GuppyGuy333
Aquarium Advice Activist
Hey everyone, I have some neon tetras and I just had some questions about neon tetra disease. I don't think any of mine had it but it doesn't hurt to be prepared. The info I found online is kind of vague.
How long does it take before it starts showing visible signs/symptoms in the fish? How long is its incubation period?
How long does it usually take to kill a fish? Doe it vary?
I read that it is incurable so if you dose a tank with meds would it slow its progress? make the fish last longer only to eventually still die from the disease or even make it healthy enough to continue to spread said disease.
It says that infected tetras will often be by themselves, so if more than one are infected would that mean you would see two distinct groups of tetras? for instance If I had ten tetras and 5 were infected would they all try to seperate themselves from each other so i would have one group of five (the uninfected) and five guys that are separate even from eachother or would the infected form an infected school/group/shoal of their own?
I would appreciate people that have had experience with this to let me know how they dealt with it, but all help/advice is appreciated. Thanks in advance!
How long does it take before it starts showing visible signs/symptoms in the fish? How long is its incubation period?
How long does it usually take to kill a fish? Doe it vary?
I read that it is incurable so if you dose a tank with meds would it slow its progress? make the fish last longer only to eventually still die from the disease or even make it healthy enough to continue to spread said disease.
It says that infected tetras will often be by themselves, so if more than one are infected would that mean you would see two distinct groups of tetras? for instance If I had ten tetras and 5 were infected would they all try to seperate themselves from each other so i would have one group of five (the uninfected) and five guys that are separate even from eachother or would the infected form an infected school/group/shoal of their own?
I would appreciate people that have had experience with this to let me know how they dealt with it, but all help/advice is appreciated. Thanks in advance!
