Interesting news.

[mac]

Hey guys,

Just thought I would let you know about Neon Tetras and NZ.

I hear a lot of people talk about NTD with Tetras. But IMO it is quite rare to ever get it in NZ. I have had it once. And the fish all came from a very run down pet shop.

Any way I did some large amounts of researching. And it is apparently one thing that all large chain and large and small fish shops, a general rule they have to Quarantine all fish for 4 months. And another fact is they get a lot of local bread Neons.

And all of them say NTD is hardly ever seen. May be out of a years worth of Neons they might get 100 or so die of NTD.

Any way that is all I have found out. I just know that in NZ we don't get NTD much.

mac

[Neon]

Hi Mac , I got Neons , what is it Ntd ? Neon tetra disease ? how u recognize it ? thank you

[Aeonflame]

there was this neon in my school that i noticed has a twisted spine, so i took him out.. i thought it mus be NTD... then after a week in quarantine with no treatment, none of his colors were faded. I then thought it must be fish tb... but he lived a month more in quarantine, eating , and obviously nervous without his school.

Its now been a month that I added him back to the tank.. yeah i took a gamble on him! hes doing everything that a neon should do.. I'll just chalk up the twisted spine to a birth defect

[Deleted User]

I had read, too, that it is actually very rare and many (most?) times when people think they've got it in their fish, it is really something else.

[mac]

Really IMO it is more likely not NTD that people get but some other type of problem. Like internal parasites. BUt mind you I do see it from time to time. Just not as much as other diseases.

I guess it all comes down to the quality of the fish, and the suppliers and how they are treated in transit.

Here is a link on NTD for those who are interested.

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mac