Posted: Fri May 03, 2013 11:07 pm Re: Fish !
Within a few weeks of my son first getting his, we put in three black neon tetras in the 20 gallon long with a less than 1" turtle. One didn't make it because of unfamiliarity with tank cycling when I changed filters.
Once we moved to a 55 gallon tank, the two black neons moved with her* and we added 7 neon tetras. All was fine for months until the one day there were 6 neons. I figured maybe a death that became food. Two days later, there were 4 neons and they got moved to the refugium. The black neons stayed. Five months later, they are still there.
The tank is in the basement. I had gone down one morning without turning the overhead lights on to grab laundry from the dryer that I needed that day. I was there when the tank lights turned on from the timer. I swear I saw one of the black neons swimming in front of Tobi*, almost teasing, and Tobi making half-hearted signs of snapping at it. But Tobi never really went after it.
I don't know. Maybe having grown up with them from the time the fish were bigger than she was means they aren't really prey? I hold no illusions that will remain the status quo.
*my son named the turtle Toby, and we've always called it "him." We're not at 4" yet, but I'm pretty certain he is a she. This is the first time I've used the feminine to refer to her here and the first time I've used the feminine spelling.
Tobi a RES born in 2012
1 dog, 1 teenager, 3 aquariums filled with fish, snails, shrimp and a bit of algae
