Baby glowlite tetra?

[purplechibi]

I have had my tank set up for almost a year, and the survivors of my first batch of fish are two glowlite tetra, i dunno if they are male or female, how do you tell. The other day, a small fish appered (not quite newborn, it must have been hiding) but I don't know what kind of fish it is. It looks the most like the glowlites out of what I have, but it has a black stripe instead of and orange one. Do yound glowlites change color? Is this a glowlite?

 

[pjfish]

I've had glowlites for about 7 months and they've always been orange. But, I'm no expert. Have you gotten plants or anything lately that could have had a hitchhiker or maybe an egg that hatched?

 

[purplechibi]

Yeah well, I got plants that ended up having a ton of snail eggs on them, but that was two or three months ago.
Update: It's been about a week since I first discovered the mysteriious baby, and hes doubled in size. I just saw another little one.
I don't know what breed of fish they are though. Maybe I'll try to get a pic and post it to see if anyone can identify it. Could it be a mix of breeds?
I thought it might be glowlite because the two glowlites I got have been sort of guarding it like proud parents.

 

[pjfish]

maybe they ARE proud parents!!

 

[Ben]

a picture would help
but im putting my money on one of your livebearers

DD

 

[purplechibi]

I'm working on a pic, but it's difficult because my camera isn't too good. How long does it take eggs to hatch? They look like emperor tetras or zebra danios. silver with a thin black stripe. I don't think they are from my livebearers tho bc all I have are guppies and they look nothing like guppies. And there are two now, theyre soooo cute!

 

[purplechibi]

Oh yeah, and my guppies are both males...

 

[Lateral Line]

Eggs hatch quite quickly. It depends on the species and the temperature, but most small fish eggs hatch after about 24 hours. The fry live off their egg sacks for several days and generally become free swimming after 5-8 days. They don't really look like fish at this time, more like two eyes stuck on the end of a shard of glass.

I see you have a Clown Loach. You should be aware that this is a gregarious soecies which should be kept in groups of at leat 3, and then in a 55. They grow way to big for a 10.

 

[purplechibi]

So far the clown loach doesn't seem unhappy. Also, the fish store has this trade-in thing that if he gets too big I can take him back and trade him in for a little one.

I don't know what kind of fish those two babies are tho, because they probably didn't come on the plants because they have been there for almost three months. They really don't look like any of the ones I have.

 

[Ferris]

Your description makes them sound like black neons but how would they get there?

Can you get pics?