Neon Posted June 5, 2008 Report Share Posted June 5, 2008 Hi. I got up this morning and was tidying up the kitchen bench, picked something up and it was a dried-up neon tetra. I feel so bad for not noticing it had jumped out of the tank On the plus side, on Wednesday I found out that the reason my dwarf flag cichlids had been terrorising the other tank mates was that they had some tiny babies they were protecting. So exciting - my first cichlid fry! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Afrikan Posted June 5, 2008 Report Share Posted June 5, 2008 Awesome Neon, sad to hear about your neon doing the houdini on you.. however, you couldn't have bred a better little cichlid! They are fantastic Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Caryl Posted June 5, 2008 Report Share Posted June 5, 2008 Are the cichlids in the same tank as the neons? Might explain the jump :roll: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Caper Posted June 5, 2008 Report Share Posted June 5, 2008 Caryl wrote: Are the cichlids in the same tank as the neons? Might explain the jump Suicide or just trying to find a different tank and resulted in death! Sorry to hear about your neon ...Neon, good luck with the babies! Caper Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Afrikan Posted June 5, 2008 Report Share Posted June 5, 2008 We keep Dwarf Flag Cichlids in with tetras and they are fine and dandy, they are a very peaceful little cichlid... yet the spawning may have had them chase a neon off and it's travelled just a bit too far? :lol: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ryanjury Posted June 5, 2008 Report Share Posted June 5, 2008 Sorry to hear about your neon.. Happy to hear about your flag's they're cool fish im hoping to get some one day, have you got any photo's? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ira Posted June 5, 2008 Report Share Posted June 5, 2008 His girlfriend probably dumped him, he was getting bad grades in his neon school, his parents don't understand him...So he jumped. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Caryl Posted June 5, 2008 Report Share Posted June 5, 2008 Or maybe.................... he was pushed Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HaNs Posted June 5, 2008 Report Share Posted June 5, 2008 Murder? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Neon Posted June 6, 2008 Author Report Share Posted June 6, 2008 Hehe I have to say, dried up fish look very sad! They're actually in different tanks. The neons are in with an apistogramma, BN and gourami. I've had a neon jump out before so maybe it did really have a death wish. The dwarf flag cichlids are in a slightly bigger tank with a mix of fish. They are cool fish. Much better colours than in the fish shop. I've only had them for about a month so I'm stoked they bred so soon. Any idea how to look after the fry? Or do I just leave the parents to it? I have some photos but they're not very good :oops: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Afrikan Posted June 6, 2008 Report Share Posted June 6, 2008 If they are good parents Neon, then I would leave them to do the job Just watch out if there are others in the tank, would hate the babes to get targeted or mum and dad to stress or start nailing things that come to close... Would love to see some pics, I have some Dwarf Flag Cichlids too, and they are fantastic, and beautiful colouring as you say 8) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Neon Posted June 6, 2008 Author Report Share Posted June 6, 2008 They're in a 130L tank with quite a few other fish but seem to be doing okay so far. The female is a dark black/purple colour and keeps chasing away other fish that come too close (without injuring them as far as I can tell) Do you have pics of yours Afrikan? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Afrikan Posted June 6, 2008 Report Share Posted June 6, 2008 I am yet to get pics but ummm had a mishap with the camera last night and pushed the port in where cord clicks in :lol: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Neon Posted June 6, 2008 Author Report Share Posted June 6, 2008 Oops :oops: Is it broken? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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