Here Fishy Fishy
Aquarium Advice Apprentice
So I have 5 serpae tetra in a 45g tall tank. I got 3 bleeding hearts yesterday from the lfs. Today I noticed some white on both of the eyes of one of the Bleeding Hearts so I called the store. I plan on taking him back tomorrow but in the mean time I thought I should quarantine him. I have a smaller tank that had 3 guppy and a neon tetra (yes I know I need more than one. He is the last of an old school), So I thought it would be best to move the little guys out of their tank and put them in the big tank for a bit so I could quarantine the Bleeding heart in the smaller tank. The moment I dropped the Neon in the large tank the Serpae starting going at him like crazy. It only took a minute for me to see that I couldn't leave him in there so I took him out and put him back in his tank with the sick fish(I may have stressed him to death). So, now that you have listened to all of that my question is: I was planning on getting 8 or so more neon plus the one I have and adding them to my large tank but now I am worried that I cant do that if the serpae are mean. Can I and a school of neon w/the serpea or is that just going to be a small feeding frenzy again? Also I am planing on adding 2 Blue Rams and 2 Pearl Gourami to that tank. Are the serpae going to stress them out by attacking and nipping all the time?? I am not opposed to finding a different home for the serpae if they are that aggressive. I am not partial to them but my husband likes them. Also I didn't see the Bleeding hearts attacking but will they?