Hi everyone,
I am looking for inspiration for my new 29 gallon (thread is here) and someone suggested that I check out rainbow fish as a rather under appreciated variety of community fish.
I've done a bit of poking around and generally like what I see, but I've had conflicting advice from my LFSs and was hoping to hear from people who have kept them.
LFS one says that they are expensive and picky about things like temp and pH. They don't carry them often.
LFS two has Gertrude's blue eye; Dwarf neon; Threadfin; and Forktail. They said that they are easy unless you are trying to breed them. And they are all typically about $5.99 (Cdn).
Now, obviously, I'd prefer to listen to LFS two. After all, they stock them. Equally, they may just want me to buy some.
Do you have any experience with any of these fish? They are all very young still, so don't look a whole lot like their photos on the web. Can I expect that as they grow, their colours will develop more and their fins will take on the funky shapes (e.g. the Gertrudes at the LFS look very streamlined compared to photos like this.)
Are they easy to care for? Would they be ok in a 29 gallon community tank, whose other occupants would likely be a school of pygmy cories or other small cory variety?
Cheers,
E
I am looking for inspiration for my new 29 gallon (thread is here) and someone suggested that I check out rainbow fish as a rather under appreciated variety of community fish.
I've done a bit of poking around and generally like what I see, but I've had conflicting advice from my LFSs and was hoping to hear from people who have kept them.
LFS one says that they are expensive and picky about things like temp and pH. They don't carry them often.
LFS two has Gertrude's blue eye; Dwarf neon; Threadfin; and Forktail. They said that they are easy unless you are trying to breed them. And they are all typically about $5.99 (Cdn).
Now, obviously, I'd prefer to listen to LFS two. After all, they stock them. Equally, they may just want me to buy some.
Do you have any experience with any of these fish? They are all very young still, so don't look a whole lot like their photos on the web. Can I expect that as they grow, their colours will develop more and their fins will take on the funky shapes (e.g. the Gertrudes at the LFS look very streamlined compared to photos like this.)
Are they easy to care for? Would they be ok in a 29 gallon community tank, whose other occupants would likely be a school of pygmy cories or other small cory variety?
Cheers,
E