Mystery fish

[Auratus]

There are jumbo neons which get 2 inches. Maybe it's a cardinal tetra?!?! Go to aquahobby.com they have list of tetras with common and scientific names. Maybe you can find a pic there.

 

[Nix]

?huh?

 

[ryan]

I would have said from the pic it looks like a neon with neon tetra disease, where the top half of the body becomes a pale grey colour.

i agree. it is a neon. and don't forget they can grow up to 2.5 inches normally 1.5. are you others small or new. IT IS A NEON

 

[Nix]

ok ive said it over and over its body is way to flat to be a neon

 

[Auratus]

Hehe, that's why I am living in a box!!! They cost sooo much money. I do have a lot of pets but I spend every moment with them. My current project is trying to get pics of the fish and of my gecko but they dont want to be models for me!

But with the neon thing, if it's not a neon it has to be some sort of tetra. Maybe it's just a male, that's why it's so skinny. Or if it does have a disease that could be causing the thinness.

 

[Nix]

it's not real sickly thin i think ,it doent indent its just a flatter bodies fish i feed em good and yes i have always thought it was a tetra. Do the neon tetras we usaually get all female or males. like Auratus it may be a differnt sex neon than the torditional one which makes sense. Do neon males and neon felmaes look diffent?

 

[Nix]

*bump*

 

[pjeff]

I am thinking that it is a cardinal tetra

 

[Nix]

bump

 

[Cian McLiam]

Female neon tetras are quite a bit bulkier than the males, also I think its the males that have a thicker hook like first ray on the anal fin, it looks a bit whiter than the rest...

Ken

 

[Shark_Lover]

It might be old.

 

[CFC]

It is a mature female neon, no doubts about it.

 

[Auratus]

Since you are so set on the fact that it's NOT a neon then get a neon and put it in with him and see what happens.... and take a pic so we can see the size difference.

 

[Nix]

i already have neons thats why i dont think its not.