I am trying to ID a small freshwater fish I acquired when buying an existing “gold fish tank” a few weeks back. I have reason to believe it doesn’t belong with goldfish as the tank was overcrowded, full of inappropriate tank mates, and the former owners didn’t have a clue about what kind of fish they had.
It is about half the size in length and girth as my adult black neon tetras. He is an eager eater of flake for sure and appears to be a gill breather. Since I put him (don’t know his sex but I call him the English Patient) in my planted 30 gal cube he spends most of his time mid-tank nibbling my plants especially the water sprite. He is an especially fast swimmer. He doesn’t bother the tetras, juvenile swords or rasbooras. However, a tetra kind of decided to take a nip at its tale and he turned around and chased it into the plants.
I need to know how to properly care for this little guy!
It is about half the size in length and girth as my adult black neon tetras. He is an eager eater of flake for sure and appears to be a gill breather. Since I put him (don’t know his sex but I call him the English Patient) in my planted 30 gal cube he spends most of his time mid-tank nibbling my plants especially the water sprite. He is an especially fast swimmer. He doesn’t bother the tetras, juvenile swords or rasbooras. However, a tetra kind of decided to take a nip at its tale and he turned around and chased it into the plants.
I need to know how to properly care for this little guy!
lol it would be cool
