Neons - Aquarium Advice

cheezysquirrelz · 08-10-2004, 05:32 PM

I bought some neon tetras at petsupermarket a while back. Their gills look like someone took their fingernail and pulled them foward, they have been like this since I bought them. You can see the red inside if looking at them from the side, is this normal?

Madame_X · 08-10-2004, 11:08 PM

Hmmm... I might suspect some kind of gill damage. Prolonged exposure to ammonia, maybe? I don't think they should really stick out. I don't have any neons but my black phantom tetras aren't like that.

How long have you had them?

kenor33 · 08-10-2004, 11:18 PM

It's not normal

something has their gills extremely inflamed. I would suspect the water first.

cheezysquirrelz · 08-11-2004, 07:28 PM

My water is fine. They were like that when I bought them. It was like a month.

Madame_X · 08-11-2004, 07:47 PM

They were probably in poor conditions at the store, then. If they seem okay, they'll probably survive but their lifespan may have been reduced.

dsmalls · 08-12-2004, 12:26 AM

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Originally Posted by Madame_X

they'll probably survive but their lifespan may have been reduced.

Yeah, it'll be reduced from 20 minutes to 10! I never had any luck with those buggers.

Aquafriend · 08-12-2004, 01:40 AM

A long time ago when I got my neons, one of them (out of the 6) had the same thing you're talking about. I can see a red strip where the gills are, like the flap is partially gone or pulled forward or something. I bought him that way as well. Anyway, he's still as healthy as can be, and I've never had a problem or worry about him, and I've had those guys for ages. So I wouldn't worry about it if he's acting fine. Who knows what causes it, since it happens before we get them, but I know for sure it hasn't affected my guys health.

newaridiar · 08-12-2004, 03:01 AM

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I bought some neon tetras at petsupermarket a while back

I wouldn't be suprised if they were damaged by someone who didn't have a clue what they were doing, last month I was at a WalMart in NY and I saw that there were two chiclids in a tank with mollies and I told teh person working there that the fish were in the wrong tanks b/c of water conditions (brackish vs. [acronym:bd7b5ee67c="Freshwater"]FW[/acronym:bd7b5ee67c] etc.,) and aggression. When my sister said the chiclids would eat the small mollies, the guy said "That'd be cool, I'd like to see those fish fight"

Then my mom wouldn't let me complain to the manager b/c she was worried he would lose his job

08-10-2004, 05:32 PM	#1
cheezysquirrelz Aquarium Advice Freak Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: Georgia Posts: 357	Neons I bought some neon tetras at petsupermarket a while back. Their gills look like someone took their fingernail and pulled them foward, they have been like this since I bought them. You can see the red inside if looking at them from the side, is this normal?

08-10-2004, 11:08 PM	#2
Madame_X Aquarium Advice FINatic Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Mesa, AZ Posts: 580 Images: 14	Hmmm... I might suspect some kind of gill damage. Prolonged exposure to ammonia, maybe? I don't think they should really stick out. I don't have any neons but my black phantom tetras aren't like that. How long have you had them? __________________ 55 Gallon Cichlid Tank--1 Pseudotropheus Polit, 1 Neolamprologus Leleupi, 2 Synodontis Petricolas, 2 Clown Plecos (Starting over after columnaris wiped out most of my cichlids... sigh) 30 Gallon Oceanic Cube, Heavily Planted--3 Bolivian Rams, 3 Marble Hatchets, 2 Black Phantom Tetras, 1 Bristlenose Pleco, 3 Otocinclus, 2 Upside-Down Catfish, 5 Amano Shrimp 29 Gallon, Moderately Planted--1 South American Puffer, 3 Pearl Danios, 1 Peppermint Pleco, 1 Frogmouth Pleco, 1 Pitbull Pleco, 3 Otocinclus Catfish, Ghost Shrimp 12 Gallon Eclipse System--2 Neolamprologus Brichardi

08-10-2004, 11:18 PM	#3
kenor33 Aquarium Advice Activist Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: Cartersville Georgia Posts: 155	It's not normal something has their gills extremely inflamed. I would suspect the water first. __________________ Gotta Love the Little Wet Pets.

08-11-2004, 07:47 PM	#5
Madame_X Aquarium Advice FINatic Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Mesa, AZ Posts: 580 Images: 14	They were probably in poor conditions at the store, then. If they seem okay, they'll probably survive but their lifespan may have been reduced. __________________ 55 Gallon Cichlid Tank--1 Pseudotropheus Polit, 1 Neolamprologus Leleupi, 2 Synodontis Petricolas, 2 Clown Plecos (Starting over after columnaris wiped out most of my cichlids... sigh) 30 Gallon Oceanic Cube, Heavily Planted--3 Bolivian Rams, 3 Marble Hatchets, 2 Black Phantom Tetras, 1 Bristlenose Pleco, 3 Otocinclus, 2 Upside-Down Catfish, 5 Amano Shrimp 29 Gallon, Moderately Planted--1 South American Puffer, 3 Pearl Danios, 1 Peppermint Pleco, 1 Frogmouth Pleco, 1 Pitbull Pleco, 3 Otocinclus Catfish, Ghost Shrimp 12 Gallon Eclipse System--2 Neolamprologus Brichardi

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08-11-2004, 07:28 PM	#4
cheezysquirrelz Aquarium Advice Freak Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: Georgia Posts: 357	My water is fine. They were like that when I bought them. It was like a month.

08-12-2004, 01:40 AM	#7
Aquafriend Aquarium Advice Regular Join Date: May 2004 Location: British Columbia, Canada Posts: 97	A long time ago when I got my neons, one of them (out of the 6) had the same thing you're talking about. I can see a red strip where the gills are, like the flap is partially gone or pulled forward or something. I bought him that way as well. Anyway, he's still as healthy as can be, and I've never had a problem or worry about him, and I've had those guys for ages. So I wouldn't worry about it if he's acting fine. Who knows what causes it, since it happens before we get them, but I know for sure it hasn't affected my guys health.

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