Fish living in filter

[garfy]

I I'm doing my weekly pwc and I decide to clean one of my external filters.As I get to the bottom of the stack I find this guy about an inch and a half long.He must have been sucked into the filter as a small fry and grown up in the filter over the last 6 months.Well now he has a big tank and lots of friends to swim with.Happy days

 

[Mundle]

What fish is it

 

[garfy]

What fish is it

Certainly a hybrid.My best guess is a mix of yellow tailed acei and pseudotropheus elongatus.He had the yellow tinge to his tail and body colouring of a juvie elongatus.
He's been through so much I think he deserves to live

 

[HUKIT]

That's very common, I have twin overflows in one my tank and constantly find fish in there. I currently have a lone Buenes Aires tetra living in the right overflow, I have no place to put him after his 35 friends were killed by my festae.

 

[garfy]

That's very common, I have twin overflows in one my tank and constantly find fish in there. I currently have a lone Buenes Aires tetra living in the right overflow, I have no place to put him after his 35 friends were killed by my festae.

Interesting.well the other filter is due in about 3 months so I guess we will just see what happens.I thought the dirty water in the filter would kill him.Just goes to show how hardy fish can be.

 

[fishcakes]

I had a fry living in my fluval 306 for a little while. Now doing just fine with all the rest.

 

[garfy]

What must be Wierd for the new fish is that there wouldn't have been any light in the filter so it must be a pretty freaky world for him.