Tetra has black eyes

[Suhayb]

Why does my tetra have black on its eyes I just bought and I think I got played

 

[Suhayb]

Why does my tetra have black on its eyes I just bought and I think I got played

The body looks inflamed

 

[FishNturt808]

Why does my tetra have black on its eyes I just bought and I think I got played

It’s a color variation of the x-ray/pristella tetra (Pristella maxillaris. And yes I had to look the scientific name up)

 

[Sgooosh]

The body looks inflamed

his gills might look a little bit red because its so small.
give it some good care and it'll grow up

It’s a color variation of the x-ray/pristella tetra (Pristella maxillaris. And yes I had to look the scientific name up)

yeah some already have a bit of black on their eyes, maybe that one just has a lot

 

[FishNturt808]

his gills might look a little bit red because its so small.
give it some good care and it'll grow up


yeah some already have a bit of black on their eyes, maybe that one just has a lot

I looked it up, the black eye/red belly is a color variant. Look up ‘red belly x-ray tetra’. Just a different look to the x-ray, like albino.

 

[GaryE]

It has black eyes for the same reason I have brown ones. Genetics.

It's a selected, fancy for of Pristella - not as nice as the real thing, but very nice as is.

 

[Colin_T]

It has black eyes for the same reason I have brown ones. Genetics.

I have 1 brown eye and 2 grey.

I'm a triclops you weirdos

 

[GaryE]

I have 1 brown eye and 2 grey.

I'm a triclops you weirdos

We're talking about eyes in heads. Eyes on those stalks growing out of our ears are different. I mea, technically, they're on our heads, but.

 

[Sgooosh]

I looked it up, the black eye/red belly is a color variant. Look up ‘red belly x-ray tetra’. Just a different look to the x-ray, like albino.

oh shoot you're right! are those rare?

 

[GaryE]

The wild form has become the rare one. The mutation form is really common around here.

 

[FishNturt808]

oh shoot you're right! are those rare?

I don’t know how rare they are. I ended getting one in a group I bought a year or two ago. It’s black eyes kinda creeped me out. But where I’m at it’s the only one I’d ever seen.

 

[hockeymomwood]

It is a red belly X-ray tetra. I have 6.