dirrtybirdy

CmLAracy, I thought about that but in a dark tank id rather have something a little more flashy and that will stand out in the dark tank. do you have a link to amano's biotope?

intermediate_noob

I had a group of 10 green neons and all but two of them died so I decided to get a group of 20 or so cardinals. They all school together and I can only tell them apart in the right light. Honestly, I think that you will find that they both will look very much the same in the tank. Just my two cents.

dirrtybirdy

interesting.

here are pics for reference




how do you think half and half would look?

intermediate_noob

Wow, take a look at this page.

http://www.mikofish.com/subpage1.html

That is how the ones I had looked. And wow, I wish I would have found that page like two years ago! I know where my night will be spent. Does that make me a fish geek?

Also, I forgot to ask. Where did you get your leaves?

stewy098

wow wish i lived near there i would probably go there everyday lol and dirrtybirdy what are the 1st pic of neons

dirrtybirdy

its a green neon tetra. the red is not as dominant as cardinals or regular neons.


that video is awesome. i wish i had a river full of cardinals =P

dirrtybirdy

awesome! i added 1 cardinal and 1 gold tetra and theyre following each other around. im guessing they like it! i cant wait for my filter!!

bratyboy2

wow that video was so neat very inspiring to me that i had to save it to my favorites lol.

dirrty~that sounds cool a love the carinals...the others just dont look that great to me in any picture. and when did you decide on gold tetras?

dirrtybirdy

lol i had several gold tetras in my planted tank a while back. i took them out and put them in a tank at my gfs house and this one was left over as was the cardinal. they were the hardeset to catch so i left them alone.

im starting to think they actually like this tank alot better than the planted tank. ive never seen the cardinal tetra with so much red. they dont hide like they did in the planted tank. they actually chase each other around throught he twisted driftwood. i can only imagine how 40-50 would look like swimming around chasing each other.

so i finally got some current in the water and it cleared up the cloudiness. took some pics




i added two more almond leaves cause i want the water to be a little bit more tea'ish. what do you guys think? am i making progress?

bratyboy2

looks good to me!!! i thought you were putting a black back ground on the tank? i think the cardinals will look great once the tank is done....are still debating on plants at this point? if anything with the low light i would add some of those red fox tail plants that petsmart sells or anypet store does i think they would look neat.(im meaning the fake plastic ones you wont know the differience)