Hi there all,
We are new to the forum but have been itching to post this question for about a year.
Our aquarium is small tropical tank with an ongoing war with blue green algae.
It has only ever contained a handful of guppies, neon tetra, a couple of snails and a couple of ghost shrimp in the tank.
We purchased all of the kit from a well known pet shed, one of the items that we purchased 6 months after set up were some moss balls.
Along with the balls was a small transparent tiny fry. Not one to turn down a freebee we adopted this ugly white dot and it seemed happy with his friends.
We named it Bonus.
We always go easy on the food but Bonus would eat most of the food, bumping the others away.
All was good for over a year until Bonus leapt in size from a couple of mm to now 4cm
As he grew the bullying became a problem until most of the fish had to be rehomed or sadly died.
Now he is the only fish in the tank, we would like to find more of its species or learn more about what will cohabit well.
We do lots of small water changes, filter cleaning and testing of the water; parameters were always very good.
Maybe too much light from a window which is making the BG Algae challenging, anyway, this post is about identifying what type of fish Bonus is.
We think maybe a Cichlid, he has a nearly non existent orange dorsal fin and so probably not a tetra.
His dorsal fin is not folded sideways, perhaps its swept back, but always has a low profile.
The picture is a bit rubbish, but all of his fins are tipped with a gold orange colour.
This picture was taken with only a white LED light in the tank.
We would love to hear your expert opinions.
We are new to the forum but have been itching to post this question for about a year.
Our aquarium is small tropical tank with an ongoing war with blue green algae.
It has only ever contained a handful of guppies, neon tetra, a couple of snails and a couple of ghost shrimp in the tank.
We purchased all of the kit from a well known pet shed, one of the items that we purchased 6 months after set up were some moss balls.
Along with the balls was a small transparent tiny fry. Not one to turn down a freebee we adopted this ugly white dot and it seemed happy with his friends.
We named it Bonus.
We always go easy on the food but Bonus would eat most of the food, bumping the others away.
All was good for over a year until Bonus leapt in size from a couple of mm to now 4cm
As he grew the bullying became a problem until most of the fish had to be rehomed or sadly died.
Now he is the only fish in the tank, we would like to find more of its species or learn more about what will cohabit well.
We do lots of small water changes, filter cleaning and testing of the water; parameters were always very good.
Maybe too much light from a window which is making the BG Algae challenging, anyway, this post is about identifying what type of fish Bonus is.
We think maybe a Cichlid, he has a nearly non existent orange dorsal fin and so probably not a tetra.
His dorsal fin is not folded sideways, perhaps its swept back, but always has a low profile.
The picture is a bit rubbish, but all of his fins are tipped with a gold orange colour.
This picture was taken with only a white LED light in the tank.
We would love to hear your expert opinions.
