what is my fish

[kevinf]

Hi, I am new here , sorry if I am not suppose to make a new topic....I bought a fish called "purple moutain trout". The salesperson said it was like a danio. It is 3" long (dont know how big it gets, they said not much bigger), it has vertical gold and black strips on its side. Picture attached. It has no visable purple...Can someone help me identify it?

Thanks
Kev

 

[yvez9]

View attachment 30478Hi, I am new here , sorry if I am not suppose to make a new topic....I bought a fish called "purple moutain trout". The salesperson said it was like a danio. It is 3" long (dont know how big it gets, they said not much bigger), it has vertical gold and black strips on its side. Picture attached. It has no visable purple...Can someone help me identify it?

Thanks
Kev

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maybe a glowlight danio? it surely isn't a trout...

 

[kevinf]

View attachment 30478Hi, I am new here , sorry if I am not suppose to make a new topic....I bought a fish called "purple moutain trout". The salesperson said it was like a danio. It is 3" long (dont know how big it gets, they said not much bigger), it has vertical gold and black strips on its side. Picture attached.  It has no visable purple...Can someone help me identify it?

Thanks
Kev

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maybe a glowlight danio? it surely isn't a trout...

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WOW today this fish, still unidentified for certain, jumped about one foot in the air and out of the tank! I got him back in the tank and he seems very tramatized, understandably. I went back to the store and said it was a carp,(inlecypris auropurpureus) but only by a picture in a book, anyone know anything about them? They jump accurately I know now.....I am stressed, he seems to jump and go crazy now, and I have covered the tank to get out all light and calm him down....he got stressed and jumped when I added a plant today.....Perhaps adding decor when fish were new was not smart....any ideas here?
Thanks

 

[The-Wolf]

it does indeed look like an inlecypris auropurpureus Lake inle rasbora is the common name I know them as.
they do best in 22-24c which is the temperature of Lake Inle in Myanmar
expect then to reach 10cm.

how many do you have, as they are a schooloing fish and as such should be kept in groups.

 

[CFC]

Devario pathirana

 

[The-Wolf]

Devario pathirana

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Nope the body is too slim-linned and D.pathirana max out at 2.36".
as the OP stated the fish is currently 3" it is not that.
also D.pathiranas' bars are not that well defined, in comparrison to
I.auropurpureus

Trust me CFC it is not a danio

 

[Lateral Line]

>>> "purple moutain trout"

That's creative isn't it, gotta love those common names. Not purple, not from mountains and not a trout.

I would tend to agree with Wolf, Inlecypris auropurpureus, often called an Inle Rasbora.

 

[kevinf]

it does indeed look like an inlecypris auropurpureus Lake inle rasbora is the common name I know them as.
they do best in 22-24c which is the temperature of Lake Inle in Myanmar
expect then to reach 10cm.

how many do you have, as they are a schooloing fish and as such should be kept in groups.

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I only have two and the store still has about 3-4 more perhaps I should get them to allow for a small school? (That is if "jummpy" survies his minor wound) he does have a mark on his side now....My tank is about 25C, too hot ? or is one degree above optimum ok? in the tank also:sailfin molly, albino cory, one lone red eye tetra, one white cloud minow....21gallon with 50g of filtration + lots of live plants...

 

[funkybodal]

I'm pretty sure Wolf is right in saying it's an Inlecypris auropurpureus. Some good pics here

Wouldn't do any harm to pick some more.

 

[The-Wolf]

I only have two and the store still has about 3-4 more perhaps I should get them to allow for a small school? (That is if "jummpy" survies his minor wound) he does have a mark on his side now....My tank is about 25C, too hot ? or is one degree above optimum ok? in the tank also:sailfin molly, albino cory, one lone red eye tetra, one white cloud minow....21gallon with 50g of filtration + lots of live plants...

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+/-one degree won't make much difference.

I'd also point out that WCMMs and red eye tetras are also schooling fish. I'd say 5 min as a school, and corys are gregarious so 3 of them would be better than one.
This will overstock your tank, so you need to decide which to keep and which to
re-home.

I have a concern over the length of your tank (not stated) but I doubt it is 30"+
which would be the min I'd keep these rasboras in. this is proberbly why he is jumping; not enough space to swim fast.