Ive Got Some Magical Neons

[jonny-5]

Hi All,its been a few years since i posted on here so go easy on me

I have had a 2ft tank running for about 7 years,4 of which has had 5 Zebra Danios in it (Yes they are still alive today)
As my tank looked a bit dull so i bought 5 Neon Tetras

After a week 2 of the Neons developed the dreaded NTD (Or so i thought) 1 even had no tail,it had totally gone??
At this point i was going out so i thought first thing in the morning im going to Euthanize them
I got up the next day morning with my bag of ice ready to carry out the task & to my amazement they looked a bit brighter & the white patch in between the tail & body had started to fade. So i gave them the benefit of the doubt(unless they got any worse)
The next day all signs of NTD had gone, they had started to school with the others & the Zebras were chasing them round......this was 6 months ago & they are all alive today with no signs of illness

What i dont understand is that any Neons ive had in the past as soon as NTD shows they are usually dead in 24-48 hours

Just wondering if anyhone else has had a similar thing with any other fishes?

 

[fluttermoth]

Are you sure they hadn't just gone pale for another reason?

Some fish, including neons can develop odd colouration, due to stress, dominance or even lighting.

If I switch the lights on too late in my green neons tank, and they've been in the dark, they've lost all the blue on them and the stripe is a coppery-red colour; they look almost like glowlights. And if one or two of them have been behind the wood, they can be half blue, half copper.

 

[jonny-5]

it was a solid white spot on the last bit of the Neon Stripe where it meets the tail & in the red area near the rear of fish
I have had it in the past so im pretty sure it was that,Obviously it was something else

 

[jonny-5]

Wow i must of been dumb all them years ago......Still am now ?