Red Spot Glass Cardinal fish

[Cleo642]

I see these all the time on Divers Den, and I am sure they are a great starter fish. Does anyone have these, or has experience with them?

 

[Oscaror]

remind me of neon tetras. Look pretty cool, how big do they get?

 

[Cleo642]

remind me of neon tetras. Look pretty cool, how big do they get?

1 1\2" and live aquaria always sells them in groups of five.

 

[Smite]

I kept a group of 10 in my 66g that I got from divers den. They stay under 2" and will actually school/free swim. In my experience they aren't aggressive to one another. Unfortunately I lost the group to a velvet outbreak in my DT. Before that I lost 1 by it jumping out.

Since I have tried a group of 17 from my LFS.......1 survived. I tried 2 from another LFS neither survived qt. They have a reputation of being difficult and I believe it's from not being collected well.

Once I get some funds I plan on ordering another group of 10 from DD to accompany my lone survivor. That is the only source I would attempt them from again.

 

[Daniel@R2R Verified Admin]

@melev just bought a lot of them, and I think @chopsie has kept them as well. Maybe they'll chime in. I definitely want some of these in my next tank.

 

[Cleo642]

I kept a group of 10 in my 66g that I got from divers den. They stay under 2" and will actually school/free swim. In my experience they aren't aggressive to one another. Unfortunately I lost the group to a velvet outbreak in my DT. Before that I lost 1 by it jumping out.

Since I have tried a group of 17 from my LFS.......1 survived. I tried 2 from another LFS neither survived qt. They have a reputation of being difficult and I believe it's from not being collected well.

Once I get some funds I plan on ordering another group of 10 from DD to accompany my lone survivor. That is the only source I would attempt them from again.

I plan on trying a group from DD one a day, I was thinking they would like the first fish to go in the tank, whenever that finally happens. They do seem like tetras.

 

[GOSKN5]

I had a group of 5 once from DD and like so many others they just seemed to dissappear... 1 by 1 until I had no more over about 6 months time or so... they are really pretty and natural looking in a reef... but seem to be short lived

 

[melev]

Mine were acclimated tonight, and I'm just waiting for the 60g to finally finish cycling. I was going to put them in my reef originally, but then I started to worry my wrasses might decided they are delicious. And the Sebae seems to like to eat fish... so they are in holding right now...

 

[eatbreakfast]

The store I work at had them in a couple of displays a few years ago. They need multiple feedings a day, a few would die on holidays when nobody came in to feed. They are quite peaceful and would school well. Lifespan seems to be around 9-12 months.

 

[reefwiser]

Cute little fish glad they made it with the cold weather Mark.

 

[Cleo642]

The store I work at had them in a couple of displays a few years ago. They need multiple feedings a day, a few would die on holidays when nobody came in to feed. They are quite peaceful and would school well. Lifespan seems to be around 9-12 months.

They do seem like neon tetras, I had some in freshwater tanks. One by one they would slowly die off. I still want to try them though.

 

[melev]

Here they are.

 

[Cleo642]

Here they are.

They are pretty, little fish.

 

[Dendro Dude]

+1 Reminds me so much of neon tetras☺

 

[dodgerblew]

More like a reverse rummynose

 

[Cleo642]

More like a reverse rummynose

Yeah, that's true. I would a rummynose is more resilient, but they say under the right conditions a neon can live like 10-15 years. Just the time I tried to keep some they didn't work out that well. But I think a couple of them had neon tetra disease.

 

[Tyler D]

I have had three survivors from a five-lot purchased from DD since 12/2015. All three are still going strong and I contemplate adding more every time I see them pop up on DD... a great (low bioload) addition to any reef IMO.

 

[Cleo642]

I have had three survivors from a five-lot purchased from DD since 12/2015. All three are still going strong and I contemplate adding more every time I see them pop up on DD... a great (low bioload) addition to any reef IMO.

I wonder why they die of so easily? Maybe a short life span.

 

[eatbreakfast]

I wonder why they die of so easily? Maybe a short life span.

Partly short lifespan, partly delicate shippers, partly high metabolic need.

 

[4FordFamily]

Yeah, that's true. I would a rummynose is more resilient, but they say under the right conditions a neon can live like 10-15 years. Just the time I tried to keep some they didn't work out that well. But I think a couple of them had neon tetra disease.

With neon tetras, soft, clean water was the trick! Once I used RO I kept them for years! :)

Also, nice fish I too see these all the time!:)