Help With Skirt Tetra

[tonyandlisa1]

tetra what sort do i have help please here is a brief description it looks like the black widow tetras shape it has a silver body the dorsal fin.tail pectoral fin and skirt are red and he has a neon stripe on his back from head to tail i hope you can help please

 

[fluttermoth]

It sounds like an albino skirt tetra that's been injected with dye. This is painful for the fish (lots die during the process) and I wouldn't buy any more; actually, I'd complain to the shop, especially as you didn't know that it was dyed

Skirt tetras are a shoaling fish, so you sohuld keep it with (hopefully!) some normal coloured ones. The dye will fade eventually and it'll go back to being white (if it lives that long).

 

[three-fingers]

Just answered in the other thread. Yours is not the dyed version, so no worries .

 

[fluttermoth]

Just answered in the other thread. Yours is not the dyed version, so no worries .

That thread is by a different poster, three-fingers

 

[three-fingers]

Just realised this, sorry!

 

[Mark Z.]

Columbian tetra?

 

[tonyandlisa1]

Columbian tetra?

hi thanks for letting me know i have only one of these as i was in a tank at my local lfs with white widow tetra and one green tiger barb so i got that aswell not a bad price £7 for 4 white widows a green tiger barb and that Columbian tetra and that Columbian tetra colour is bright and bold so thanks once again

 

[Mark Z.]

Columbian tetra?

hi thanks for letting me know i have only one of these as i was in a tank at my local lfs with white widow tetra and one green tiger barb so i got that aswell not a bad price £7 for 4 white widows a green tiger barb and that Columbian tetra and that Columbian tetra colour is bright and bold so thanks once again

Glad to help! I like the Columbian tetras, they have good color.

Mark