What type tetra do we have

[rdd1952]

My wife bought tetras near where she works about a week ago but we she didn't ask what they were. They are mainly a whiteish, silver colored and nearly transparent from just behind the gills back to their tail. They have a faint yellow strip on their fins and a faint orange or red tail. On 2 of them the tail is so faintly colored you almost can't tell that the tail has a tint until they turn the right way. They are very pretty. Any idea what kind these are? She hasn't been back to the store to ask them.

 

[Jen]

if you can take a pic of them and post in the picture section I'm sure someone there could tell you in a flash

 

[Ricey]

i think i have some of these.

sliver gill cover and silver stomache, translucent flanks and fins, except the anal fin which is alot bigger with a greyish white stipe on the outer edge. tail is red/orange. they were advertised as bloodfin tetras, but other pics of bloodfins that i have looked at seem to have red dorsals.

 

[rdd1952]

I have tried to take pictures but the yellow on the fins and the orange tail doesn't show up. They almost look like lemon tetras but I know they aren't.

 

[funky1]

Could they be X-ray Tetras,translucent/silver, red on tail, black/yellow stripe on fin, pretty fish.

 

[rdd1952]

It's not an X-Ray. It doesn't have the black stripe. The fins are transparent except for the faint yellow stripe. Even the tail is almost transparent except for the faint orange tint.

 

[endilliteracy]

bleeding heart tetra? I have a very small bleeding heart tetra in my tank.

 

[endilliteracy]

Congo tetra? Does it look like this maybe?

 

[Gill]

Anything From This Page ?

Live Aquaria - Tetras

Or

 

[rdd1952]

Unfortunately, not the congo or anything from the Live Aquaria page. I will try again tonight to get a good picture. As you can probably tell I am new to fish keeping. What is the best way to get good quality pictures? I actually have a cheap underwater digital that someone gave me a couple years ago. The key word there though is "cheap". It doesnt' take very good pictures even not in water. I have tried our regular digital through the glass but haven't had much luck.

 

[smithrc]

Prestilla??

 

[rdd1952]

The Prestilla/X-Ray is close except their tails are only faintly orange, almost undetectible on 2 of the 3. The fins, both dorsal and anal, have the yellow stripe but no black.

 

[smithrc]

sounds like they may have lost their colour due to stress (moving home)

 

[Cheese Specialist]

The Prestilla/X-Ray is close except their tails are only faintly orange, almost undetectible on 2 of the 3. The fins, both dorsal and anal, have the yellow stripe but no black.

Bright orange tails are a sign of a healthy, unstressed and happy pristella. If they have just ,oved they will not have the birhgt orange yet. I have 4 of these, they are great additions to any tank (apart from very small obviously).

 

[rdd1952]

They may be pristellas but I don't think they are stressed. They are very active with the other tetras in the tank and they all eat like a bunch of piranahs. As a matter of fact, I have the light set to come on about 15 minutes before I usually get up and they all look like kids waiting on a Christmas present when I walk in the room. They are all ready for food.