Fw Id

suzi1780

suzi1780

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Okay so here is the story... my sister has a friend that breeds fw angel fish, so sis wants some angelfish. So I being the loving wonderful little sis that I am find this guy that is giving away a complete 29g set up. So I go get the stuff, nice guy just doesn't know anything about fish and the tank was his cousin's who moved out. So to make a long story short the tank came with some fish. I am pretty sure I have been able to ID them all but I wanted to post some pics and see what you guys think. Also I don't think she would be able to put angelfish in the tank with them, mainly because I think the tank will be over crowded. A couple of the fish I know what are, one is a betta and there are two albino aeneus cory cats (I didn't take pics of these fish). The other fish I think are 2 Albino Tiger Barbs, 1 Tiger Barb and 1 Mickey Mouse Platy. So anyway here are some pics tell me what you think:
 
suzi1780

suzi1780

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if you need bigger pics let me know... I didn't mean to resize them so small. Also if you know of a good fw website that I might be able to get an id on these please let me know and I will post my email. Thanks!
 
littlebuck

littlebuck

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the one with the mikey mouse on it is a sowardtail. its a female, the other one in the pic is a trtra but cant reamb the name of it. and not sure about the otehr ones. The reason i know abotu the mikeymouse one is i hav a few.
 
suzi1780

suzi1780

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hmmm does it look more like a The Serpae Tetra, or Red Minor
first pic is bleeding heart second pic is serpae

 
suzi1780

suzi1780

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and here is the mickey mouse and a swordtail, it does have more of the coloring of the mickey mouse platys, would a swordtail have that coloring on the tail?

 
bigb

bigb

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If there are tiger barbs in the tank they may nip at the long fins of the angels. Barbs can get mean.
 
suzi1780

suzi1780

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would they be okay in a 10g? My nephew has a 10g that has a molly, neon tetras in it. I am going to put the betta in with those, I don't think the betta should be with the other fish anyway!
 
danedodger

danedodger

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Your first set of pics didn't show for me. In the second set you've got what certainly looks like a serpae tetra and mickey mouse platy. I've never seen a swordtail with the mickey mouse marking on it but it's fairly common in platies.
I can't really see the others clearly enough to tell. BigB is right though if you've got tiger barbs in there. While commonly listed as a community fish and certainly not anywhere near as bad as actually aggressive fish like cichlids, tiger barbs do tend to get nippy and are a bit boisterous.
 
suzi1780

suzi1780

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would the The Serpae Tetra be okay in a 10g? I have read the the mickey mouse would be okay in a 10g, any thoughts? My nephew has a 10g with 3 neon tetras, 1 molly, 1 pleco (I have no idea what type) and 1 cory cat (no idea what type) so I was going to suggest that my sis put that she divide the fish as follows:
10g
betta
mickey mouse
serpae tetra
3 neon tetras
29g
molly
all 3 cory cats
pleco
angels
and find a new home of the barbs
any suggestions?
the barbs looks just like this one
 
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