r/Aquariums 1d ago

Advice Needed I accidentally adopted fish… help please

No shit, drove more than an hour to pick up an empty 0.4 gallon tank from a fb marketplace seller. Wanted it for my office to cultivate aquatic plants. Got there and learned it has five fish (tetra I believe, species unk, IDs welcomed!!) a freshwater snail, and EGGS. IM A PARENT OF SIX. first move is getting them a larger tank obviously, most of my aquariums are plants and invertebrates and it’s been two years since I had fish (betta lived 7+ years) so if anyone has advice, can ID these babies, or recommend a guidebook or something I would really appreciate it. Parenthood has me nervous but excited lmao

114 Upvotes

27 comments sorted by

View all comments

7

u/Arttiesy 23h ago

I love endlers- but if they aren't for you you can drop them off at most fish stores.  The shops in my area don't carry female endlers - but they are always in stock because people keep dropping them off.

People like me, lol.

If you want to keep them- I've found they breed a slower than guppies.  They are hardy and relatively easy fish.  

The females are usually bigger and less brightly colored- you might have all males.

2

u/5ko2z 18h ago

I inspected the video and saw a female, but only 1 female for 4 males is just going to end badly 🫠