What fish to replace Tetras.

andy65 · January 23rd, 2008

My black neon bit the big one because they had neon tetra disease.

Now I can't put ANY kind of tetras in my tank or they will just get it.

Now what do I put in my tank?

I have my platy fry in my other tank. They grow WAY to fast.

COBettaCouple · January 23rd, 2008

I'd sterlize and recycle the tank. Then you should have all available options on what to put in there.

0morrokh · January 23rd, 2008

I don't think NTD is limided to just tetras. To be safe I'd agree with giving the tank a dose of bleach & re-setting it up.

angelfish220 · January 23rd, 2008

Wait wait wait......... Sorry I had to look up NTD

from the sounds of it you should break down the tank and start over.

andy65 · January 23rd, 2008

There is NO way that I can do that.

I 2 fish in there now, Rupert (fire gorumi) and one red wag platy.

IF I could find Bio-Spari (sp?) then I would take it down and clean it.

I there any thing that I could do OTHER than break down the tank? Would the disease not "starve" since there is nothing in there for it to live on?

angelfish220 · January 23rd, 2008

From the sounds of it it can be in any kind of fish. get a container specificaly for fish and put the platy and gourami in it with the filter media. clean everything else with bleach then fill the tank and put in a load of prime. leave it overnight and test it and if water peramiters are good them put the fish and filter back on and hope for the best.

Blub · January 24th, 2008

Hi!

I'll second that idea, Angelfish220.

It sounds annoying - but must be done.

Why can't you use Bio-spria?

andy65 · January 24th, 2008

The only way I can get my hands on Bio-spria ,as of now, is ordering it for DFS for $40!

My brother is looking for it locally,IF we can find it for cheap then I will take my tank down and clean it.
I like the fish in my tank WAY to much to put them through a cycle.

I do have a 10 gallon tank (not cycled) that has platie fry in it now. I could put a divider in it so there are fry on one side and my fish on the other.

Other than Prime,what is a good tap water treatment?

If I do clean the tank I would need some thing that detoxes heavy metals and the Bleach that I will use to clean the tank out.
I can get Amquel and NovAqua+ Plus but the Novaqua is $11 for 16 Oz at our LPS.
They only will knock the price down IF the price I give them counts the shipping.

COBettaCouple · January 30th, 2008

Fish Protector is a great treatment, but we use it almost like a vitamin supplement. NovAqua+ is my 2nd favorite tap water conditioner, of what's commonly available.

Some diseases and such can go dormant so sterilizing is the way to go with that disease I think. But the fish in there would naturally need a new place to live - MTS!

Quote:

Originally Posted by andy65

The only way I can get my hands on Bio-spria ,as of now, is ordering it for DFS for $40!

My brother is looking for it locally,IF we can find it for cheap then I will take my tank down and clean it.
I like the fish in my tank WAY to much to put them through a cycle.

I do have a 10 gallon tank (not cycled) that has platie fry in it now. I could put a divider in it so there are fry on one side and my fish on the other.

Other than Prime,what is a good tap water treatment?

If I do clean the tank I would need some thing that detoxes heavy metals and the Bleach that I will use to clean the tank out.
I can get Amquel and NovAqua+ Plus but the Novaqua is $11 for 16 Oz at our LPS.
They only will knock the price down IF the price I give them counts the shipping.

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