I had this single Neon in a 1 gallon aquarium for nearly 6 months. It was active and healthy. However, when I placed it into a new aquarium with another Neon and a snail both Neons died within five days.
The new aquarium is a 2.5 gallon and it has a filter. It sat with filter running for 3 and a half day before adding fish. And my room stays between 72 plus degrees.
Did I over stress my old Neon by having too much change at one? It was perfectly heathy till I put it through all that chaos.
2007-02-19 07:49:37 · 5 answers · asked by roadkilltoad 2 in Pets ➔ Fish
You were lucky that the single neon lasted that long. most neons live in groups of 6 or more(School). They like to have hiding places in plants to make them feel secure. When you added the second one,you made them both uncomfortable. Possibly,the new one was weak and some pathogen it had killed it and spread to the older one. They were both weakened by the change of environment. Neons are very delicate, bred in nurseries and they tend to die shortly after buying them.
2007-02-19 08:21:19 · answer #1 · answered by DAGIM 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Neons are schooling fish and should be with at least 6 or more other neons.
Also neons are very very fragile and overbred, so they die rather easily. The stress of changing tanks may with the stress of not enough other neons may have done it.
2007-02-19 07:53:43 · answer #2 · answered by allyalexmch 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
you really should get a bigger tank for neons because they are schooling fish and don't like to be alone. a 5 gallon tank with 5 neons would be good.
as for the death, you didn't cycle the tank first. FISHLESS cycling is the way to go. after you cycle what will you do with the unwanted fish? not to mention it's VERY stressful on fish. read how to cycle your tank without using other fish here:
http://badmanstropicalfish.com/articles/article14.html
2007-02-19 09:21:53 · answer #3 · answered by Kylie Anne 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
My first guess would be ammonia build up. Neons are rather sensitive to it. You may need to cycle the tank with a hardier fish, like a feeder goldfish or a large molly, then return that fish and get the one's you really want to keep.
Sorry to hear you lost them.
MM
2007-02-19 07:53:51 · answer #4 · answered by magicman116 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Count my vote on the cycling. Neons are too fragile to cycle a tank. They surely died from ammonia poisoning.
2007-02-19 09:43:41 · answer #5 · answered by Overt Operative 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋