haji4

This school of fish came with my fish tank and I can't seen to find out what it is. Help please.

Haji4

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MissMTS

It might be a long finned danio, but the pic is small and I might be wrong. Cute fish though.

haji4

That is waht they resemble but the humped back iwith long fins is strange.

KittieKat

yep its a longfinned zebra danio... not all of them look exactly the same

p.s. do they all have the humpback?? they could be poorly bred..

Tom

It is a long-finned zebra danio.
They don't all look like that, it could be a lack of nutrients, poor breeding, poor quality for a home, maybe even fish TB. I am no accusing you of anything, I am just saying that those are what usually cause a fish to go like that.
Tom

MissMTS

If the fish came with the tank it could be the results of poor care from the previous owner. When some people get rid of tanks it is because they have just been sitting there and no maintenance has been done on the tank . Hopefully they will get healthier now that they have you to take care of them

Tom

Just feed it some live foods, if possible, and lots of frozen bloodworms and frozen brine shrimp and in about a month of healthy eating, and lots of water changes, it should start to look more like a zebra danio than it does now.
Tom

haji4

Thanks for all of the help. I got the tank from a single 65 year old woman who did not really want to part with them because she has had them for over 1 year. Her 17 year old grandson had a very serious accident and broke his back and id paralyzed. So with all of her travel, a move, and she fell on the ice and hurt herself I think it was just too much. The water tests great and the tank and all of the equiptment was clean. They seem healthy and active with a great appitite.

Thanks again

mlinden84

I had a fish exactly like that for a short time (except the hump was a lot worse). I had gotten it from a lady who was going to flush all her fish so I took them in. (she had several fish in a 10 gallon, including a 7 inch pleco, so im sure they weren't getting very good care).

haji4

They are really cool fish and they eat like pigs. They are very active. I just love the the long lacey fins.

Allie

We had zebra danio who had a huge hump too. It was odd.

mlinden84

Well at least I'm not the only one! It was disgusting... it looked like someone bent it in half.

haji4

After doing some research I found out that it is a common problem with danios who are not fed enough live food while growing up. I found some good studies done by several marine biologists. It may be to late to correct their deformities now but I will try anyway.

Allie

It grossed me out too.

swords3711

That'd be a longfinned zebra danio. It obviously has a deformed back, either injured in transfer or a birth defect.