i think the neons would be much to fast for the con to catch anyway.....as long as u keep her fed she shouldnt cause a problem..
Neons And Cons
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yea i think the neons will be fine......especially because it's a female....if it was a male i would second guess it........i think they'll be fine .........i'd just put a lot in there to even out aggresion if there is any...........
wow i dont know what sounds more ridiculous, you asking the question or so many people telling you its a good combonation. neons are tetras, true, but that doesnt mean they all share similar characteristics. theyre not such fast moving fish like phantoms or buenos aires. a lot of time they just sit in the water column ripe for the picking. regardless of male or female or size, i guarantee that convict would kill the neons. maybe not by eating them outright but at least by beating them to death or chasing them to the point of stressing out. plus, lets remember its a 20 gallon tank. even fast moving fish wouldnt have too far to run in that size of a tank.
if you want to waste 40 or 50 bucks and wipe out a school of neons, go for it but i certainly wouldnt.
if you want to waste 40 or 50 bucks and wipe out a school of neons, go for it but i certainly wouldnt.
I've got a breeding pair of cons w/fry at the moment.With them are 5 african red-eye tetras.The only fish that really gets jacked up is the firemouth thats in the tank.A lot of it depends on tanksize and fish personality.
Sure they sit still and not dart around at all times like some tetras but they are tetras and are able to dart out of harms way if needed. If the female doesn't see them as a territorial threat she isn't going to harm them. If kept well fed she won't see them as a food source. And I don't know where you spend 40 to 50 bucks on a school of neons when they are a dollar a peice at Wal Mart.
your right......unless they are in her territory they aren't a threat and yea where would yea spend that kind of money on neons?........i say go for it and just see what happens...........In a 10 gal the whole tank would be her territory.
A 10 gal is not a big tank.
I have a f- con that is pissed because she has to share a 75 gal with other fish.
She attacks an arrowana that is 4-5X her size. Shes only 2 1/2" and the arro is 9-10 in.
A 10 gal is not a big tank.
I have a f- con that is pissed because she has to share a 75 gal with other fish.
She attacks an arrowana that is 4-5X her size. Shes only 2 1/2" and the arro is 9-10 in.
i think she will kill the neons. keeping the con well fed wil have no impact on her eating the neons. all of my cichlids are extremely well fed. almost always got that little belly goin. but if a smaller fish is present like neons they will just wait and not eat until the lights go out and splish splash missing neon. i would try maybe swordtails. i had success keeping them with smaller CA cichlids.
