What Tetra Breed Is This?

[ShoC]

sorry the pictures not great just got sold it as a Lime green tetra which it clearly is not, but it suited my tank so well

 

[Truck]

green neon tetra, very stressed

 

[Gill]

I would say it looks more like Black Neons, But agree very stressed and faded

 

[ShoC]

Fair enough if it's stressed nothing I can do about that, Just bought it and had a journey

Whats its latin name? anyone know

 

[Truck]

if its a green neon tetra (which i think it is) its this Paracheirodon simulans

if its a black its this Hyphessobrycon herbertaxelrodi

 

[LauraFrog]

Can you get some more photos once they're settled in? Tetras wash right out when they are stressed, I bought some ember tetras yesterday that were as clear as glassfish but overnight in my tank they've turned orange.

 

[Elrohirthehasty]

or they fade when they are sleeping
my serpaes turn pale at night w/o the lights on, but are a bright red during the day

 

[GSD]

Look like black neon tetras in that photo , but very stressed. I would take another pic when settled so we can identify it properly.

 

[Gemmylou]

Possibly a silver tipped tetra. I had them and it looks pretty similar x

 

[keenonfish]

sorry to go off topic a bit but is this fading mechanism a survival tactic i.e. they turn invisible to possible predators when they would otherwise be able to swim away...?

 

[flyhawk]

i would go wit black neon

 

[ShoC]

Certainly under debate here.
the Black neon tetra or silver tipped is most likely, But the stripe don't run along the body so that rules out the black neon, yet the silver tipped just don't look correct

Sorry I am having so much trouble getting a decent photo, As they are so fast and don't stay still.

They basically look the same now as they did in that photo, just my shiny
Still maintain a black tip on the end of their tail, and have no red in them what so ever, Maybe a hint of blueish on them.

you see I'd like to mix in with them Some "threadfin Rainbow" fish and concerned if they will nip their gorgeous fins.

I'm also having a lot of trouble getting them to feed, they refuse to go to the surface and eat (they have no competition as all my other fish are corydoras)

my flakes are very finely crushed as they have such small mouth, my next step is to try brine shrimp, my question here is would fry food be any good to them? as thats very small..

Thanks for any help and sorry for my rambling as I'm at work


EDIT: I just put Liquifry in and they are going absolute mental so thats good.. on another note I think they are Black neon tetras