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	Neon tetras
rainbowfische Small Fry Posts: 5 Kudos: 4 Votes: 0 Registered: 14-Oct-2004	How many neon tetras could be put in a 50 gallon tank? Thanks in advance. ^-^
Posted 26-Jan-2006 11:38
sirbooks Moderator Sociopath Posts: 3875 Kudos: 5164 Votes: 932 Registered: 26-Jul-2004	Are you planning on having a tank with just neon tetras? If you are, then you could fit upwards of forty tetras. They produce very little waste, and they're really small fish. I wonder though, wouldn't it be difficult to feed so many fish? Making sure the food gets to all of them... Sounds tough!:%) Anyways, that sounds like a pretty good tank idea, just make sure that if you buy the neons, they are healthy and active. Neon tetras are supposedly disease-carriers. And when he gets to Heaven, to Saint Peter he will tell: "One more Marine reporting, Sir! I've served my time in Hell."
Posted 26-Jan-2006 11:38
rainbowfische Small Fry Posts: 5 Kudos: 4 Votes: 0 Registered: 14-Oct-2004	After I posted that, I started thinking about Cardinal tetras instead. I just think neons look so nice in a lighted tank with the room lights off.
Posted 26-Jan-2006 11:38
bscal Hobbyist Posts: 116 Kudos: 120 Votes: 5 Registered: 10-Jun-2004	I've been thinking about doing a neon tetra tank for awhile. My plan is to have black gravel, a school of albino cories and then a large school of neons... I think it would be very cool. I posted about it months back and several people suggested cardinals because they are much hardier. In my case I think we're setting up my husband's cichlid tank first so I have more time to decide. Let us know what you end up doing. Beth
Posted 26-Jan-2006 11:38
So_Very_Sneaky Ultimate Fish Guru Posts: 3238 Kudos: 2272 Votes: 201 Registered: 10-Mar-2004	I think if you are gonna go for just neons or cards, I think you could probably do a massive school of around 75 of the guys, maybe more. Come Play Yahtzee With Me! http://games.atari.com Http://www.myleague.com/yahtgames
Posted 26-Jan-2006 11:38
DoctorJ Big Fish Posts: 344 Kudos: 1159 Votes: 191 Registered: 13-May-2003	I have a friend who had a cardinal species tank (well, there was a small pleco of sorts to eat algae). It looked really nice. In a large school, the cardinals just thrive. So, I think it would make a nice tank. I'd probably lean towards cardinals, if I were you because they're a bit hardier.
Posted 26-Jan-2006 11:38
sumonator Hobbyist Posts: 85 Kudos: 40 Votes: 0 Registered: 29-Jan-2004	Cardinal tetras are way nicer. They look much nicer than neons do. I have only 11 cardinals. I would have more, but they're really expensive near me...so.
Posted 26-Jan-2006 11:38
jase101 Big Fish Posts: 345 Kudos: 273 Votes: 1 Registered: 06-Jul-2004	go with cardinals!!! i have 21 of them in my 6foot tank (with rummies, diamonds, cacatuoides, sterbai corys, royal whips and hatchets) and they are just gorgeous in large numbers - i used to have a school of 50, many years ago, with three white angels - a gorgeous tank.
Posted 26-Jan-2006 11:38
PJ Big Fish Posts: 492 Kudos: 427 Votes: 326 Registered: 19-Aug-2004	[font color="#000080"]Yeah go with the Cardinals. They may be more expensive but they look nicer, they are hardier and lets not forget grow a bit bigger.[/font]
Posted 26-Jan-2006 11:38
rainbowfische Small Fry Posts: 5 Kudos: 4 Votes: 0 Registered: 14-Oct-2004	Yeah, I think I've decided on cardinals after hearing what everybody else has said. :%) They're not that much higher than neons here. Not since I last checked anyway.
Posted 26-Jan-2006 11:38
sumthin_fishy Enthusiast Posts: 237 Kudos: 314 Votes: 16 Registered: 13-Aug-2004	ya id have to agree with everyone and go for cardinals too. they are hardier and dont you think they also look better? id get a school of about 40 because i also like the idea of maybe getting some corys and a BN just to help cleanup. the cards will look beautiful in a planted tank!
Posted 26-Jan-2006 11:38
Cup_of_Lifenoodles Fish Guru Posts: 2755 Kudos: 1957 Votes: 30 Registered: 09-Sep-2004	Cardinals, once settleed in are quite hardy. However, you want to make sure your LFS stocks nice, disease free, fat bellied individuals, as they are usually wild caught, and will sometimes starve. IMO, neons would be the better choice, as they are cheaper, and if well cared for, should be very hardy. Their disease ridden rep comes from neons that have been shipped for long distances and poorly cared for. If kept in ideal conditions, neons are almost as beautiful and hardy, and live longer, too. Last edited by Cup_of_Lifenoodles at 25-Oct-2004 11:28
Posted 26-Jan-2006 11:38


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