Added fish to new tank.

[tank71]

Finally had some time to head over to the local fish store with the family was planning to get some neon tetras,but got six green neon tetras instead.I have never seen this fish here before,but its been awhile since I went fish shopping.
They look pretty awesome in the tank slowing venturing out from there hiding space next to the filter hopefully they do okay so I can get another six later on.

[Crazygar]

How large is the tank and any pictures? We love pictures here.

Gary

[freshfish]

Oh I love Green Neons, they're one of my favorites.

Hope yours do well for you; like most small tetras, they can have a hard time acclimating to changes. IME keeping them in the high 70s/low 80s F seems to help keep down ich and fungus outbreaks.

[ScottFish]

Green neons do look nice. If your tank is large enough: MORE! As you can see, freshfish is our resident expert on filter-stickers, err, neons.

[freshfish]

filter-stickers, err, neons.

I saw that.

[ScottFish]

Hey, I currently have 4 neons in a 10 gal. They are busy feeding my bio filter while I wait to figure out what real fish I really want.

[freshfish]

"Real" fish.

Right.

<insert bazooka here>

Don't listen to him, Tank71- he's just jealous and too proud to admit it.

[tank71]

How large is the tank and any pictures? We love pictures here.

Gary

Its a 15 gallon 12"x12"x24" trying to take some pics but the fish aren't cooperating. . Mostly hanging around the filter and the back of the tank.

[ScottFish]

Mostly hanging around the filter and the back of the tank.

(Filter Stickers.)

Sounds like you can add more green neons for a larger school in a 15 gal.!

[tank71]

Oh I love Green Neons, they're one of my favorites.

Hope yours do well for you; like most small tetras, they can have a hard time acclimating to changes. IME keeping them in the high 70s/low 80s F seems to help keep down ich and fungus outbreaks.

I hope so to freshfish they look great in the tank. They were kept in a large school at the lfs maybe thats why there mostly hanging out in the bank of the tank and by the filter.
Just wondering should I try to feed them or wait till they get a little braver?
Hahaha yea I just will ignore him freshfish

[tank71]

Mostly hanging around the filter and the back of the tank.

(Filter Stickers.)

Sounds like you can add more green neons for a larger school in a 15 gal.!

I was planning to get another six filter stickers diddnt want to overload the tank.

[freshfish]

The bigger the school, the better they'll look and more comfortable they'll feel. Green Neons max out at about 1 cm, you could safely fit a school of around 20 in a 15 gal and still have room for a few small scavengers. Just keep up with regular water changes.

Make sure you have tons of plants in the tank. A trick that usually works well for me with tetras is a solid wall of tall plants all along the back and both sides of the tank, with a few medium and small plants in front. This gives the fish plenty of places to hide and encourages them to school in the front and center of the tank.

[tank71]

The bigger the school, the better they'll look and more comfortable they'll feel. Green Neons max out at about 1 cm, you could safely fit a school of around 20 in a 15 gal and still have room for a few small scavengers. Just keep up with regular water changes.

Make sure you have tons of plants in the tank. A trick that usually works well for me with tetras is a solid wall of tall plants all along the back and both sides of the tank, with a few medium and small plants in front. This gives the fish plenty of places to hide and encourages them to school in the front and center of the tank.

I was planning to get six more green neons later this week keeping an eye on the ammonia and nitrites shouldn't be any spikes just being careful.Also planning to get ottos and some kind of pygmy corys.
The tank is planted with vals in the back some anubias nana,nana petite and java fern I should have used bigger java fern to fill out the tank.

[tank71]

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Heres a picture of the tank no fish though.

[kb46]

Looks like a great place for them to live - a lovely safe sanctuary! Do they come out at feeding time? I love the way my standard neons turn into mini-sharks when there's food around.