Rainbows..

ridewake210 said:

Are Rainbows compatible with the following..


Angels
Neons/Cardinals
Otto's
Glow light Tetras
Black Neon Tetras
And Cherry Barbs?

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first you should say which kind of Rainbows..

But I have 5 Boesmani, 4 Yellow 1 dwarf neon and 10 forktails.

with
cardinal tetras 10
Glowlight tetras 10
German Blue rams 9
Cories 8
ottos 5

Neon blue rainbows i believe.

I just picked up the last 2 from Pets Supplies Plus

ridewake210 said:

Neon blue rainbows i believe.

I just picked up the last 2 from Pets Supplies Plus

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They are great community fish. I have mine with Zebra Danio, Threadfin Rainbow, Dwarf Gourami, Celestial Pearl Danio, Glowlight, Neon Tetra. They mostly bicker amongst themselves, although I have seen my Dwarf Neons chase a Zebra Danio away from her.

Neons may or may not be in danger. Might become a snack. Hard to say for sure.

neons could very well become a food source, but i think the angels would have a crack at 'em before the rainbows would

Im going to have to pick up a couple more Rainbows, these are pretty neat fish.

if they are Melanotaenia praecox, you have absolutely nothing to worry about when housing them with Neon Tetras, They are one of the smaller Rainbow species, with a very small mouth. I have mine housed with Celestial Pearl Danio's as well as a couple species of tetra, and smaller rainbows. The max they get is around 3" for the males and 2.5" for the females.

Great fish, to watch. The best viewing time is just after the lights go on. They will flare and chase the females around the tank for quite a while. Not to mention the colors become VERY vivid.

Here is a species profile for them from a site I use frequently.
http://www.seriouslyfish.com/profile.php?genus=Melanotaenia&species=praecox&id=828

They are definitely Melanotaenia praecox

Thanks a bunch

ridewake210 said:

They are definitely Melanotaenia praecox

Thanks a bunch

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no probs, you will not have any problems keeping the tetras and these rainbows

i would go for the bosemani

I have a few different types of rainbows and they are all compatible with the fish you listed except for angels which I have no experience with. I've had very large bosemani rainbows and I've seen them eat another fish twice. Once when I dumped in a really small harlequinn that one of the bosemanis mistook for feeding time and spit it back out but it was too late and another time I saw a rummie in the mouth of another during feeding time so I think it must've gotten too excited and just gulped it.

My neon/cardinal populations do not dwindle unexplicably so I'm confident they do not get intentionally eaten. The rainbows just chase each other around a little and wait for feeding time.

OK, just bought 3 Boeseman's Rainbowfish. They are smallish. Around 1 1/2 inches.

I plan on buying 3 more over the course of the next weeks.


Then maybe add neon dwarf rainbowfish. This is the first time i own them. They are kinda expensive, 6 dollars a piece...then again, that's what a Harlequin costs as well and they VERY small. At least the rainbows grow a lot larger.

Eddie80 said:

OK, just bought 3 Boeseman's Rainbowfish. They are smallish. Around 1 1/2 inches.

I plan on buying 3 more over the course of the next weeks.


Then maybe add neon dwarf rainbowfish. This is the first time i own them. They are kinda expensive, 6 dollars a piece...then again, that's what a Harlequin costs as well and they VERY small. At least the rainbows grow a lot larger.

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What size tank do you have? Bosemanis grow to 4-5 inches. I've had a couple that were 6 inches.

68 gallon. 130 cm long, 50 cm high, 40 cm in depth.