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[kerri71]

hi all i am trying to find things out about some of thie fish i have, and there are some i cant ifnd on here for one i have a tetra and the pet store told me it was called a long fin serpea well i cant find it on the web, i am trying to find out how to tell the male from the female on them and also on the headlite tail lite ones to ....and i got two mixed berry tetra i know that there is die in them and i cant find them either is that the true names of these fish?? and also when the females get pregant one any fish like dalmation mollies or tetras do they all have the dark spot near the back side any one help..... kerrishannon71

 

[SJ2K]

Well you seem to have got the names right long fin serpae will have similar male/female charateristics as the regular serpae tetra.

I wouldnt worry too much about distinguishing between tetra sex's though, its very uncommon for them to breed in private aquaria, livebearers will have whats known as a gravid spot (black spot) when there carrying fry, they'll also get clearly very fat

The 'mixed berry tetra' will infact be dyed fish, you wont find a whole lot on them because it depends on which species has been dyed. These forms of fish arnt promoted atall around here due to the inhumane way in which there formed.

Anymore questions?

 

[kerri71]

thanks for ur help, i am new and i got a ten gallon tank with guppies and glo lite and neon ones in it then i have a 30 gallon with a bala shark, and 2 pristilla tetra, and one cat fish and 2 of the serpea tetra, and 2 blood fin tetra and 2 bix berry , and 2 black widow tetra, and 2 greeen sword tail amd 2 dalmtaion mollie and 2 lemon tetra and 2 head lite tail lite

Well you seem to have got the names right long fin serpae will have similar male/female charateristics as the regular serpae tetra.

I wouldnt worry too much about distinguishing between tetra sex's though, its very uncommon for them to breed in private aquaria, livebearers will have whats known as a gravid spot (black spot) when there carrying fry, they'll also get clearly very fat

The 'mixed berry tetra' will infact be dyed fish, you wont find a whole lot on them because it depends on which species has been dyed. These forms of fish arnt promoted atall around here due to the inhumane way in which there formed.

Anymore questions?

 

[SJ2K]

Ok well as your new I appreciate theres alot to take in there seems to be 1/2 things that really stand out to me which I think you could benefit from.

1) All species of tetra need to be in groups of atleast 5-6 (that means 6 neons, 6 lemon etc).

2) Bala sharks can gete up to 16" long and need a tank of around 6ft

Theres a few other points but there some that just stick out to me at first.