i just got three neon tetras and well one of them got sucked onto the filter not this is a tetra filter and aquarium....are you not suppose to have a filter and this is some thing that the petshop failed to mention?
2007-01-08 20:01:41 · 9 answers · asked by friday13th_girl 1 in Pets ➔ Fish
No, you can have a filter with a tank full of neon tetra, if they're healthy they should generally be able to aviod the suction of the filter.
If you could tell us the size of your tank and the suction capacity of the filter that will help too. But I believe the shop would have recommended you a filter suitable for your tank.
I have a tankfull of tetras in a 2'x1'x1.2' and running a 800l/h filter. Attach is a link to my setup.
http://www.arofanatics.com/members/dragonfly_sg/messy2feet/
2007-01-08 20:37:12 · answer #1 · answered by dragonfly_sg 5 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Neon Tetras need filtration.
Sometimes when these fish get weak for other reasons they will get "sucked" to the filter intake.
Check your water parameters to make sure there are not problems with your aquarium:
* Ammonia should be 0
* Nitrites should be 0
* Nitrates can affect long term health and growth, but is unlikely to be causing a die off.
* pH, neons prefer pH to be in a range between 6.5 - 7.5
* kH neon (as all fish) need SOME calcium and electrolytes in the water, this should be at least 80 ppm for neons
Look for signs of disease too.
Back to your filter, I do recommend for small fish a Pre-Filter such as the Filter Max ( http://americanaquariumproducts.com/PreFilter.html ) so as these fish do not get sucked to the filter intake especially if they are weak. These pre-filters are also extremely important for improving your bio filtration of your HOB filter.
2007-01-09 04:29:57 · answer #2 · answered by Carl Strohmeyer 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
That really shouldn't have happened. Neons need good filtration. Unless this is a really powerful filter the neon which got sucked onto the filter was dying. Otherwise it should have been able to avoid getting stuck on it.
2007-01-09 04:28:07 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
just as long as it's not more than 10-gallon water tank filter. Larger filters might suck them up.
Occasionally you'll find a dead neon tetra cloggin up the filter, but whether or not it died from the filter, or of natural causes, of by other fish in the tank is a myster.
I find that guppies get killed by filters more often than tetra's, tho, and guppies are a little bit larger.
2007-01-08 20:11:03 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
All fish need a filter to keep the water clean. Your filter may be too powerful. Maybe you could get 2 filters that are at a lower power. How big is your tank?
2007-01-09 03:41:11 · answer #5 · answered by chamelean75 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It's not a problem. What kind of filter? If an under-gravel, just cover the filter with a thin layer of gravel and it will lessen the chances of a fish getting sucked onto it.
2007-01-08 20:08:28 · answer #6 · answered by Dan821 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Your a million.7 gal tank will artwork for a little while. i might want to point getting a larger tank. if you're in consumer-friendly words going to keep some community fish i might want to assert that a 10 gal might want to be sufficiently enormous. often you may go by way of 1inch of fish in step with gallon of water. be sure you've a good heater and filtration device.
2016-12-28 12:26:33 · answer #7 · answered by fankhauser 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
any more than a 5-10 gal would be bad for baby tetras. anything else is fine. trust me.
2007-01-12 08:39:37 · answer #8 · answered by Jonathan B 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
put plants around the filter and they cant get stuck
2007-01-11 12:12:29 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋