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Permalink Reply by Collin on October 21, 2011 at 7:24pm

Get like 6-7 neons. Make sure nitrates are below 20 by doing frequent water changes. Acclimate them slowly or they will die.

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Permalink Reply by Danny1107 on October 21, 2011 at 7:34pm

I'll be doing 20% water changes for the first 2-3 days, that should be ok, then back to my once a week water changes, I'll keep an eye on ammonia and nitrates for a week like I have done every time I've added a new fish

 

6-7 sounds spot on though, i was thinking no more than 8, but i didn't want to only get 2 or 3 as i know they prefer to be in groups

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Permalink Reply by Salty Wayne on October 22, 2011 at 2:28am

you want to get an odd number of tetras i say add 5

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Permalink Reply by Danny1107 on October 22, 2011 at 10:06am

was talking to the people at the fish store and they said my tank would be fine with 10 neons as long as i kept ontop of water changes for 3-5 days and keep an eye on the levels, so I bought 10! they seem to be loving the tank, just got them in there, also bought 2 albino cory's for my sanded tank, they LOVE the sand.

 

Will get some pics up soon of my planted tank, need some updated photos now I've got swords and dwarf sag in there

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Permalink Reply by Collin on October 22, 2011 at 12:08pm

How did the acclimation go?

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Permalink Reply by Danny1107 on October 22, 2011 at 12:15pm

went well, i gradually added my tank water to the bag abit every 20 minutes or so for afew hours, they seem to really like the tank though which is good :)

 

my 2 big females guppies don't seem too impressed at the moment though haha, I'm sure they'll be fine though

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Permalink Reply by Collin on October 22, 2011 at 12:36pm

Glad it went well

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Permalink Reply by Danny1107 on October 22, 2011 at 4:32pm

Thanks, I love the look of my tank now with the extra colour, the neons seem to have settled in really well.

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