My 1 in 200 green neon

**barmby** · 28th Mar 2009, 22:35

Just to share

My pictures are very far from gene

**baby_lucky** · 29th Mar 2009, 17:58

Originally Posted by barmby

My pictures are very far from gene

You have a gold in the greens.

**sanhas** · 14th Jul 2009, 01:47

Cool fish...but quite tough to get that kind of outstanding colour in local shops.

**hwchoy** · 14th Jul 2009, 09:49

should be a xanthic morph. I would thought it distracts from the green school. your green looks in excellent condition though.

**barmby** · 21st Jul 2009, 23:13

Thanks for commenting

**Morgan01** · 22nd Jul 2009, 09:42

all my green tetra have transformed to looked like cardinals overtime. none looked the same the day I purchased from Biotope...duration 4 months.

strange...?

**barmby** · 22nd Jul 2009, 20:26

As they grow older, the red stripe will fade. Believe me. Because I have them for many years

**kanguin** · 17th Aug 2009, 18:35

Nice green neons you have! May i know where did you bought it from?

**barmby** · 17th Aug 2009, 21:58

I bought it from Gan Aquarium near LCK

**apistomaster** · 26th Aug 2009, 08:59

Originally Posted by barmby

As they grow older, the red stripe will fade. Believe me. Because I have them for many years

You are quite correct. I obtained my first Green neons in 1970 soon after they were discovered.
I prefer Green Neons, P. simulans to cardinals for many reasons, least of all because not everyone keeps them. I have a small school of 25 sharing a US 20 gal long wth a pair of Apistogramma hongsloi and 15 Parotocinclus cf. epplyei, a dwarf 1 inch sucker mouth catfish.