One of the most popular aquarium fish is the neon . In a natural habitat, they prefer slow flow or standing water. These are calm, peace-loving schooling fish, which are very easy to keep in an aquarium. They are unpretentious and beautiful. But many novice aquarists are interested in who the fish are getting along with the neon, since it is not unusual for larger individuals to eat them. If you want to get a neon, you need to know what conditions they need. After all, their activity and life expectancy will depend on it.
Neon fish - maintenance and care
Try to maximize the conditions of their content to the natural. The water temperature should vary from 18 to 28 degrees, the lighting should not be bright, it is desirable to create shaded areas. These fish like a large number of living plants, hanging roots, snags, rocks and other shelters. Most often they swim in the water column.
Neon are playful and active, but are peace-loving. Because of their small size, they grow to 4 centimeters, and they can become a prey for larger and more aggressive fish. Therefore, before you settle many different species in your aquarium, learn which fish get along with the neon. In addition, consider the fact that they like to live in packs, and very many individuals settle in one aquarium, especially small, undesirable.
The content of neon with other fish
Choose them the same peace-loving neighbors. Best of all, they get along with bottom fish, for example, with catfishes. They live each in their own space and do not interfere with each other. Such neighborhood is also useful because neonas eat food only in the water column, and the fallen ones are not picked up. So that it does not pollute the water, we need such individuals that live on the bottom, for example, the panda corridors. Good compatibility of neon fish is also with guppies, zebrafish or minors.