Tuataress Posted July 22, 2007 Report Share Posted July 22, 2007 (edited) :fun: I had my complete tetra population wiped out by accidently knocking the heater. 13 neon tetra and 4 congo tetras died from the rise in temperature, (90F) poor little puppies I noticed the night before they were all acting out of character - a word for all: check the conditions if you notice any abnormal behaviour! Edited July 22, 2007 by Tuataress Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bettarazzi Posted July 22, 2007 Report Share Posted July 22, 2007 Whoa! 90 deg! That's close to boiling. I didn' even realise aquarium heaters could go that high. Sorry about your loss. That's really terrible. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beano Posted July 22, 2007 Report Share Posted July 22, 2007 (edited) I think he might mean fahrenheit... which is still very hot! Edited July 22, 2007 by Beano Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tuataress Posted July 22, 2007 Author Report Share Posted July 22, 2007 right fahrenheit... the platies (including babies),danio, rams & kissing gourami all survived Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chuckie Posted July 22, 2007 Report Share Posted July 22, 2007 (I think Tuataress is a girl) I'm really sorry to hear that! We had that 45C new years day last year (start of 2006) that killed a few of my old timers, so I can relate. It's so frustrating, especially when you know a little mistake made such a big difference. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Celeste84 Posted July 22, 2007 Report Share Posted July 22, 2007 i can commiserate :< i lost a lot of girls over summer where the tanks were hitting 35c+ even at night. it's very sad :< Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tuataress Posted July 22, 2007 Author Report Share Posted July 22, 2007 thanks all - it was pretty sad went out today and re stocked 10 x neons 6 x black widow 6 x black flag tetras they are all very pretty. Decided to get all South American tetras this time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bren MacFish Posted July 22, 2007 Report Share Posted July 22, 2007 What sort of temperatures can neon's normally stand? Can they stand fluctuations? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tuataress Posted July 22, 2007 Author Report Share Posted July 22, 2007 they like temps between 69 - 79 f I know now they can't survive warmer water - the tank glass was really warm to touch - once I felt that I knew what had happened - the temp gauge only went up to 90 so it might have been warmer than that Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beano Posted July 22, 2007 Report Share Posted July 22, 2007 (edited) (I think Tuataress is a girl) oops sorry... Edited July 22, 2007 by Beano Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bren MacFish Posted July 22, 2007 Report Share Posted July 22, 2007 I've just noticed in my natural planted tank that the temp varies a lot around the tank due to low water circulation and the thick planting. It has 5 betta girls in there, but I wanted to put some smaller fish in there too. I was just wondering how tough tetras were. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tuataress Posted July 22, 2007 Author Report Share Posted July 22, 2007 that's ok Beano!! neon's look great in planted tanks BM - hope your temps are ok I think my black flag neons might be rasbora's - so much for the south american theme!! still they look good! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beano Posted July 22, 2007 Report Share Posted July 22, 2007 I knocked out 5 of 8 neons one day when I was a newer fish keeper - I poured in the replacement water - 2 minutes later the neons were all sick looking - I forgot to dechlorinate. The guppies on the other hand were swimming merrily through it as if it was nothing... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bren MacFish Posted July 23, 2007 Report Share Posted July 23, 2007 They don't seem to be terribly tough fish from what you've all said. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Callatya Posted July 23, 2007 Report Share Posted July 23, 2007 They get pretty inbred, and some places produce weaker strains than others. That is one of the major downfalls of being a very popular aquarium fish, mass production :D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beano Posted July 23, 2007 Report Share Posted July 23, 2007 I thought neons were supposedly all wild type ones because they're too hard to breed? And as such they are soooo touchy to different water conditions? That's the rumour I heard anyway, could just be a lie from LFS to get people to think they came from the wild... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chuckie Posted July 23, 2007 Report Share Posted July 23, 2007 rasboras are great! more hardy than a lot of tetras too. I love mine. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stuart Elflett Posted July 24, 2007 Report Share Posted July 24, 2007 Huge amounts of neons are wild caught - even huger amounts are captive bred... they're tricky to breed in a home aquarium, but downright easy in cultivation tanks and on fish farms - millions of neons are caught in the wild, from the likes of the Rio Solimões and Rio Negro, but millions are bred, too - the US sees 1.5 million neons imported into the country EVERY month... Most farmed neons come from either Thailand, Hong Kong or Singapore - in some ways that's good, farmed tetras are more tolerant of water conditions not being so perfect as wild, but they're also much less hardy than wild caught in good conditions - indeed, in many cases, you need to overbuy neons to ensure you get enough survivors when you put them in your tank... it just depends on your supplier/store - I've not lost one yet (touch wood) but then they're in a tank very carefully set up for dwarf cichlids, who are intolerant of bad water conditions too... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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