Identification Please!

[Leatherback1]

Ok,so a friend of mine is going away for the summer and doesn't know what to do with his fish tank.He asked me if I would be able to take some of the smaller fish and add them to my tank,and I agreed.So today he gave me 4 of these tetras.2 are neons and 2 could either be black neons or pencilfish.
P.S.when I was letting the cup change temperature, one of the black ones actually JUMPED out of the cup and into the tank!!

 

[bud29]

That looks like it's a black neon.

 

[Leatherback1]

My guppies have been hiding since they were added......is that bad?

 

[Dyl1234]

My guppies have been hiding since they were added......is that bad?

I think neons can be fin nippers..........

 

[Leatherback1]

Well now they are swimming around fine......I think it was because they never saw a different fish except their own kind

 

[bettaowner]

They were in a new tank and didn't feel comfortable. Neons aren't fin nippers and the first fish is indeed a black neon tetra.

 

[Scouser]

Pretty sure that's a PENGUIN TETRA.


The black neons have a stubby appearance where as the penguins are long and sleek in comparison.

Black neon:





Penguin:

 

[bettaowner]

in the original picture, the fish clearly has a stout body and lacks the black line on the caudal fish. Both are characteristics of the black neon tetra

 

[Leatherback1]

The fish I have is a black neon based on the pics :

 

[Leatherback1]

Thanks to everyone for helping with this problem.Neon tetras and black neon tetras are definitely not fin nippers to guppies,as I have watched them get along fine and sometimes even see all 6 fish in one big school .

 

[Dyl1234]

As I said that is what I thought..... I guess I was wrong lol.

 

[Leatherback1]

As I said that is what I thought..... I guess I was wrong lol.

Oh wait that's a different thread sry

 

[Leatherback1]

Well I added some Siamese flying foxes to my tank(2) and they are attacking the algae!!they also get along great with my other fish.

 

[Borderlesscott]

True Siamese algae eaters would have been better, Flying Foxes have been known to bully and eat smaller species of fish like Tetra, they also grow to around 14cm and don't eat as much algae as True SAE's.

 

[Leatherback1]

Same size as oto

 

[Leatherback1]

Well did some research and found out that the algae eaters I have are actually TRUE SAE

 

[Plecos4596]

I vote black neon.

 

[Leatherback1]

I vote black neon.

We have already identified it,but thanks for the help!It is a black neon

 

[Plecos4596]

Haha I know