Hi guys, I'm getting some Neon Tetra's tomorrow, but I'm not sure how many to get.

 

My tank is ~15gallons and is planted with dirt. at the moment I have 3 female guppies and a 4-4.5inch Black Spiny Pleco, and my guppy fry (fry won't be in the tank for much longer, some are going to a friends the rest will be taken to the LFS when they get big enough)

 

Thanks for any advice!

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

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

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

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

How did the acclimation go?

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

Glad it went well

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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