What's this fish?

[BLUE FIN]

Does anyone know if this is a Tetra? (Maybe Ornate tetra) or is it something else?

 

[Alien Anna]

Definitely a tetra (it has 4 fins plus tail) but I don't know what sort. I hope its not a dyed one

 

[ghostknife]

That is a white widow it is a colour morph of the black widow tetra.
I have seen them in a few pet shops and aquatic shops around my area. you keep them the same way you keep black widows or any other tetra.

hope this helps

ghostknife

 

[KimmyFishy89]

Looks like a painted tetra. A fish injected with dye to give it that un natural color

 

[canis_lupus]

i agree with kimmy. i think u can get those artificially dyed in blue and pink

 

[juanveldez]

I disagree with kimmy that is no painted tetra like I have ever seen. I have seen them sold as fruit tetras. but I also think that it is a morph of a black skirt tetra

 

[FishBazzar]

I agree with ghost and juan. Painted fish don't look like that.

 

[BLUE FIN]

Thanks for your replies.

I have done some research and do believe that these are White skirt Tetras as suggetsed above a morph of the black skirt. With regards to these fish being dyed...I bought 4 yesterday and they have identical markings/colours( a kind of pinky orange) and although i do not know the back ground of these fish i am almost 100% sure the colours are natural

 

[Nix]

yeah that is what they look like before or if they dont dye them. I have two of them with my black skirts i think the albino black skirts but i dunno

 

[pondfreak4365]

I've been seeing a lot of Gold Skirt Tetras in the fish stores around Dallas. Looks a bit like those too, although the ones I've seen seem a bit paler.