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Lisa C asked in PetsFish · 1 decade ago

Can neon tetra disease affect cory cats?

Ok. First off I have been keeping fish for years so no smart answers :-)

Basically, I have glowlights and neons in a tank with peppered cory cats and they get on well. Now I have a problem...

I know tetras aren't the longest living fish (I have had some of mine for three years) but one by one they seem to be poping off. I originally had 10 large neons and have only got two left - they all seem to gradually do the same thing, twisting slightly where the head is, swim in circles then just die. I have two left and this has been going on for about six months. I just put this down to age.

On contemplating on upping my stock back to the original level, I have discovered that one of my glowlights seems to be going the same way. I would have put this down to age too but she her head is pointing slightly to the left.

So is it just age or is this signs of neon disease gradually spreading?? If so, will my cory cats be affected.

BTW - Size of tank/water levels spot on.

Update:

Kelly B - thanks but I really don't need to give out anymore info on my tank set up - I've kept fish for 15 years but have never had tetras - hense the need for my anwser. Everything in my tank set up is fine - and I am understocked, have powerful filters and dear god, of course I have decholrinted my water lol.

Sorry if i sound grumpy - I don't mean to be, but it's just that i eplained in my original question that everything was fine with my setup. Thanks :-)

Update 2:

and i see I've made a couple of spelling mistakes now *lol*

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  • 1 decade ago
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    since glow lights and neons are in the same group of fish it isn't to surprizing to see them show the same signs depending on the root cause would be the only way to determine if it is a threat to the corys currently I doubt it would affect them

    and personnley your tank size nor water levels are a factor here though as you know some think that is the root of all evil

    I have neons in with my discus and have noticed what your talking about with one of them it looks to me like a swimbladder issue but I am not 100 percent sure

    but I am not worring about it either and doubt it will effect my discus

    Source(s): over 30 years keeping and raiseing fish
  • Anonymous
    1 decade ago

    First, you have no worries over the Peppered Cory catching anything like that. It takes extremely bad water to make them sick. (I commercially breed Cory). Peppered Cory has been recorded as living 25 years in a German aquarium, (useless bit of trivia).

    If it's Neon disease, you can expect it to spread to all susceptible fish. Treatment seems to be the difficult part and outside of sterilising the whole set up it would be hard to suggest something that is going to work. Though that is assuming it is Neon disease.

    http://www.thetropicaltank.co.uk/hdntd.htm

  • 5 years ago

    I shop all the species you're asking about and locate peppered corries among the bigger corries. they don't look to be tremendous fish by ability of any ability, yet a shoal of them will pick somewhat extra room than you could grant. those particular corries do making a huge gamble in a 20 gallon tank minimum as corries opt to college with their own type, failing to attain this will bring about unnecessary rigidity on the fish. My peppered corries are round 3 a million/2 inches tip to tail, yet there are a determination of smaller species you may want to guage in case you want corries yet at the prompt are not inevitably connected to this actual type. Pandas are accessible and fairly captivating, as are the tiny pygmaus (yet those might want to be smaller than you pick maxing out at about an inch). Your tank sound very captivating by ability of ways, i love no longer something more beneficial than watching a shoal of tetras go through a tank, and also you probably did nicely to get 5 of them. when you're insistent on conserving the peppered corries then i'd recommend getting some extra as they prefer over crowding to isolation, and per chance interior the destiny evaluate upgrading your tank length. solid success.

  • 1 decade ago

    If I had a cold and sneezed in the same room as you. What are the chances you would get it?

    Have you tested your water lately?

    Declorinated your water?

    Is your tank even cycled properly?

    Have you got adequate matured filtration set up?

    Need more information on your setup.

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  • 1 decade ago

    the cory cats won't be affected by it, neither are discus

    but other fish will

    here is a great article for you guys to read up on, it explains even treatment :)

    http://www.aquarium-pond-answers.com/2007/02/neon-...

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