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On Sunday, I got 10 black neons at the LFS and put them in QT. The species looks really nice, but they were very stressed at the LFS. All but 2 are already dead. Are black neons hard to keep, or is it just poor quality from the LFS?
Yes. The LFS has a 14 day money back guarantee. I wouldn't have bought them otherwise. Any experience with black neons? Are they a nice fish? They sure look pretty.
I have some black neons, I kept them for several months. They are like regular neons, not the most difficult but certainly not the easiest of fish to keep.
I have had great success with regular neons, but two things attracted me to the black neons: Being bigger than regular neons and thus more immune to being eaten by angels, and having the unique black coloration with the black and stripe.