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Kaitlyns17

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So I work as animal care at a pet store (not naming it for business reasons) and I was helping a lady pick out some fish for her tank. She decided to get an Odessa barb and I noticed it was missing an eye. So she didn't want poor little one eyed fish so I got her a new one and I felt so bad for the little guy that I bought him and took him home to my 10 gallon tank just until my 40 finishes its cycle. He's not the most social little fella even when he was with 5 of his own kind at the store could him not having both eyes limit his ability to fend for himself? I tried to feed flakes but I can only imagine how stressed he is. He's the only one in the 10. When I get my 40 cycled I'm not sure if I'll get more because I know he's a schooling fish but I'd feel bad if he weren't getting enough food. Would he be fine with maybe 2 or 3 more Odessa and maybe some angels?


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I've had either a tetra or danio* (can't recall as it was a while back) that had one eye and lived in a school of their own kind. The lack of an eye did not slow this fish down and it behaved and fed quite normally, although I do remember that it often swam/hovered with its blindside near a sidewalk.


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I've had either a tetra or danio* (can't recall as it was a while back) that had one eye and lived in a school of their own kind. The lack of an eye did not slow this fish down and it behaved and fed quite normally, although I do remember that it often swam/hovered with its blindside near a sidewalk.


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Alright so when i move him to my 40 gallon ill get him some buddies
 
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