Countrylovin4evr
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So I have a 30 gal tank planted. I have a nice chunk of Christmas moss and I know that it likes temps best around 77F. I have Neon and Black Neon tetras in the tank. 7-8 of each. Not the biggest of school but seems to be what I can keep in there without losing one. Every time I add 2 I lose one of either species to something or another.. last time was a bout with ick thanks to purchasing sick fish and stupidly not have quarenteen tank.
So I'm still nervous about ick and having temps too low but I don't want them too high either. I used to keep my tanks around 80 because I never had sick fish when I did, and I noticed during the ick treatments my neons came out more with warmer temps. But my christmas moss suffered and was not as neat as I like the leaves so I lowered back to 78ish now that all are well. I have added floating plants to shade parts of tank for neons thinking that might help. ANd it doesn't matter how many I have of the neons they hide all the time. In a pretty green tank I can barely see them even with my dark substrate and green background. My black neons and glo fish of course come out and see them easily. Should I up the temp a bit and try to find a happy medium for fish and moss? What would work best? Any experience with neons liking it warmer? My moss has recovered well since I also had salt in tank for ick cureing and all plants took a hit... but saved all my fish cept for 2 that I bought sick. So whoo hoo!!
Note that I also have cories and somewhere some otos that hide in the christmas moss a lot and on my driftwood.
So I'm still nervous about ick and having temps too low but I don't want them too high either. I used to keep my tanks around 80 because I never had sick fish when I did, and I noticed during the ick treatments my neons came out more with warmer temps. But my christmas moss suffered and was not as neat as I like the leaves so I lowered back to 78ish now that all are well. I have added floating plants to shade parts of tank for neons thinking that might help. ANd it doesn't matter how many I have of the neons they hide all the time. In a pretty green tank I can barely see them even with my dark substrate and green background. My black neons and glo fish of course come out and see them easily. Should I up the temp a bit and try to find a happy medium for fish and moss? What would work best? Any experience with neons liking it warmer? My moss has recovered well since I also had salt in tank for ick cureing and all plants took a hit... but saved all my fish cept for 2 that I bought sick. So whoo hoo!!
Note that I also have cories and somewhere some otos that hide in the christmas moss a lot and on my driftwood.