X-Ray Fish

canyon_rayne · Feb 8, 2004

I was watching Stanley with my son this morning and the show was about X-Ray fish. It got my curiosity peaked and I looked up some info on the net about them. One page said they were a popular aqaurium fish. I've never heard of them though and I've certainly never seen them. So, I was just wondering...Has anyone every owned these or had any experiences with them?

kmurph · Feb 8, 2004

Is the fish in the pic on this link what you saw?

http

/www.bbc.co.uk/nature/reallywild/ama...xray_fish.shtml

guppymonkey · Feb 8, 2004

Must be the British name for the fish because I have seen that fish in my pet store in the states. Don't remember what it was called though.

canyon_rayne · Feb 8, 2004

Yeah, that's it..That's actually the page I was looking at. It looks slightly like my Pristella Tetra but his tail is red.

Bol · Feb 8, 2004

"his tail is redl"? Do you mean your fish, or the one in the picture?

The fish in that picture is a Pristella, which is also sometimes called an X-Ray Tetra. I've got three of them, by mistake. They were in the same tank as some lemon tetras, and I wasn't paying attention as the shop guy was netting.

Of the three, the redness of the tail varies a bit. One is not very red at all, at the moment.

Try this picture: http

/www.aquahobby.com/gallery/gpristella.html

Mine seem to do just great in my hard water. Currently, my 3 X-Rays and 3 Lemon tetras are assigned to "keep the Q tank cycled" duty. They seem to shoal pretty well with the lemons, but every once in a while (say, a couple times a month), they'll seem to break up into "species gangs" and harass each other (in a playground fight sort of way) for about half an hour, then it's business as usual.

On a side note, I dread the idea of having to net them again. They are by far the toughest fish to net I've ever seen.

Cheese Specialist · Feb 8, 2004

I have them!!

I have got 4! The lfs called them x-ray silver tipped tetra and said that they would only have them in a short time.

Some of them have a slightly pink tail. They are just like that pic.

canyon_rayne · Feb 8, 2004

Great!! I thought I was going crazy or something..

How are they to own??

canyon_rayne · Feb 8, 2004

"his tail is redl"? Do you mean your fish, or the one in the picture?

The fish in that picture is a Pristella, which is also sometimes called an X-Ray Tetra. I've got three of them, by mistake. They were in the same tank as some lemon tetras, and I wasn't paying attention as the shop guy was netting. Of the three, the redness of the tail varies a bit. One is not very red at all, at the moment.

Try this picture: http/www.aquahobby.com/gallery/gpristella.html

Mine seem to do just great in my hard water. Currently, my 3 X-Rays and 3 Lemon tetras are assigned to "keep the Q tank cycled" duty. They seem to shoal pretty well with the lemons, but every once in a while (say, a couple times a month), they'll seem to break up into "species gangs" and harass each other (in a playground fight sort of way) for about half an hour, then it's business as usual.

On a side note, I dread the idea of having to net them again. They are by far the toughest fish to net I've ever seen.