why?

[joekoh]

hi all

i'm keeping some tetras family of fish. some of them been quite long lioa like 1 yrs. esp the rummy nose. but the neon tetra keeping disappearing.... wonder why. yeap notice some of the fish becomming more and more skinny everyday some of them also kena "deform" body. any idea wat is wrong? my tank is about 1 1/2 yrs liao

thanks
joe

[Simon]

heard the deformation is due to lack of calcium in their food, as for y they r skinny? underfeeding? not competitive?

[vinz]

Could it be the dreaded Neon Tetra Disease (please search the web for more info)? Thats why I gave up on Neon Tetras... they never seem to last.

[CoryDorus]

I have 5 neons orginally too. Kept them for half a year
before deforms body start appearing. Some with dark lumps
too. But then my water condition is good though symptons seem to pt to neon tetra. A few of them also has meat lost on their small lip.

But I thought any dieases like "neon tetra" would have appeared long ago. And I decided to just have all of them terminated for fear it spread to other fish.[]

If really calcium only, I think I deserved a BLACK EYE !

[bleeder]

I have exactly the same problem mentioned. I believe it to be the awful and deadly NTD. I have scoured the web for solutions but to no avail. Heard that they are incurable. SIGHS!

Neons are beautiful fishes. It's a pity that they are overbred and thus ending up as non-hardy fishes. Imagine when I was a small boy, neons were termed as a "long kau he" or drain fish. Meaning that they are very hardy fishes. But this is not the case these days. Hai.....