5 Reasons Why Neon Tetras Die

[@darrylmoore5847]

Great video. I have had really good luck buying Neons from local breeders. They are much healthier than farm breed.

[@KeepingFishSimple]

Exactly right

[@KingsAquariumsAndAntWorld]

Awesome video mate, one of my neons has a growth on its mouth, but my local aquarium store says its just genetics. Thanks for sharing

[@KeepingFishSimple]

I wouldn’t buy it

[@KingsAquariumsAndAntWorld]

@@KeepingFishSimple ok mate thanks for getting back to me, your channel is awesome, keep up the amazing work

[@ineedadab]

Damn it, looks like I gotta go out and buy two more neons but might as well make it four, so a total of ten lol.

[@KeepingFishSimple]

Ahahaha

[@fengliu975]

@@KeepingFishSimple Tried having 6 together but keep running into issues with ich and treating soon kills them...

[@olivedog1880]

@@fengliu975 I’m having recurring ich as well. I use paraguard, and it seems to work pretty good. I’ve had it like 5 times. And I hate having to put chemicals in there. It’s a pain the ass for sure. What have you been using? Nox ich works pretty good too, but the chemicals turn things blue. As I’m sure uve noticed. Started yet another round of paraguard yesterday. Hope you get it under control, cuz it’s super annoying and sad 😞

[@MakerTom2022]

Very enlightening, thank you! I've just taken up fish keeping, and have been trying my hand with Neon tetras, cute little guys. I love their dartiness and bright stripes. I have found them to die off easily, but at least they're inexpensive. I will pick up a couple more to make a full school of 8. Got one from a dealer the other day that had a swollen white growth on his mouth, didn't catch it until I had already gotten him home. Quarantined him, trying som meds for a week or so. Will try...

[@PaulC.494]

Followed your advice and got eight neon tetras just yesterday they were swimming as a school through the plants very enjoyable to watch.

[@KeepingFishSimple]

Hellllyyyaaaaaa

[@thehornwortofhornwort9832]

To solve the genetic issues, you could use the green neons instead. Those guys tend to be less inbred and look pretty similar. From experience I’ve also found that neons tend to react more strongly to PH changes and swings than other tetras, so it’s a good to drip acclimate for around 20 minutes.

[@rianmilit]

Yeah, I'm planning to get some greens. From what I read, they have not reproduces successfully in captivity, and they are all wild caught, but that comes with other risks as well.

[@alyssadavis5128]

Add a single cardinal to your neon school for a unique “ Where’s Waldo?” experience

[@KeepingFishSimple]

😂😂

[@briansuggs1503]

they prob wont school togethr

[@denisesomewherearoundhere1798]

Brian Suggs actually I’ve had a couple cardinals and six or so neons and they do tend to hang together

[@jonathanstoffregen390]

@@briansuggs1503, I have kept Neon Tetras and Cardinal Tetras together in quantities of several dozen each, and I have found that they will school together almost indiscriminately. I have found this to be true with other small fish as well, both wild and in aquaria. They may be relating to size and behavioral similarity more so than they are to conspecifics. I have studied this aspect of fish behavior for many years, both professionally and casually, and I find it quite fascinating. I would be very interested to hear what other folks have observed.

[@williammorris7895]

@@jonathanstoffregen390 I have a school of 30 neons, 10 cardinals. 100% 1 large school from the moment they entered the tank (of course, not at the same time!).

[@joshuahodgkinson1580]

I have a huge bent spine tetra and he's an absolute fighter 😂 only one one who survived ironically

[@MT88_YouTube]

My neon tetra recovered miraculously from “neon tetra disease” after dosing melafix. It is the last survivor out of 7 though.

[@enochseow5768]

sad but nice that one surv.ived

[@slugzkea]

how many days did you use the melafix for? I'm on the 7th day of treatment.

[@MT88_YouTube]

@@slugzkea around 9 days

[@slugzkea]

@@MT88_KZbin I'm on day 8!

[@MT88_YouTube]

@@slugzkea Good luck!

[@michaelher940]

Bruh I wish I had seen this a month ago! We bought 10 and only 3 survived! 😢

[@saadbhatti7003]

Bought 3, and 2 died in a day

[@cryptoslynesso8288]

@@saadbhatti7003 lmao, i got 3 and 1 got sucked in the filter 😭, got another 2 so now they are 4 in a 5 gallon tank

[@prudencecutwa2973]

I got two and a frog and one died but it had something was wrong with it’s face

[@Kerbevi]

After I followed this, I bought 12 and 11 alive thank god ☹︎

[@cypriancsw9847]

Get 6 not 3 neon tetras

[@Zamiiz]

Wow I didn’t know they had a lot of problems 😮 I’ve always considered them hardy fish. My mom has 5 (which I took away from her cause they were going months without water changes)

[@Turtl3slandwaves_1234]

Did she get mad? Lol

[@2ftchopsticks]

When i was 14ish my first tank had tetras. Can't remember for the life of me what all of them were but there were several of 3 one was definitely neon think the other was a blue/yellow. Anyways they schooled together but on a few occasions I watched them seperate into their own schools in their own corner and then battle. All of them rushed onto the others and rammed into them. I've heard the term tetra wars.

[@baileyp7413]

You’re kidding :o

[@serenitymediabroadcasting7222]

Good information overall. Except for the suggestion that diseases in neon tetras probably doesn’t have a causal link to massive inbreeding. Most conservation programs will try their best to collect from diverse populations when trying to breed a species because it’s very well documented that heavy inbreeding can lead to weaker genetic diversity and cause increased susceptibility to certain diseases as well as weaker immunities in future generations. That’s not to say that all diseases and issues with neon tetras are due to inbreeding but inbreeding and weakened genetic diversity do have a very strong impact on the overall health of a species.

[@dannyelpetachen]

You make great and informational content. Keep up the good work!!

[@michelletoni3067]

I have neon tetras, Black neons, & I am getting green neon tetras, I love rm, but they seem very fragile, almond leaves have helped bigtime & driftwood, I leave the tannins in the water, driftwood is major I think, for fish immunity, excellent video.

[@Djr481]

Great content loved your ideas,you confirmed what I was thinking yesterday when I got my new neons to feed them small amounts every two hrs ,plus I'm now running out to get a sponge filter 😀

[@GauravSharma-oj1fq]

Your videos are amazing mate. My friends watch them across the globe and i realised you are in brisbane. I am already on your online store. Thanks for sharing your knowledge.

[@yourxiao4951]

Been waiting for new video

[@KeepingFishSimple]

Thanks bro!

[@limecherryslime124]

Depending on the batch,neon tetras are either weak and die easy or bullet proof and cam survive anything

[@arishaahmed6835]

A lots of things to learn 😊

[@billmcgee3482]

I suspected high pH was a contributing factor to losing 4 of 7 of the Neons I just added to the tank.... so far after only a few days. I'm at 7.5 to 7.8 pH. But after watching this video, I now suspect a bad source as well.. the store I bought them from seems a little shady to me... maybe I'll try another source and see what happens with another group.... 55 gallon tank with 5 super healthy Black Neon Tetras, some Candy Cane Tetras, Dwarf Gourami, Rubber Lip Pleco, and a couple Cherry Barbs.

[@aldeeezyy930]

I just discovered your videos and thank you for being well spoken and not boring as shit. I love all your tanks

[@priyamorin2461]

I'm really upset. I'm convinced my neon tetras have NTD. I've put them in a quarantine tank but they had previously been with my beta and rummy nose tetra for months when one of the neons had a tumor on the lip. It sucks. My question is.... is eating a dead body only means of transmission??? Or could be in the water itself??

[@matthewjaykelly]

thats the same with me 3 have these giant tumers on there bottem lip idk what to do

[@archrite3983]

Thanks for the info

[@theinvisible8648]

Good things to learn I’m getting it soon

[@ohrats731]

Ugh my neons are my worst looking fish lol but they’ve been that way for over a year 🤷‍♀️ I guess they had a bad start before me but now life is good enough to hang on. I don’t have the heart to euthanize them when they’re still swimming around very lively

[@KeepingFishSimple]

That’s very good though

[@ohrats731]

KeepingFishSimple thanks! They have growths like the one in the thumbnail so I’m concerned it’s contagious..... I mean so far so good 🤷‍♀️ But now I feel like I can’t breed fish to sell or give away because my system is “compromised.” Maybe I’m overreacting but I would hate to give someone fish I thought were healthy and it ended up getting their other fish sick

[@JohonTheMighty]

One of my tetra has swim bladder disease. Sad seeing it struggling

[@fudgenugget2690]

Bought some neons from petsmart and they had a disease that killed all my fish except for my pair of swordtails. After a month of treating the tank i got some new ones from a different petstore and they are doing great.

[@shimizukiyoko4767]

I just got neon tetras today. One of them started showing signs of swim bladder disease, and died almost immediately after I removed it from the aquarium to quarantine it.

[@Drvelasco45]

My tetras have this prolapsed intestine thing from time to time. The first one really scared me, I had him in a separate tank, tryed to manually take out the thing coming out of the butt. He eventually died from all the manipulation. Now a days they do develop this condition but I just give em peas and sometimes they get better, sometimes they keep having the prolapsed intestine, but they do not die

[@aquariumanalytic754]

Nice vid thanks just preparing/thinking of starting my first breeding tank with java moss Endlers and cherry shrimp

[@liamcarter3509]

Sounds sick! Endlers are probably my favorite livebearers

[@stillapieceofgarbage5270]

So, how'd it go?

[@aquariumanalytic754]

@@stillapieceofgarbage5270 still planning as the tank I want to do it in has some fish I'm moving to a new bigger tank so have to wait for that

[@rebecca1420]

Holy crap you're the absolute double of a young Adam Garcia

[@chiangchengkooi9791]

When you are buying neon tetra do not catch neon tetras with a net, rather herd them into a container and scoop them to transfer from tank to pail. The net will hurt them resulting them to die.

[@MrThatnativeguy]

Just went to go check on my 4 fish friends and the smallest runt of the neon tetra was sadly dead at the bottom :(

[@Me-uu6pt]

that same thing happened to me about 2 months ago, my smallest one died at the bottom of the tank😔I literally just flushed another dead one down the toilet lol

[@addiace8272]

Samething happen to me just now

[@dawndare3949]

Thank you for sharing your knowledge.

[@edwardharris1602]

Great information thanks im gonna give them a shot

[@tbonesfishies1797]

So far so good with my neon tetras.

[@jdm6620]

Mine keeps disappearing in my gosh tank

[@satguy]

I stopped buying them, of the 30 I bought when they got older 27 had the bent spine and all but three died.

[@satguy]

@AMMAR RAYYAN BIN MD HAFIZ Moe The last three died this week

[@danielledewitt1]

Well I started off with ten neon tetras several years ago when they were babies, slowly over the last 2 years or so they’ve been dying. No illness and a few months back ish the last male Bailey died. Leaving me with just 2 females left and then tonight I happened to look in the tank and noticed Holly was there swimming around fine, Misty was missing, well we found her body, yes she died tonight. She’s been fine all day. Eating like mad.

[@BlackonBlackE46]

neon tetras normally live for 3 years, but they can live up to 10 years in some cases

[@danielledewitt1]

@@BlackonBlackE46 Well earlier this year I lost my last tetra Holly. Now have some albino corydora catfish.

[@yoyo_hughes_1179]

i was always told that neons were the best starter fish. i also live how they looked. in total i bought 12. all 12 died. I know that probably says more about me but ny ottos that i had at the same time are still alive and well

[@ellam.3741]

otos and tetras are the fish i have the WORST luck with, or just i’m not fit for caring for them IDK but it’s depressing

[@Felipedecarolli]

i bought 8 today just 2 are swiming normally! the other died or are dying. That sad! for my money tho

[@TJ-ht3jb]

I've killed about a dozen over the last couple of years. I have only had a couple of other fish die out of 5 different tanks! I'm done with neons.

[@markbolam1383]

@@TJ-ht3jb same neons arent very hardy they die very easily

[@jasonjason6477]

As a former pet store worker petco and petsmart are not bad distributors it’s the independent businesses u gotta really be worried about

[@ritasmith8784ff]

Thanks for this video!! 🤗I didn’t know they had all those problems😳🤔

[@skylarkmystique2702]

I’ve had my fish for four months or so Two vanished a month or so in (maybe the my got eaten), two more have died quite recently, I found those bodies. I haven’t changed anything with how I’m maintaining my tank. It seems somewhat random, so it’s hard for me to pinpoint what’s going on. I do notice I’ll go away for the day and not have anyone to feed them and I’ll come back to them dead. They don’t seem starved though. I don’t know…

[@takis_the_bearded_dragon7289]

I have 4 neon tetras in my tank aclimating rn. One is already upside down.

[@INAM1NUTE]

L

[@jjjuxjjjay2336]

Dude just buy like 5 extra neon tetra because some will die it’s just the truth man

[@inky1864]

Make sure you drip acclimate them

[@jeevandewee]

Thanks for the tips! Any advice on curing fin rot?

[@liamcarter3509]

Add a heater if you don't have one already and use aquarium salt. It's cheaper than most medications. (Be careful if you have plants)

[@jeevandewee]

Liam Carter Thx, will try.

[@GREYGHOST-135]

hey bud today we had a strange thing happen my dads full grown male krib died will my juvinel 91 week old krib be able to breed with the female?

[@flybobbie1449]

I had 6 in with my Platies, Zebra Danios, Silver tipped. My Neon's all vanished having had them a year. All gone in a few weeks. Saw last being eaten by shrimp. I think also 2 guppies have gone.

[@flybobbie1449]

Changed water twice in the last month, think that might have disturbed them too much.

[@Erajsrajapakse]

could you do a brine shrimp raising video

[@supremo.martino]

can they live without aerator?

[@Pringleedits-ox1zq]

For some reason one of my neon tetra keeps darting and swimming downwards

[@OneOfYourFrenchGirIs]

I wish I'd just stuck to an non-community ADF tank. I love them, they're friendly and look nice, but they catch these wild, grotesque diseases all too often.

[@underworldcows]

Do these tips apply to other kids of tetras?

[@johnlafortune7932]

I got a school of 3 and 2 Cory catfish and a betta and I finished showering it’s been 6 hours since I’ve bought them and when I went to check on them I turned on the light and one died rip

[@ingloriousnoble5115]

Hey man, I was wondering if I’m supposed to leave my lights on at night? Every time I turn the lights out before bed, I wake up with dead neons. The night before I left them on cuz I was worried about that and they lived to tell the tail. I don’t know what’s going on

[@yourxiao4951]

Yes that's something I was wondering 2 because mine were disappearing 🤣

[@febreeze4677]

Today one of my ember tetras died to my filter...

[@re4mus]

@@febreeze4677 today (april 19, 2021) one of my neon tetra almost died in the filter but then i saved it from dying then its just lying on the ground upside down

[@beyonderssupreme]

My Guppy fish are have all the symptoms like your picture: shaking, swimming in Uncontrollable speed and swim upside down and then dies and look like skeleton fish

[@re4mus]

Yes same except they dont turn into skeleton fish for me

[@re4mus]

But for me its a neon tetra

[@nicoletaffi4964]

My Neon Tetras died and now I only have 5 (used to have 8). Should I still quarantine new fish or add them straight away?

[@kristonyu3806]

Quarantine the new fish, better safe than sorry.

[@zone07]

I killed 6 neon Tetras and I think it was due to lack of oxygen. I changed an 18" air stone which has been working great with a 3" disk air stone and it sucked; very little bubbles were coming out; although my hang on filter was causing plenty of turbulence on the surface. Today I got a 60g air pump to boost up the flow but it was too late. I started seeing little guys caught in ornaments. I have a 30g tall hex so I knew that oxygen was vital; had 11 Neons for about 6 months and wiped more than half of them in less than 48hours stupidly.

[@Peckvlog]

i bought five fish and one suck into the filter and then die so now i left four fish

[@chadpugh1490]

Chances are he was already sick/weak. Otherwise he would've been strong enough to get out of the filter's pull.

[@ikhan5376]

Lol

[@JasonFolk07]

Over the years of keeping neons from my experience. They hate changes in pH anything under 7 they tent to die or get super stressed out usealy resulting in ick'. Just doing a weekly water changes can bug them as well if you are taking more then 20%

[@adso5555555]

I feel a lot better now.. I thought I was solely responsible for the conditions of 2 of my tetras, who had a slight white lump on their fins from day 1, which has slowly grown and spread over 2 months now.. These little $1.50 fish that I have probably spent $100 on medications.. , Stressguard, Pimafix/Melafix, Aquarium Salt Level 1/2/3, TriSulfa, and today im trying Tetracycline... lets hope for the best. Big positive is that I got to learn about fish medication.. which will help in future tanks no doubt. My 2 lessons if I could recommend to any newbies: 1) Have a spare mini filter running & a hospital tank (5G or more) ready to go. I recently set it up, and everything is much less stressful when you arent stressing about disease spread & the mediciine damaging your other healthy fish, (or your plants.. or indeed crashing your cycle and potentially killing everything). 2) Quarantine Fish (and plants).. just dooooooooo it!!!

[@stangoodvibes]

Hey love your videos. I've got my first 40 litre aquascape. I've had it for about 8 months with 15 neon tetras. They seem fine and healthy (one has a white spot on his face recently which I'm treating with a fungicide). I've changed various things over the months - bubbles, co2, etc - and they seem fine no matter what. However - they all just congregate and hide in the plants. They never really leave the lower few inches of the tank (except a couple have leapt out onto the floor randomly. I have now covered the top with some glass sheets). Why do they sit there not moving? They eat fine, but won't go to the top of the tank to get any floating fish food. The tank sits on a desk on a laminated wooden floor and I notice they are sensitive to movement on the foor as it jolts the tank slightly. I change water regularly and they will move but just to a different spot in the tank close to the bottom for a while before moving back to hide at the bottom of my plants. The water tests fine for Ph etc. Everyone elses tetras seem to swim all over the tank. Any idea why mine are so shy?

[@stangoodvibes]

update: I added 4 siamese bottom feeders yesterday, and one neon just freaked out and died almost immediately! The rest are fine

[@ikhan5376]

Lol

[@gennasharples9409]

How are the fish? Are they still alive? Have you upgraded to something bigger?

[@stangoodvibes]

@@gennasharples9409 hiya. They were good but I moved to Thailand so sold both them and the tank 😐

[@ticket2space621]

@@stangoodvibes Thailand has some pretty rad fish brother 🤙 just putting that out there in case you're still interested

[@carltonpiercey9220]

Pity because they're such strikingly beautiful fish. I have had trouble in the past with neons and i feel leery of trying with them

[@echtwaarhe6417]

I’ve just noticed my cardinals are losing their red stripe. I change 25/30% water weekly. They all eat. Have no idea what’s going on. I have them for about 1 to 1.5 year now. But I just noticed their reddish color seems to be fading :/ They’re not skinny. Quite big actually

[@ikhan5376]

Lol

[@rhyanlumilay6317]

I bought some and then I saw an old one shake then died, the next day one of the old one disappear then I saw my ramshorn feasting on the corps then now I am down with 2 juveniles. The reason I want to give up keeping them. I kind of succeed with other fishes than them.

[@MegaAxelG]

What do you think - what is the best temperature for neon tetras? In old books (here in germany) is recommend between 70 - 75 F (21 - 24 C). But nowadays it is 68 - 82 F (20 - 28 C).

[@cynharman6866]

I have 20 tetras had them for 6 months not lost one keep temperature at 65 it seems to work either that or I have been lucky

[@solkimmyjones]

Mm I bought ten a couple days ago and now 3 are dead and 4 are lingering at the surface constantly zz

[@hmm_silas]

Time stamps anyone?

[@rickwallace2091]

It’s too bad they get stressed and don’t find relief when they hit my understocked well planted aquarium. I build an aquarium with all my fish in mind. I want them to be comfortable, and I childishly keep thinking about them

[@returnthefavours8390]

I bought 10 neon tetra yesterday and there is just one left cause my water filter sucked them all. 🥲

[@arsenalplayer594]

Get a new water filter and rip 😀

[@MRFLIP]

Is hard water and moderate current ok for them ? Current is coming from HOB filter

[@connorscoarsefishingjourne7680]

My guppy’s, ballon mollies, panda catfish, cherry barbs and died but my blood fin glass tetras all 3 have been great fish and still alive

[@farhanfadhil5953]

Nice video rodric

[@Blossum333]

What water condoned would you recommend. Also is a air stone ok?

[@matto20v]

Its a lovely shade of lipstick you used in this video, what's it called?

[@oviyan.a8617]

Hey, today I just got 5 neon tetras for my 5.5 gallon with some other fish and the same day I got them they all died

[@ziggyboi4880]

they need more space than 5.5 gallons, maybe test your water, did you cycle your tank?

[@ikhan5376]

Lol

[@VinnieRM]

Do you take a sick fish out of your aquarium before it dies 😢 I wish I could cure it, but it's bobbing and gasping

[@mous3y490]

if I have a planted aquarium using CO2, do I still need an air stone? If I do use an airstone, what are the cons of running it at night?

[@Blossum333]

Can you use a feed block when you are away?

[@-royalesunflower-8901]

Question what water do they need and is betta fish and neon tetra can they live together

[@Wlllskehejejdhdjjd]

Why is the tank at the bottom full of algae?

[@Cindy-ng6sx]

I am wondering if that disease can affect other fish? I have 5 blue eyed albinos in with my betta, can this weird tetra disease move onto other fish?

[@kellyjames6173]

What temperature should there tank be on

[@coryfeldman-hz2yj]

Wanted to keep these since I was a kid. I kinda get why the old man wouldn't ever get them. Its literally making me sad to keep seeing them all die. ..and I'm old ..

[@chadpugh1490]

I'd like to end up with about 6 cardinals and a few angelfish. Is oxygen a good fit for angels?

[@prajwalsk9901]

Hey there... What are the best aquatic plants for neon tetras?

[@vishnupurushothaman6845]

Haiii bro, what is the best pellet food for a community fish tank. In my tank tetras and Barbe fishes, and it's a planted aquarium

[@patrikhorvath6213]

How about adding salt?

[@pobster88j94]

I’ve got a 3 year running community tank. I had 8 neons and am down to 5. They all get white sores, mouth growths, etc. They’ve had this for over a year and still eat and are active. Nothing else has this in the tank. Every once in a while they get white sores that appear to fall off after a few days. I don’t get it. Nothing new has been added to tank and none of the other fish get it. Any idea what it is?

[@joeygarcia8295]

Also, invest in an RO/DI system when it comes to South American Cichlids.

[@davidrogers9749]

Strateforwad info thanks

[@alannkevin]

I think I made a mistake buying tetras, the waters levels are really good, I always clean the bottom of the tank with a siphon, I have real plants and everything and they keep dying. I have two rasbora I bought the same day and they are alive and happy, 🤷🏻‍♂️

[@heatherjoy479]

Oh dear had same trouble gave up50 50 coulor on them fade then they died sad 😥

[@Millenialhermit]

Feel bad for them. From the beautiful orinoco river to abused situations.. 😑. We cant released them back to Orinoco so their only chance is a homelike tank. Mine were soo skinny when I bought them, now they are sooo fat and they seem to be happy with my guppies. They formed a gang.

[@ruthbryant9267]

Also why do fish have really big pupils? I have guppies and tetras. The tetras are dying. And so are the guppies what do I do? I’m a beginner thanks

[@hiker6798]

Established = cycled (requires some testing - google 'cycled tank''), and.....not established = water sitting in aquarium for more than two days.

[@ajen010nz]

I had one neon tetra with real bad cotton mouth. I turned off the filter because we recently added a snail and he ate all the algae in a day so I thought we could create more algae for him to eat by turning off the filter. Three more of the neon tetras started getting cotton mouth. I've read on blogs that Maracyn is a good idea. Where do I get this from in Australia? I'm based in Sydney.

[@redcatwarrior8921]

How often do you have to feed them

[@dathanreyes4456]

Why is my neon tetra going on top of water and going in circles the other ones are acting normal but please tell me why he goes up the surface and put he's head on top of water and does circles

[@c.a.6249]

I have 6 neon tetras that i have had in my tank roughly 5 years. But I am having problems with my ph bring 6.0 to 6.4 is this okay for them. If i do a water change it usually doesnt change the ph and if it does, it drops right back down.

[@giovanniferri4115]

what about swim bladder?