Mississippi fish guy Posted August 17 Share Posted August 17 (edited) I was looking around the pet store I get most of my fish from and found some fish that I can’t identify. this last one looks like a loach but I’m not sure. also does anyone know what plant this is? and this tetra was caught with the rummy nose and I don’t know what it is. Edited August 17 by Mississippi fish guy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tlindsey Posted August 18 Share Posted August 18 On 8/17/2024 at 5:30 PM, Mississippi fish guy said: I was looking around the pet store I get most of my fish from and found some fish that I can’t identify. this last one looks like a loach but I’m not sure. also does anyone know what plant this is? and this tetra was caught with the rummy nose and I don’t know what it is. Second pic honey gourami and water sprite plant. The third pic does look like a loach specie. The fourth pic wait for the Tetra with the rummynose to color up and repost. Tbh hard for me to make out the fish in the first pic. @Mississippi fish guy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Biotope Biologist Posted August 18 Share Posted August 18 1. Really hard to tell could be any number of catfish. Maybe albino pictus maybe baby channels. Can’t see any of the distinguishing features 2. Honey gourami pair 3. Burmese lizard loach or a black lizard loach 4. Kinda looks like fan wort but plant is young hard to tell 5. Appears to lack an adipose so it’s likely a scissortail rasbora but hard to tell from pic. Could also be a baby rummynose rasbora. Id call it rasbora unidentified Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
D191 Posted August 18 Share Posted August 18 1st one definitely looks like albino channel catfish Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mississippi fish guy Posted August 18 Author Share Posted August 18 (edited) On 8/17/2024 at 8:43 PM, Biotope Biologist said: Burmese lizard loach or a black lizard loach Do you know anything about keeping them? If so can they be kept in soft water with angel fish and tetras? @Biotope Biologist, @Tlindsey i will probably take the rasbora back since I wasn’t trying to get it and I already have a stocking plan but I will try to get a picture once it has colored up. Edited August 18 by Mississippi fish guy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EricksonAquatics Posted August 18 Share Posted August 18 Second pic looks like a thick lipped gourami to me. Very similar to honeys but get bigger. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tlindsey Posted August 18 Share Posted August 18 On 8/17/2024 at 10:03 PM, D191 said: 1st one definitely looks like albino channel catfish That was my first thought but hard for me to say definitely. I personally don't see channel catfish for sale especially in the big box stores @D191 On 8/17/2024 at 10:08 PM, Mississippi fish guy said: Do you know anything about keeping them? If so can they be kept in soft water with angel fish and tetras? @Biotope Biologist, @Tlindsey i will probably take the rasbora back since I wasn’t trying to get it and I already have a stocking plan but I will try to get a picture once it has colored up. Tbh I don't know what type of water that species come from. @Mississippi fish guy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Biotope Biologist Posted August 18 Share Posted August 18 I kept lizard loaches for a short time but I think my gobies might have bullied them into an early grave. They aren’t too fussy about water parameters but like hillstream loaches they like high flow and high dissolved oxygen. They eat mature algae mats and worms for the most part but will take to blanched veggies readily. They are mostly wild caught at this time but they are pretty easy to breed it seems. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mississippi fish guy Posted August 18 Author Share Posted August 18 On 8/17/2024 at 9:35 PM, Tlindsey said: the big box stores The store is not a big box store but it is also not a fish store entirely. On 8/17/2024 at 9:48 PM, Biotope Biologist said: high flow and high dissolved oxygen I guess I will have to pass on them then because my tank has neither. Thanks for the help. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mississippi fish guy Posted August 18 Author Share Posted August 18 these are some pictures I took of the unknown rasbora @Tlindsey and @Biotope Biologist 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Biotope Biologist Posted August 19 Share Posted August 19 it looks like a rummynose rasbora. Does it have a blue tint on the body and pale orange on its face? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mississippi fish guy Posted August 19 Author Share Posted August 19 On 8/19/2024 at 8:21 AM, Biotope Biologist said: it looks like a rummynose rasbora. Does it have a blue tint on the body and pale orange on its face? There is a slightly blue tint but no pale orange nose. If it is a rummy nose rasbora can the be kept in soft water? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mississippi fish guy Posted August 19 Author Share Posted August 19 Update: the catfish is an albino red tail and the unknown rasbora turned out to be a blue tetra. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Biotope Biologist Posted August 20 Share Posted August 20 Does it have an adipose fin? The rasbora/tetra? I still can’t see one in the photos but doesn’t mean it’s not there. Tetra have adipose fins rasbora do not. and yeah can totally see that. Although those are false asian redtail cats not to be confused with the popular South American redtail Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mississippi fish guy Posted August 20 Author Share Posted August 20 On 8/20/2024 at 10:20 AM, Biotope Biologist said: adipose fins If that is the small round fin then yes there is a very small one. On 8/20/2024 at 10:20 AM, Biotope Biologist said: false asian redtail cats That explains why the head shape was so different. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DansFish Posted August 20 Share Posted August 20 Those Lizard Loaches are AMAZING...what a find! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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