Tetra's In Need Of Help

[evilchild]

I had six neon’s but one went belly up and got the royal flush, now the rest of the neon’s seem to hide, I know they like a bigger group as possible and I was think of getting some penguin tetra's, so will these 'bond' with the neon’s as a group or will they stick to there own kind?

Just one other thing my water is quite cloudy even after a water change. (Yesterday) is there any thing I can do to sort this or am I doing some thing wrong? I have put the de-chlorinator in and also some white spot (this is the second one) would this effect the water?

Any advice would be most appreciated.

 

[stang1]

What size tank is it and what are your readings for ammnia, nitrite, nitrate?

 

[evilchild]

it's a 2ft tank my nitrate and a nitrute are low <.03 i think. not sure about the ammnia i need i new tester. all the other fish seem fine just the neon's have gone shy with lack of numbers

 

[stang1]

When you go the lfs next, buy yourself a master liquid test kit as this will help you check your water on a regular basis.
If there is nitrite in your water, then your neons will probably be suffering because of it.
Do a 25-30% water change to help bring the nitrite levels down.
What other fish have you got in the tank?

 

[evilchild]

2 sailfins 4 tiger barbs and 2 cory cats and a plec. i have just ordered a new testerkit so that should be with me in a day or so. i do regular water changes once a week. to try keep the water in a better condtion.

 

[stang1]

It could be that your Tiger Barbs are scaring them as they are an aggressive fish. You could try upping your Barb numbers to about 6-8 as that will ease the aggression.

 

[evilchild]

the barbs don't seem to bother the tetra's that much at all, they seem to swinm around together josling for their own pecking order. i know the tetra are insucrue with low numbers, before they would be all togeather now they seem to be alone all over the tank. thats why i was thinking of upping there numbers.