Help Me Identifying My Tropical Fish

denysutanto · Sep 11, 2014

Hello fishforum, i am a new freshwater tropical fish tank owner, about a year ago i started this hobby, a the first mont many of my fish and plants died on me, but after 2-3 month my tank finnaly become sustainable, none of my fish and plants are dead, until 3-4 month ago, my mom who also love this tanks starts buying fish that i dont know the species or what their name was, and finnaly now my tanks is overpopulated, but the wierd thing was, they all live very well, none of the fish died, at least not much, just some of the new fish that my mom bought, but not the old habitats, so please help me identify some of the fish in my tank, thanks in advance guys this is the first fish, i will post the next one ASAP

Ninjouzata · Sep 12, 2014

That looks like a red lizard whiptail. HERE is more info on them if you want

If you want the other two in the first pic as well I think that is a kribensis and rainbow shark.

..Is that a dead body in the first pic that they're gathered around? o.o

Lillefishy · Sep 12, 2014

I'd go with ninjouzata's Id's
That looks like a dead cory in the first pic, I'd get it out before it rots & causes an ammonia spike

nic1 · Sep 12, 2014

That's a whip tail eating a krib that's been dead for my guess 12-16 hours by the looks of it....
The second pic also has a bronze corydora.
I like the look of your plants, the way it creeps over the rocks and substrate. Looks cool

denysutanto · Sep 12, 2014

Thanks for the info ninjouzata, finally i know that fish name lols, and yes that are the dead fish alright, it suddenly pop from the bushes, its being drag by the red whip tail, i took a picture of it before i remove the dead corpse, and at the first pic i dont think its kribensis, i just googled it, and it is similar, but its not, and the dead corpse is the same fiah that look similiar to kribensis, the second pic it is a corydoras, but i dont know the type, i had 4 albino corydoras, 3 spotted corydoras, and many other, thanks nic1 for the compliment, here is another pic of the fish that i dont know the name form the first pic with the dead corpse and the red whip tail,

denysutanto · Sep 12, 2014

And i am really curious About this fish, i looked everywhere. But cant find the right one, can anyone help me? Thanks

Byron · Sep 12, 2014

The fish in the photos in post #5 is I believe a female Melanochromis auratus [info here: http

/www.seriouslyfish.com/species/melanochromis-auratus/ ]. This is a cichlid from Lake Malawi, requiring moderately hard or harder water and a high basic pH to be healthy. It should not be combined with soft water fish.

The fish in post #6 would appear to be a characin, Chalceus macrolepidotus probably. Info here: http

/www.seriouslyfish.com/species/chalceus-macrolepidotus/

You know, it really is not wise to acquire fish that you do not know about. As here, there is going to be trouble with the cichlid, and one is already dead. The links i gave indicate specific requirements/traits of these fish. They are not compatible at all.

Byron.

denysutanto · Sep 12, 2014

Wow, thanks a lot byron, i realize What could i done if i let this goes by without any knowledge of the fish we take care of, thanks a lot for the info,i should build another tanks for them, and maybe i should give up on the chalceus, it will be quite large if i can treat it good enough until it mature. really... Really thank you for the info, i could make a huge mistake back there
And could i post another one? It had a coin shape belly and a funny little mouth maybe you guys can help me again, thanks

Wills · Sep 12, 2014

I agree with Byron about the compatibility issues. I also worry that there are too many fish in your tank. How big is the tank and how many fish of each species do you have?

I think the fish in the latest three pictures is a balloon rainbow fish, they are naturally schooling fish so he needs to be in a group of at least 6. Im not sure what species it is but the balloon aspect of the fish is due to line breeding the deformity.

Wills

star4 · Sep 12, 2014

The fish in post 6 with the red tail is going to eat everything else in the tank once it grows, it looks to me like a Chalceus macrolepidotus, which are predatory and grow 10-12".

http

/diszhal.info/english/characins/en_Chalceus_macrolepidotus.php

sawickib · Sep 12, 2014

Yes i would agree with all the ID's stated above. The last photos look like a balloon rainbow fish. Im also worried about overstocking, so i would agree to post full stock of fish and the size of the tank.

I planned on getting 12 of those pink tails a few days ago but it didnt work out as it was more money on top of another haha but this is a predatory fish and shouldnt be housed with small fish species.

denysutanto · Sep 12, 2014

Thanks all for the help, yes i surely agree about the overstocking on my tank, thats why I'm Planning on building another tank, i also told my mom to stop buying another fish for now on, i should know the behaviour and the characteristics beforehand, so for now i want to know the fish that are already on my tank so i can seperate and prepare a more suitable new tank for them, thanks all for the help and concern

Ninjouzata · Sep 12, 2014

denysutanto said:
Thanks all for the help, yes i surely agree about the overstocking on my tank, thats why I'm Planning on building another tank, i also told my mom to stop buying another fish for now on, i should know the behaviour and the characteristics beforehand, so for now i want to know the fish that are already on my tank so i can seperate and prepare a more suitable new tank for them, thanks all for the help and concern

So glad to see this, you're doing what's right for your fish

If you have any more you need ID'ed be sure to post pics, we're all happy to help!

Sammy60103 · Sep 13, 2014

denysutanto said:
Wow, thanks a lot byron, i realize What could i done if i let this goes by without any knowledge of the fish we take care of, thanks a lot for the info,i should build another tanks for them, and maybe i should give up on the chalceus, it will be quite large if i can treat it good enough until it mature. really... Really thank you for the info, i could make a huge mistake back there
And could i post another one? It had a coin shape belly and a funny little mouth maybe you guys can help me again, thanks

That looks like a rainbowfish

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