Reply With QuoteIs that not cheap enough for you at $0.15 per fish?
Anyone know where to buy neon tetra cheap one...
i saw the cheapest is $15 for 100...
if anyone know please tell me thanks...
Last edited by Justikanz; 12th Aug 2006 at 16:26. Reason: Please spell properly!! For example, 'me' is not 'mi', 'one' is not 'wan'
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Is that not cheap enough for you at $0.15 per fish?
thats hell of a deal you got yourself there bro... please check the quality of the lot too before you buy..
The Dreaded NEON tetra Desiease
If I were a fish, I'd BREED all Day!
He is looking for almost free neon tetra.
It's not just "Step1: Add Water, Step2: Add Fish" If everything else don't work, add plastic plants and fish
At long last, cheap beautiful feeder fish for planted monster fish tank.
C328 selling cheaper.
hi aquaOsbession... where is C328???
I believe Nanyang Aquarium is still selling @ $10 for 100pcs.
Can check Sat's Classifed Ads to confirm.
thanks a lot, lim...
Last edited by Justikanz; 14th Aug 2006 at 12:00.
Forget neon tetras. They are suspectible to a common fatal, uncurable disease and with the fishes bred in their hundreds in crowded conditions, chances are that you are buying disease-ridden fish that will eventually die off.Originally Posted by ericchua
Try guppies instead. They proliferate extremely well and you will find youself having to give the excess away.
All living creatures eventually die one day. He was looking for neons, and I think it is not nice to ask him to try guppies and forget neons.
in the past, i bought pack of 50 neons, and grow them to adult size without any disease. I also once had a guppies tank, which was ravaged by disease overnight. The point is, healthy fish will depend much on how the owner takes care of it.
C328 refers to Clementi Florist and Aquarium. It very close to the clementi MRT. It is in block 328 in clementi.
I have had neon tetras with me for 2 years or more. Yes - agree a few of them seem to get crooked and die off. But those that remain grew big and nice as well. At such cheap prices, I found it more affordable than, say, getting cardinals which are better looking and more robust -- but costing 7 to 10 times more.
Guppies are also nice but they don't school well.
But they are great for eating surface scum in planted tanks.
koah fong
Juggler's tanks
<<All living creatures eventually die one day>>
That is, frankly, one of the worst statements I have read so far this year. Yes, all living things die one day. You and I will die one day too. A strict holy man and a promiscuous prostitute will die one day too. Every single living being you meet, every fish you keep, every plant you buy, will die one day too. And the point being?
<<He was looking for neons, and I think it is not nice to ask him to try guppies and forget neons.>>
And this forum is nothing more than a marketplace for merchants to make money? He should be informed of the pitfalls and disadvantages as well. Otherwise he might as well go surf his local LFS website and ask the owner how to get neon tetras.
<<in the past, i bought pack of 50 neons, and grow them to adult size without any disease. I also once had a guppies tank, which was ravaged by disease overnight. The point is, healthy fish will depend much on how the owner takes care of it. >>
I do not believe this statement. If your guppy tank was "ravaged by disease overnight", then I will guarantee that no fish, and definitely, in no hell's way, neon tetra will ever survive that tank. What did you did to that tank anyway?
Or maybe you exhibited gross carelessness in selecting the guppies which are already dying. If you applied the same carelessness in selecting neon tetras, I can guarantee the exact same outcome, with the difference that the neon tetras will die within hours.
And perhaps you are just lucky all 50 of your tetras never succumb to the dreaded and highly infectious neon tetra disease, or maybe you simply toss out any which shows any signs of the disease. But I will guarantee, that anyone buying neon tetras from one of those LFS or fish farm tanks with hundreds and thousands of neons, will definitely pick up the disease. Can the LFS or fish farm guarantee their fish stock is perfectly clean of this disease? No. Can they prevent the spread of this disease using their current high volume breeding techniques? No. Once a tank is infected, is it possible to clear the disease? No. Can they guarantee the fish won't be infected during the transportation and retailing process in small, crowded tanks? No. Is there a cure for this disease? No. What are the chances of getting neons with the disease? Virtually guaranteed, confirmed, stamped and chopped.
In fact the only probable way for anyone to keep neon tetras is to buy them in bulk, and through a process of strict quarantine through the weeks and months in separate tanks, identify and "toss away" any infected fishes, and then finally introduce the healthy specimens to the final, uninfected tank. It is, in my view, an extremely cruel and uneconomical way just to keep fish.
One is better off buying hardier and cheaper fishes like guppies and face the happy problem of having too many offsprings.
And yes, as Koah Fang added, they are also incredibly good at eating surface algae and scum, and is a much better choice for the average hobbyist or beginner.
Don't be afraid of my duck!
Guys, can we stop at this point? It's rather pointless to debate ericchua's choices or method of fishkeeping without knowing what exactly he has in mind (although I must say I felt he was looking for really unbelievably cheap stock). That said, I think it's great that folks like you are serious about the hobby and have been thinking of the larger issues beyond simply 'buy [the cheapest possible] and enjoy'. There are certainly many aspects of the hobby (hybrids, inbreeding, poor QC, breeding of monsters like balloon mollies/misshapen discus) that need to be addressed and I think many people on this forum are active in making clear their views on these issues. But there are also plenty of areas subject to the vagaries of individual experiences (as well as the learning curve [and associated casualties] that many beginners will inevitably endure). Both of your experiences are certainly useful cases for people to bear in mind, but ultimately, I think the choices (and consequences, if any) are for ericchua's (or anybody else for that matter) own making.
Sure Budak, this was off topic, but yea " all living creatures eventually die one day".
EricChua, if you want to go for neons, go for neons. Having 50 of them in a 3 feet tank is okay. As long as your filtration system is working, as long as you feed them well, and your tank temperature stabilizes, they will do fine. Likewise, same applies for guppies
I think if you still want to buy in bulk to get cheaper prices, maybe you can post on the forum to have someone share the load with you.
Or maybe you buy a few at start (maybe 10), and see if you are successful with them before buying more. There is always a market place to sell or give away unwanted fish.
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Ermm... Thanks, Budak...
Kev, let the thread starter decide what fish he wants to keep, ok?
And to all, please do try not to discuss prices on the forum openly. The LFSs really do NOT appreciate it... Thanks...
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i have to say, neons are not the only ones which are mass bred. even guppies are mass bred too. cheap does not necessarily mean bad you know. i bought neons at $6 for 50 before, all survived, and u know what is the best part, i didnt even get to choose the fish, they were all pre-packed and sold in packs of 50.
Cheapest is not always the best.
Very often, clueless bargain hunters ended up with diseased fishes that ended up wiping out the entire fauna population in the tank.
The key here is value, not price.
Eric Chua,
If budget is so much of a problem, then consider buying less, but better quality Neon Tetras.
Cheers,
p.s. Eric, please watching your spelling. We do not promote SMS style abbreviation in this forum.
I have dwarf cichlids in my tanks! Do you?
Yes. To be safe, remember to quarantine your new fish for 2 weeks before introducing them to the main tank.
koah fong
Juggler's tanks
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