Mystery... Bug? Alien? Animal?

[McCool]

I looked through the hitchhikers thread and couldn't find out what it was. It really just looks like fish fry, but were discovered in a snail breeding tank with no actual fish....

That's the best picture I could get. They have no color and are semi transparent. I have probably 5 or 10 of them. I imagine they came from my live plants, though all the plants that are in this tank came from my betta tank. They were in the betta tank about a month each..... Any idea?

 

[MBOU]

Looks like a babby fish to me!

Most likely a guppy, platy, molly or swordtail. Got any of those?

 

[McCool]

Looks like a babby fish to me!

Most likely a guppy, platy, molly or swordtail. Got any of those?

No fish in the tank, just snails! The plants came from a tank with a betta, shrimp and two endlerXguppy hybrids, although now the plants have been in the snail tank for about a month now... I really have no clue. They have definitely grown though. At first I just assumed they were some type of water bug or something, but now they look like fish!

 

[DanTheFishMan11]

guppy x endler babies for sure i would imagine

 

[McCool]

guppy x endler babies for sure i would imagine

But I'm not sure how they would have ended up in the snail tank... My endlers are downstairs in a completely different tank I have also never seen babies in their tank and while one is surely a male, the other one has less color but still, no babies. So,I assume they are both males...

 

[chigwellhammer]

I can confirm it is a alien lol

 

[Cupster]

Expect a fed at the door real soon!

 

[McCool]

I can confirm it is a alien lol

Dang. I knew it. *sigh*

Expect a fed at the door real soon!

 

[McCool]

Got another picture...

Still not sure. EndlerXGuppies are livebearers, so its not like they would have laid eggs on the plants.

 

[fluttermoth]

No, but the fry hide in plants and are so tiny when they're newborn they're very easy to miss.

They are definitely livebearer fry, there's no doubt about that whatsoever

 

[McCool]

No, but the fry hide in plants and are so tiny when they're newborn they're very easy to miss.

They are definitely livebearer fry, there's no doubt about that whatsoever

I guess that's the only explanation! I have had them for months now, and am just surprised I haven't seen any in their five gallon.... My betta may be eating them to though. One endler has color and a big guppy tail, and the other is also colored but with a clear small tail. Hm.

Well. I guess I'll have a crap load of babies now! Thanks y'all!

 

[zain611]

I think the fry was on the plant when you took it out you fish tank and putted it in the snail tank

 

[McCool]

So, here's a twist for you!

They are actually Giant Danios.



Somewhere along the line I must have moved some plants around or something. They are shaped just like em and are starting to develop some color!
Guess my group of 8 well now be a group of 10...

 

[fluttermoth]

Well, that's a turn up for the books, isn't it?! So much for my 'they're definitely livebearer fry' statement!