Bought Plant, Baby Fishy In Bag !

[Faythee]

I bought plants today and noticed the bag appeared to be leaking, so while in car I took a look and noticed a little fish in there ! I raced home and there was hardly any water left in the bag. I put it in this liitle tank with a bubbler and water from my other tank. It appears to be healthy. What do I feed it and how do I care for it ? Anyone know what it is ? Why does this stuff happen to me ! I don't know what to do with it

 

[Mikaila31]

Looks like a male feeder guppy to me. You could keep it, he would be fine on his own. Or you could take him back if you don't want him.

 

[ALEXF]

i would be happy if places would give me free lil fish good luck.

 

[Faythee]

It's too cute to be a feeder. Oh my. It does look like a guppy.
What do I feed it ?

 

[Tolak]

It will do good on finely crushed flake. Must have wanted out bad, hitching a ride on a plant.

 

[TylerFerretLord]

I agree- Definitely a guppy or related fish. I can make out a gonopodium.

Feed it crushed flake, baby brine shrimp and other small, nutritious foods.

 

[Mikaila31]

Yeah most of the feed guppies around here look like that. I've always though they where kinda cute. I'm not sure how big they get, but I've never see a male bigger than an inch.

I would of wanted out of there too .

 

[kribensis12]

^ feeder guppies males are real small, but i know a man who puts his guppies out in the summer in a pond and they get up to 6 inches , he told me its because the pond has all the antural foods in it that the guppy needs. I have yet to see one for myslef, but supposedly he's got tons.

 

[loachman]

^ feeder guppies males are real small, but i know a man who puts his guppies out in the summer in a pond and they get up to 6 inches , he told me its because the pond has all the antural foods in it that the guppy needs. I have yet to see one for myslef, but supposedly he's got tons.

Somehow I don't believe him.

 

[Faythee]

Well I don't know what I am going to do with this little guy. He will get eaten in my other tanks.

Can you keep like 5 guppies in a 3 gallon tank or somthing ? I don't have the time for maintance on anything much bigger than that. Oh dear......another tank.

 

[TylerFerretLord]

You could always raise him and then give him back.

Keeping that many in a smallish tank is overstocking it, but if you do weekly water changes it might be able to be done. Get all males though- Female put out too many babies.

 

[aaronnorth]

It's an endlers livebearer (Poecilia wingei) It is like the guppy's 'cousin' and it is rare, the one you have is a male, females are a grey/ gold colour. It will cross breed with guppies so try not to keep them with guppies to save hybridisation.

It may be an orange spot endler but hard to tell until full colour is shown. All endlers are rare.

 

[Faythee]

It's an endlers livebearer (Poecilia wingei) It is like the guppy's 'cousin' and it is rare, the one you have is a male, females are a grey/ gold colour. It will cross breed with guppies so try not to keep them with guppies to save hybridisation.

It may be an orange spot endler but hard to tell until full colour is shown. All endlers are rare.

I got a free "rare" fishy ? COOL

 

[Mikaila31]

I don't agree, if anything it's more of a wild guppy than and endler. All the petstores around me sell these guys as feeder guppies. Endlers are much harder to find, but I wouldn't consider them rare in the US, just a hours drive away. Female feeder guppies get very large compared to the males.

 

[Faythee]

I looked at pics and I do believe it is an Endler which is a type of Guppy. Yes you can buy them in the USA. I looked them up on Liveaquaria. They only sell males. Thanks though.....now I know what I have !