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As i'm thinking of getting some, how many for a nice group.

Gorgeous, but veeeeeery delicate from what I've read. Even Bruce Moonmaw has had problems with them as I recall, and that's saying something! I'd say make sure your LFS has had them in for at least a week before you buy them, watch them very carefully, ask for them to be broken up into several bags, do a loooong acclimation, and cross your fingers. A group of eight would be very nice.

EDIT: Here's a pretty good thread on them, from a little while back. If you search for "diamond*" you get a good number of entries.

[span class="edited"][Edited by LittleMousling 2004-08-27 15:56][/span]

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Get at least six of the tetras, as they need six or more for a school. You could get more, depending on the size of your tank, and the other inhabitants.

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Thanks for your replies, didn't no their were so fragile, not another neon tetra.

Well, to be fair, some people don't find them fragile at all - Cory Addict, for example, has had great luck with hers. And they're gorgeous, so probably worth the hassle of keeping them in the best conditions!

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i'm one of the ones who's had no probs with them - they are beautiful fish, i have a school of 9 in a 6 foot south american tank - they are dynamic, and i think one of the most inquisitive of the tetras. never had a problem with them as a species in over ten years.

It may be that my troubles with them have stemmed from the fact that I'm trying to keep them in a big community tank at the local library filled with other tetras, rasboras and barbs, whose water is a bit on the acid side -- and Diamonds, judging from what I keep reading, prefer water less soft and acidic than most tetras.

As yet I haven't quite had the nerve to try out some more Diamonds in the tank right now (they're a bit too expensive), although the current swarm of fish in there seem to be doing pretty well (I may have finally eliminated my long-time problem with epidemics of various nasty protozoan diseases).

No, not fragile, neons are fragile.