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	My neon(s) are sick
xlinkinparkx Fish Addict Posts: 521 Kudos: 353 Votes: 2 Registered: 23-Apr-2005	Well i've had my aquarium running for a while i have 7neons and i got 3 about 3 weeks ago and they were very small and one is still very skinny and swims side ways, she seems fine she eats swims with the school the other 2 grew. i also have a dwarfgourami and 2 cherry shrimp (10gallon) I dont know my mitrats and ph but i do water change reuglarly i have live plants and a good filter. 10gallon: 8neons 5gallon: 1betta 1oto 2platys
Posted 26-Jan-2006 11:36
Callatya Moderator The girl's got crabs! Posts: 9662 Kudos: 5261 Registered: 16-Sep-2001	are these new fish? what are they eating? has the colour gone completely in patches or become very very pale? For animals, the entire universe has been neatly divided into things to (a) mate with, (b) eat, (c) run away from, and (d) rocks. - Terry Pratchett
Posted 26-Jan-2006 11:36
tankie Fish Addict Posts: 857 Kudos: 848 Votes: 230 Registered: 15-Mar-2005	where did u buy ur cherry shrimp..and how mcuh (if u dont mind)?? i got 3 shrimps...1 died after it got sucked byt the filter...otherwise..they r fine..but my lfs says they will discontinue getting reds for awhile.
Posted 26-Jan-2006 11:36
xlinkinparkx Fish Addict Posts: 521 Kudos: 353 Votes: 2 Registered: 23-Apr-2005	yes the one that is "sick" is new, the cherry shrimp were 1.29$candian, they werent feeders and it has become very pale. 10gallon: 8neons 5gallon: 1betta 1oto 2platys
Posted 26-Jan-2006 11:36
Tetra Fan Mega Fish Posts: 1203 Kudos: 1081 Votes: 63 Registered: 11-Apr-2004	Does the fishes spine look crooked at all?...maybe he has swimbladder disease, which would explain the swimming sideways i think. If the spine is crooked and the neon loses its color it could be very serious. It could have NTD (Neon Tetra Disease) which is very contagious. Also, you should get a test kit at your lfs to test the pH, NitrAtes and NitrItes.
Posted 26-Jan-2006 11:36
xlinkinparkx Fish Addict Posts: 521 Kudos: 353 Votes: 2 Registered: 23-Apr-2005	Hmmmm....well now i noticed that all my neons are transuculent they all look fine the one that was swimming crokked is swimming stright i but is still skinny.......is it normal for them to be transparent! 10gallon: 8neons 5gallon: 1betta 1oto 2platys
Posted 26-Jan-2006 11:36
Tetra Fan Mega Fish Posts: 1203 Kudos: 1081 Votes: 63 Registered: 11-Apr-2004	Transparency isn't really bad. What you would look for is faded color...pale red and blue, not transparency.I think a lot of tetras like the neon are somewhat transparent. For example Cardinals Glowlights Rummynoses etc... So i think your neons are probably fine...but watch that one that was swimming crooked...if he starts again there might be a problem. Last edited by Nameless at 26-Jun-2005 14:55
Posted 26-Jan-2006 11:36
LITTLE_FISH *** Little Fish *** Master of Something Posts: 7303 Kudos: 1997 Votes: 670 Registered: 20-May-2005	xlinkinparkx, Under normal conditions, the Neons that appear to be skinny are the males, the females are the ones that have a rounder belly. Ingo Proud Member of the New Jersey Aquatic Gardeners Club
Posted 26-Jan-2006 11:36
xlinkinparkx Fish Addict Posts: 521 Kudos: 353 Votes: 2 Registered: 23-Apr-2005	OK, this is getting annoying, everytime i look at my neons i see something new wrong, now first the females(i think) have like a blueish round bump on the bottom of their bellys, can this be eggs???? Second: Two of my neons have a whiteish tipped tail, one's tail look a little eaten and the other one's tail tip is just white can this be a disease????? 10gallon: 8neons 5gallon: 1betta 1oto 2platys
Posted 26-Jan-2006 11:36
Tetra Fan Mega Fish Posts: 1203 Kudos: 1081 Votes: 63 Registered: 11-Apr-2004	That could be fin rot on the tail. I think melafix treats finrot, but i can't remember. Try to treat the finrot soon because it can really do some damage. The blue bump on the bellies i have no clue what it could be, but i really doubt it is eggs. Last edited by Nameless at 26-Jun-2005 23:11
Posted 26-Jan-2006 11:36


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