammonia, nitrite levels etc, but if a bowl is the way you're going... go as big as you can.

Just remember they need the water to stay above 75

Enjoy the fish, they're very cool looking

Answer 5

blue or black neons are fish that live in "schools" and they need to be kept in a tank with a filter, heater, and lots of plants and things to hide in. They can eat any kind of tropical fish food.

Answer 6

neon fish can be fed tropical fish food, but they need a tank with a filter, they will not live in a bowl...only goldfish and betta can live in a bowl

Answer 7

no BOWL! get at least a 10-20 gallon tank and filter..and heater! (all for probly 40 bucks from like walmart)

they also eat tropical flakes.