Squid88 Posted January 28, 2021 Share Posted January 28, 2021 so, I bought 3 fiddler crabs in a 10 gallon tank off of craigslist in my area. The tank came with 5 "feeder fish" that the crabs live with, these fish are sand sifters from what I can tell although I couldn't get any more information about the species. The people I bought the tank from told me the fish are freshwater and live in this brackish tank for 6 months before they die. I found this rather shocking, since I feel reducing their lifespan like this as unethical. I am wondering how I would go about moving these fish into a freshwater tank I have? and can anyone identify them? would moving them back to freshwater be worse on their health? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Squid88 Posted January 28, 2021 Author Share Posted January 28, 2021 picture loaded upside down, I will be adding pictures Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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MAC Posted January 28, 2021 Share Posted January 28, 2021 From what I can tell these might be a light color variety of rosy red minnow. https://www.fishlore.com/aquariummagazine/apr09/rosy-red-minnow.htm That'd be my guess. They would probably be pretty happy with you if you moved them to a freshwater tank. Would be a fun fish to try in an outdoor pond. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Squid88 Posted January 28, 2021 Author Share Posted January 28, 2021 thank you! that totally looks like them! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CorydorasEthan Posted January 28, 2021 Share Posted January 28, 2021 8 minutes ago, MAC said: From what I can tell these might be a light color variety of rosy red minnow. Yes that was what I was thinking. If I recall correctly, I think they do best in unheated setups. They would be great with goldfish, white cloud mountain minnows, or zebra danios. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Squid88 Posted January 28, 2021 Author Share Posted January 28, 2021 I have a 29 gallon I put gold white clouds in literally last night I made a journal on it. definitely gonna put them there 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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