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Help! I woke up this morning to one of my neons swimming almost vertical at the top of the tank. I checked the parameters:
Temp 76 degrees
PH 7.6
Ammonia 0
Nitrite 0
Nitrate 20

My husband planned on doing a water change today, since the gravel looks a little gucky. I just got 3 angels and 3 apple snails last Sunday. (They've finally gotten comfortable in their new digs.) Do you think the angels went after him during the night? I don't see any white spots, but then he's sooo little.... All the other fish are swimming about fine.

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Kelly ;o}

I don't know if it's passable to the other fish. So we scooped him up into a plastic cup. He's swimming on the bottom of the cup. Not moving about, but I see his fins moving a little bit and he's breathing. (mouth opening & closing regular).

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Kelly ;o}

depending on the size of the angels, its most likely that they tried to eat him because neons are their natural prey.
Sorry I cant help with healing that much but all i would do is put him in a small tank (using current tank water) and make sure his water stays crystal clear to prevent infection and see if he makes it.
Good luck, hope the little guy makes it


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Angels and Neons just do not mix unless you like providing them with a 5* meal. You will have to decide which fish you want to keep.

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a water change today, since the gravel looks a little gucky

. I strongly suggest you do a very good deep gravel vac. Many like to do it in sections you could do it in two water changes. The area you dont do run your hands over the surface of the gravel and let the vac pick up the muck.

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He didn't make it. But he was always going off by himself, (even when it was just the neons in the tank) so it was bound to happen. The angels aren't that big, maybe 1 1/2 inches give or take, but they could have done it. All other parties are swimming fine. So, we'll see if the angels take any one else out. The neons will be moved. (My hubby is on the circle of life thing, so they may turn out to be the 5 star meal.)

Hubby took care of the gravel vac this morning. I'll squeeze out the foam from the filter tonight in a bucket of leftover tank water. (I had him scoop some out before he pythoned the tank.)

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Kelly ;o}

ahhh,ive been there b4,i bet it would have been your angels,even if the angels arnt big enuff to actully eat the neons,as they are the natural prey of angels,they will be constanly harrased,and even thoo angels dont really look mean,they are still a cichlid that can dish out aggresion,so as said above you probly should pick one or the other,id go with the angels,much easer to keep,better looking if you ask me,more hardy than neons,the last angel pair i had were great,they hand fed,pumped out the babies,wernt nasty to there tankmates,yeah they were real good..also some mite disagree,but id try to get them nitrates down to around ten,one thing i did find with neons was that they didnt like nitrates,this and the angels picking on him probly finished him off,just my thoughts!