FishProfiles.com Message Forums

	Congo Tetra
moose Fingerling Posts: 47 Kudos: 43 Votes: 1 Registered: 24-May-2004	Well these affore mentioned chappies are, i think are frightening my neons, I had some serpae tetra in that tank yesterday as i thought they were the nippy culprits however the neons are still hiding in the plants. Is there anything i can do, short of moving either of the fish to another tank? The other tankmates are fine for sure so i dont need to list them
Posted 26-Jan-2006 11:37
ACIDRAIN Moderator Posts: 3162 Kudos: 1381 Votes: 416 Registered: 14-Jan-2002	Congos are very active. Always on the move. Neons are not as active, and thus scared to come out into the open. Also, your congos may eat the neons when they get larger. This why they are hiding. I would suggest moving one or the other. _____________________________________________________________ There is always a bigger fish...
Posted 26-Jan-2006 11:37
moose Fingerling Posts: 47 Kudos: 43 Votes: 1 Registered: 24-May-2004	hmmm yeh fair enough, just now have a bit of dilemma, this being I have one other tank with guppy's and black neons and now the serpae tetra, and the serpae were attacking the blue neons yesterday. But if I move the congos they will eat my guppy fry for sure? Any solutions? Im stuck!
Posted 26-Jan-2006 11:37
ACIDRAIN Moderator Posts: 3162 Kudos: 1381 Votes: 416 Registered: 14-Jan-2002	Move the serpae in with the congos. They will do better with them than the neons will. _____________________________________________________________ There is always a bigger fish...
Posted 26-Jan-2006 11:37
Cup_of_Lifenoodles Fish Guru Posts: 2755 Kudos: 1957 Votes: 30 Registered: 09-Sep-2004	Agreed. Congos are a bit boisterous with neons. I never got the best out of the paracheirodons with the congos cruising around the tank.
Posted 26-Jan-2006 11:37
moose Fingerling Posts: 47 Kudos: 43 Votes: 1 Registered: 24-May-2004	much appreciated guys thanks for your help!
Posted 26-Jan-2006 11:37
Mr Fish Addict Posts: 573 Kudos: 304 Votes: 0 Registered: 17-Jul-2003	I am thinking that you need more neons. I have kept neons and congos together and the neons were fine. They would even swim with the congos.I had over 10 neons and they were not scared. The only time my neons were afraid of the congos is when two of my males had a huge fight and all of the fish hid. The males really sent some fins and scales flying. They were both fine thought. I would not recommend serpeas with congos because the serpeas will most likely bite the tail extentions.
Posted 26-Jan-2006 11:37
Wizzard~Of~Ozz Fingerling Posts: 21 Votes: 0 Registered: 31-Dec-2004	I am thinking that you need more neons. I have kept neons and congos together and the neons were fine. They would even swim with the congos.I had over 10 neons and they were not scared. The only time my neons were afraid of the congos is when two of my males had a huge fight and all of the fish hid. My Congo's would love you, you feed them well, I had 24 Neons, they ate 21 of them, (18 were in at the same time, some full grown, 6 were added to try and keep the school, the last 3 "survivors" were moved to my sisters house.) They also like the taste of glowlights, I have 6 Serpae in the same tank as the Congos, good call on the split
Posted 26-Jan-2006 11:37
Mr Fish Addict Posts: 573 Kudos: 304 Votes: 0 Registered: 17-Jul-2003	The main difference that will not result in the neons being consumed is if you raise the congos with small fish. My largest male could easily eat some of the fish in my tank and he ate nothing. Also the congos might have been underfed.
Posted 26-Jan-2006 11:37
Brybenn Mega Fish Posts: 1217 Kudos: 1173 Votes: 1 Registered: 02-Mar-2003	ive never had any problems keeping congos n neons together my congos r gentle giants u could say
Posted 26-Jan-2006 11:37


	Jump to:

The views expressed on this page are the implied opinions of their respective authors.
Under no circumstances do the comments on this page represent the opinions of the staff of FishProfiles.com.

FishProfiles.com Forums, version 11.0
Mazeguy Smilies