realitybbq wrote: > > “I wonder if these lighter fish are female? Do they have a deeper or > wider body? If you look down at them rather that viewing from the side.” > > Nope, pretty much exactly the same. They also look nothing like the > Black Neons - the gold stripe I […]
“I wonder if these lighter fish are female? Do they have a deeper or wider body? If you look down at them rather that viewing from the side.”
Nope, pretty much exactly the same. They also look nothing like the Black Neons - the gold stripe I saw in the dark is not visible during the […]
HI there,
Just from your verbal description of the fish, I wonder if it could be a glowlight tetra. The shiny ‘neon’ stripe on glowlights is usually an orange-red but with your fish being new and not yet fully comfortable in their new home, maybe the strip is not quite this color yet.
This is just […]
Neon Tetra - http://fish.mongabay.com/species/Paracheirodon_innesi.html
Glowlight Tetra - http://fish.mongabay.com/species/Hemigrammus_erythrozonus.html
Black Neon - http://fish.mongabay.com/species/Hyphessobrycon_herbertaxelrodi.html
As you can see from their scientific names (the last part of the URL’s), they are different species, although all from the same Characin family.
I’ve seen forum posts and articles about inter-species schooling but it’s not something that is guaranteed nor should it be part […]
I’m setting up a 10 gallon aquarium. I previously had swordtails many years ago and wasn’t very successful.
Planning to put tetras and pygmy corydoras. Live in central Texas. Room temperature usually between 70 and 80.
Do I need a heater?
Do I actually need minimum of five pygmy corydoras?
If I’m […]
Thanks Steve and Lenny,
In my 30 g tank prior to setting up the hospital tank, I had one rainbow shark (1.5″), one clown loach (1″), 5 small neon tetras, 3 small glowlight tetras, one young angelfish about a little larger than a quarter, 4 guppys and 5 fry (1cm each), and […]