GREEN NEON TETRA CARE - Brilliant Blue Nano Fish for Aquascaping
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 18 ม.ค. 2019
- Green neon tetra (Paracheirodon simulans) are the perfect schooling nano fish for planted tanks.
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If i ever get a school of neon tetras im gonna put a single cardinal for the ultimate wheres waldo experience
Nahian haha did you get that from the 600 neon tetra video
@@vraptork181 he prolly did
caught in 4k i saw this comment too lmao
He’s gonna be so lonely being the new kid in town lols
Funny and tragic cardinal tetras story. I had 10 praecox rainbows, a bunch of corys and a tricolor angelfish. I decided to order 30 cardinals. It's a 55g with 2 seachem tidal 110s so it can handle the bioload. The 30 cardinal tetras came 8n so small, that my angelfish ate all 30 in a matter of days. It was like The Killing Fields in that tank. Just cardinal heads on the bottom till my pleco ate them. They didn't last long
This post of yours made me get Green neons, 25 of them..n u were so true!! They are hardier than expected, n the schooling behaviour & colours..ufff!!!
I used to have red neons & cardinals. But green neons seem superb! You can breed them quite easily. Following healthy diet of pellets & live dapnia, micro-worms, etc. a slim matured male and a fat female with eggs can be isolated into a 5 gallon (4" water level) container with mild aeration (stone bubble). Use a standard solid lid / tank cover. Wrap sides of the entire container / breeding tank with dark clothing to make a suitable environment. Tank bottom should be fully layered with glass marble balls to make egg traps (neons are voracious egg eaters!). Within 2/3 days you will find that the female has become slimmer. Work is done. Put the couple back into your main tank. Eggs will hatch provided aeration is ok with warm temperature of 27 deg.+/-. Feed babies after 2 days with infusoria, little amounts of full boiled crushed egg-yolk. Follow with little amount of daphnia, little amount of finely crushed micro pellets and finely blade-cut micro-worms (do it with cheap shaving razor blades). Change water carefully with narrow siphon on every alternate or two days. Increase water level very slowly as babies grow. Hope you soon have a large family of neons!
Ooo! Thank you so much for the detailed breeding instructions! That is so amazing... I can't wait to try this someday. :)
I'm currently trying to breed my green neon tetras but not having much luck. I'll try the glass marble ball idea.
Just got these fish and I love them. They seem to have acclimated very well. There's a different tetra that is colourless but they still school with each other.
That's awesome! Hope you enjoy them as much as I have. :)
I love green neons! I have a few in a school of some other neons like black neons and regular neon tetras. I really like the several different kinds all schooling together.
That sounds like such a beautiful tank! Makes it sounds like they're making new friends. ;)
These guys are so cool, they recently hit a few of my LFS and it's been quite tempting!!
Yes, I love them! Definitely give them a shot. :)
Not me asking Chris to get some 2 years later
I love every one of your videos about fish and shrimp!!
I have an aquarium hack that you may find useful for feeding tiny fish. I place some fish flakes in a cup with a small amount of water, and use a 10mL syringe to draw the flakes in and out a couple times. This turns the flakes into tiny pieces that kind of look like baby brine shrimp if you use the syringe to drop the mixture in. I use this method to feed my endler fry until their bellies are bursting every day (this speeds up their growth considerably). I think it tricks them into thinking they're eating live food because they like to chase the particles when they're first dropped into the aquarium and moving erratically, but they ignore the particles afterwards (though I think they eat the leftovers later when they're grazing since the leftovers are always gone an hour later).
You've convinced me! I'm adding them to my 20 gallon tank
I love these care videos of yours! My baby sister got a tank for christmas and I've been sending my mom a lot of your videos, they're always fun, informative, and simple.
That's so cool! Glad I could help out. :) What kind of fish do you think she wants to get?
@@GirlTalksFish She started out with a betta and has picked up a small school of corydoras and a nerite snail since!
@@gracebee292 Tooo cute!
I fell in love with green neons the minute I saw them, they are so enchanting and quite friendly! I want to breed mine so bad
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Beautiful fish. Really make a planted tank pop!
Yes! I don't know why I never noticed them before. 💙
Subbed! Great presentation I really like your style of videos and cheerful voice :)
Yay! Thank you so much! Let me know if there's any topics you'd like to see me cover. :)
Well put together. Covered all the main questions people have. So many varieties of tetras out there and all have something about them that’s enjoyable. Got a love for emperor tetras at the moment.
Oh man, that purple-blue sheen on emperor tetras looks _gorgeous._ I've seen a lot of people start to keep them; I may have to add them to my fish keeping bucket list. :)
A Gamer's Wife haha that bucket list just keeps growing for us fish keepers. We are like collectors that want them all at least once.
@@AquaApprentice Gotta catch 'em all! ;)
A Gamer's Wife lol exactly
Ember Tetra rock my world. I have a lovely shoal of Silvertips at the moment though, they have a beautiful buttery sheen when fed a varied diet and they love heavy water changes which is good because I feed them quite heavily because they spawn and ignore the fry if they are fed enough.
Really amazing aquascaping, healthy Cory catfish with neon
Thank you so much! I really enjoyed that setup. :)
GIRL ! You are such a breath of fresh air. First time watching and all i can say is I completely enjoyed .... well ?...everything ! Your personality really adds a lot to this subject matter here on YT. New fan... New Subcriber.
I've had mine for about 1.5 years, and I sitll can't get over their colour! They are extremely shy and definitely do better with dithers. In my experience ember tetras are great since they're fearless and orange-red contrasts the blue really well. They're also really curious! If I add a new fish or plant to the tank, they'll all get close to it and stare at it which is adorable
so happy you changed your name. your videos are great!!
Great tutorial; amazing voice - entertaining an uplifting.
Love the lofi music 🧡✌
This is my DREAM community tank!! I really want a tank with Cory's and shrimp and no lie, just last night I was smittenly staring at the Tetra's at my LFS. My daughter was interested in the Gourami!! We'll be bing watching your playlist next. 👍👍
Awesome! Haha, I guess great minds think alike. 😉
Thank you for your excellent info and videos.
My pleasure! Glad to see another Coloradoan in the comments. :)
Loved this
Hi. My favorite is raise this green neon tetra with cardinal tetra. Beautiful combination in an tank. :). But I still raise albino red guppy.
Love your videos. Darn it's snowing today...
I went into my local mom and pop fish store today and I was looking to buy some ember tetras.
And then I saw them......
I have been looking for at least 18 months for them. I’m didn’t get them today, I making room right now and am going back tomorrow to get at least 10!!!!! I’m extremely excited!!!!
Thank you for the great info.
Just got 2 of these bc they only had 2 left. they're so adorable!!!!!! I love them! hahaha.
Thanks for the nice video. I didn't know you had Green Neons. I'm glad to have found a video featuring them. I picked some up a few months back and they were sold to me as just "neons" but mine look like yours and don't seem to have much red on them as normal Neons would. Started with about 25 and now have about 16. But after initial losses, they seem to be growing fast and are very content with their tank. Mine are shy like yours but when they came out they look stupendous and shoal nicely too! I hope to raise them to maturity and give a try at breeding them some day. Hopefully I can. Thanks for the tips. BTW, I just learned how to easily tell the Green Neons from the Neons & the Cardinals. Just look at the strip! the Green Neons extend from the head to the very end of the body at the base of the tail. The stripe on the other two species doesn't do this. Their stripe stops short. Green Neons have the longest stripe. I just checked mine, they are indeed Green Neons! #GreenNeonTetra
That's awesome! If you do have success breeding them, please let me know. I'd be very interested in learning your process. :)
I love the golds and the long fined neons
ThePetClub Aquatics I want gold really really bad.
I enjoyed the video. Thanks for sharing. New subscriber. Cheers
Yay, thanks for visiting, Lumpydog! I always hear your name on live streams. Honored to have you as a new subscriber! :)
Very good!
Oh yes all my fish love repashy gel mix. I use community and soilent green. For fry I actually just sprinkle the powder on the surface and it slowly falls and even the smallest fish can and do eat it
Omg!! I have exactly the same species of fish in my tank! Albino corydoras, honey Gourami and green neon tetras! 😂
Black phantom tetras and neon tetras are my favourite
Great content - thank you ! Would you be able to provide an update on how your Green Neon Tetras are doing? I also have a high ph of 8 would love to get some green neons! Thanks again!
Hey, what sand do you use? It looks so clean!
useful care info ,thanks to sharing.
My pleasure! Always great to see your comments. Thanks for faithfully coming back to watch my channel! :)
Love this video keep the awesome awesome new videos
Thank you so much! Your support means a lot to me. :)
A Gamer's Wife no problem btw your videos are awesome
I love this tank of yours and I wish to replicate it.
Planning for a 10 gallon with only 1 honey gourami as a centre-fish, 6-8 green neon tetras and 3 otocynclus. 1 amano, 1 cherryshrimp and 1 nerite snail.
As for aquascape I plan to have amazon sword, crypto and dwarf grass.
I am confused with the substrate that I must use. It would be great if you can suggest which one should I go for.
Nice video
Which sand do you have in the tank if I may ask? Great looking fish!
i got my ghost shrimp today!!
They were in the same tank as the green neon tetras. What a coincidence. They were so cool I was thinking of getting one, but then realized I did no research XD
Oh cool! They should get along just fine. Thanks for coming along and view my video. :)
@@GirlTalksFish yeah i got 3
Nice explained mam
Really enjoyed this video, as well as all your others. Very informative. I think we found use for an empty 10 gal tank sitting by the piano. I do have a question. At 3:46, I see your honey gourami joined by two other darker ones. Our red honey was a beautiful bright color with a white substrate. When we moved everyone to the 20 gal long with a black substrate, he dramatically darkened. Have you found this to be so with your gourami?
Interesting! Yes, the two wild type/brown gouramis definitely got darker when I moved them from a bare bottom tank to the black sand. Whereas the yellow gourami looked paler on light substrate and more vibrant yellow-orange on dark substrate. Pretty cool, huh?
What would be better with a betta in a planted Fluval Flex 15
do you have a build video about this tank? i kinda want to do something similar but with a 20 long. Curious about the plants, and substrate you have.
Ooo, that's a good idea! I used National Geographic black sand from PetSmart, spiderwood, java fern, and different anubias (nana petite, nana, coffeefolia, golden coin). :)
What do u have in that tank the amount and types of fish?
I like the color combination of Green Neons and Glowlight tetras. Can you (or anybody) recommend the best light to really make the neon colors "pop"? I'm thinking maybe a mostly white LED with some blue? Or is florescent the way to go? I don't know if it's my imagination, but I think maybe adding something like peat or almond leaf to get tannins in the water might make the neon stand out more. Creates some contrast, I think.
Hey, you're the guy who writes the aquarium co op articles! I guess I thought it was corey or his wife or something. Nice job! Thanks for the great video. I'm probably going to get these super cool fish!
Haha, I can't believe someone noticed! Yup it's me. Glad you're enjoying the blogs and videos. Let me know what you think of the green neon tetras!
I love the green tetras i am going to get these. I am.a beginner. Is it wise to put them in a small aquarium? Can i put a common goldfish with them
@@sallysutherland5224 they do mostly ok in smaller tanks with live plants in my experience, however they also JUMPED OUT of their tank a lot. Lost most of them like this...
They should probably not be kept with goldfish, but you could probably make it work. The goldfish might eventually try to eat them, but they should be fast enough, and the goldfish would do it out of curiosity, not hunting, probably.
Some say the green neon needs a higher temperature than goldfish, but it's probably fine.
Nice
Is there a video on how you set this tank up?
I prefer these
What is the black sand substrate showing in the tank above?
hows your ph? is really important to be softwater to tetras neon/cardenal? my water ph is 7.5, what do you think about? i have very good canister whit matrix seachem, and plants,
beautiful. what is this black substrate?
can you mix all different kinds of neon tetras all together? Like black neons, green, true neon, diamond head, albino, cardinal (red neon), gold and long fin neon tetras? say a school of 10 of each sub specie on a 110 gal pond or aquarium?
Can neon tetra stay with cichlids in the same aquarium? Pls someone reply me.
I enjoy watching your video very much.May I ask tank size in the video? I got 20 gallon high tank. If I put them with corydras, 20 green neon tetra and 6 cory are still ok or is it looking like over crowded?Thank you.
New sub. Love your stuff. What camera do you use?
Samsung Galaxy S7 - nothing special. :)
I want to convert my 55 gallon into a planted tank and load it with about 100 neons. I love neons so much!
Have you done it now? Are they shy even in such a big school? I got a school of like 10 and they've been very very shy for the past 1.5 years that I kept them
Can i keep tetras in a 5 gallon tank successfully?
how many would you be able to keep in a 20 gallon?
Very curious of your neon tetra in 8.0 pH.How are they now are they still alive? I've been wanting to have them but keep telling myself forget it bec. my ph is in 8 range
Can input these green tetras together Sith shrimp?
I’ve been thinking about trying a new tetra since I only have neons but the only tetras I can get locally are these more full bodied orange von rio tetras. Also does anyone know do other types of tetras school together or will they be two separate schools if kept together?
Ooo, I've always wanted to try von rio tetras! I don't know if they would school together with neon tetras, especially after seeing this video th-cam.com/video/8kF87bD3Wjo/w-d-xo.html. I do know that my tetras would sometimes swim together if they looked similar (like cardinal tetras or green neon tetras with regular neon tetras).
I have 15 green neon tetras in my 60p tank. They do fine the first day swimming around the tank and not afraid of anyone. But the next day they start hiding behind the hardscape whenever I walk near to them. What will cause this and how do I solve it? Even when I feed them they also not coming out from their hiding spot
Hi, just want to know what type of plant is on the dried root? Please let me know. Thank you.
Can you keep them with beta
Hey I wanted to ask but my green neon tetras keep hiding...any advice? The tank mates are honey gourami, guppies, snail, amano and otos
Hi id like to ask if i can combine Yellow Lab Cichilid and Green Neon Tetra? thank you :)
Good
Awesome video, I'm getting 46 green neon tetra, growing out in a 20 long, adding to 40 breeder with 11 rainbow sharks 5 are albino. Am I nuts? Or ok?
Hello, congrats... nice video.
Can i keep neon/cardinal tetras together ?
Can i keep them in very hard-saline water ? Our normal temperatures range from 8 degrees C in winter and 47 degrees C in Summers. Average remains between 30 to 34 degrees between April to november.....
* Should we put them RO soft water or soft water taken through RO with adding our natural very hard saline water ?
* What is the best food that should be given to these tetras ?
Where do you get your green neon tetra?
Could you keep these different species together rather than 6+ of one species? So like, could you have 4 neons, and 4 blues?
What type of substrate did you use looks nice
Thanks! It's just generic brand black sand from Petco or PetSmart.
You think a electric blue acara could eat them because of their size?
.y heart is broken. I love love love green neons!! They are my absolute favorite fish. I have only seven because they are hard to find. I was craving more so when my LFS got some in I bought two dozen but they all died!!!!! They were wild caught.
hi! can they stay with cherry shirmps?
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just thanks for the information
Good Morning 😀
What about them being with a slow moving blue lobster?
I ordered some live daphnia for the green neon tetras that i ordered. One of my facebook friends and your video made me want them lol.
That's awesome! I hope you love them as much as I do. :)
@@GirlTalksFish thanks😊
@@GirlTalksFish do they need indian almond leaves? Because i ordered some for them.
@@kathleenmonsegue9700 They'll certainly enjoy them, since they come from Amazonian blackwaters! 👍
Just spawn them it’s pretty easiy
would it be fine if green neon tetras, corydoras and a honey gourami could be together in one tank as all males?
It would be fine but be careful of aggression.
Yes that's fine
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I am thinking of getting these beauties! I just don't know what types of plants would compliment their color and their body shape. I also live in Portland, Oregon and I don't know where to purchase these fish. I do know about The Wet Spot but I would love locations!
I also have baby cardinal tetras, and I am really unsure if they are eating what I am giving 😫😫 I have flakes currently I crush them a bit , should I make powder out of them? I have ordered fluval bug bites tropical mix for small fishes do you think they will like them??😔😔😔. Please suggest something
what size tank do u have them on the green neon tetras ?
Mine were in a 20-gallon tank. :)
Could you pair them with a betta?
What size of tank do you have in this video? I'm thinking of getting the same community you have in this video.
Looks like a 10g
Can you make a video on how to cycle an Axolotl tank and all the little details about it? 😁
I should! I feel like I need to run some experiments first to see which way works best for me. Now that I have cycled tanks, it's so much easier to grow beneficial bacteria but that's not very helpful for new aquarists. 😅
Just came across your video. Thank you!!!! Since I could not decide between the greens and the blues, I bought 6 of each. Might add a couple neons for a splash of color.
omg, did anyone notice the super fat Amano shrimps? Please share what you feed each of the species in your time, and your feeding schedule please!
would be ok to mix 10+ cardinals with 10+ green neons?
Yup! They'll probably shoal together at times too. :)
What is the size of the tank?
How many could a 29 gallon handle with 7 corydoras, 2 honey gouramis, and maybe some amano shrimp?
Aquatic Clarity has them. You can find his store online.
*Do they go well with Betta’s? Can I put 5 or 4 green neon tetras in with a Betta plus an algae eater in a 5 gallon tank? Will I need a bigger tank? I’d prefer less than a 10 gallon tank!*
Nooo i wouldn't reccomend any fish with bettas unless the tank is very big and filled with hiding places. Snails are better companions!
It depends on the bettas personality. But female bettas in general, make better tankmates with other fish as they tend to be less aggressive. I have a female betta with 5 neon tetras and an otocinclus in a 5.5 gallon. She's quite peaceful.😊
Awesome work! what size tank is that?
Thank you so much! It's a 20 gallon high. :)