almost every place that sells them can't tell me what they are
Then they are probably the so called Kelloggi's that are coming out of Vietnam. Seems like every wholesaler is carrying those now. Some list them as TR kelloggi's and others just listing by color ( TR black seahorse, blk&yellow, etc.). I went thru 12 of them before giving up on them. They don't have enough tail rings to be true kelloggi's. All of mine had 35-36 tail rings (easy to count when their dead :cry ) and kelloggi's are supposed to have 39-41 tail rings. I think they're hybrids, maybe kelloggi/kuda since they are both native to vietnam. Anyway, that's the same thing that happened to all of mine - did great for awhile and then dropped quick from vibrio I think.