Anyone try putting a big school (50-75) of neons in their monster fish tank? or really any schooling fish.Would there be enough strength in numbers?
tetras
- Thread starter MrfisH
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I think that the bigger your monster is the better the chance of the tetra to survive, hujetas and such would hunt them down but I just don't see a full grown and well fed aro or atf going to the bother.
if u got them cheap or free then i would try just feed your monsters good and then put them in right after the monsters are well fed then they should be good.
i was thinking of adding a couple of hundred neons when i was buying them wholesale but never got around to it.
i buy retail again now though and there 6 times more expensive so i wont take the risk.
i buy retail again now though and there 6 times more expensive so i wont take the risk.
Saw large schools of barbs and various tetras, including a school of about 50 cardinals, in the amazon section of hte nat'l aquarium in baltimore this weekend. Lots of much bigger fish, including one arrowanna with very droopy and cloudy eyes... Other monsters in the same tank included various reptiles, including a couple of caimen.
I saw this 300g tank with about 100 neons, 50 cherry barbs, 12 cory cats, 25 ghost cats, and 2 large sailfin plecos. It was sweet 
I need a tank like that along with a few more 300g tanks to keep the monsters separated 
I need a tank like that along with a few more 300g tanks to keep the monsters separated 
I think a big tank with lots of tetras would be very cool.Saw a huge tank not sure if seaworld in fla or national zoo with huge pacus and arowana with swarms of feeder guppies swimming around with them .Im sure some got eaten but the aros didnt look like they would bother,they were like 4' or bigger
I think in a large enough tank with few predators and tons of neone would work. Maybe not neons but rather something that breeds easly like danios or White Clouds. Provided they have places to get away they may be able to keep their own population up.