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Thought I'd share a pic of the new 55 gal tank. First setup in 15 years. I'm pretty happy with it. I've got 6 Australian Rainbows so far. Comments and critiques more than welcome!!
I've tried but all I have is my camera phone. It is 8MP but won't freeze motion at all. I have been researching it and feel pretty sure they are Melanotaenia fluviatilis - plain old rainbows. They have a yellow sheen to the tail and the two males flash a black stripe from the eye back to the tail and also have some black tips on the dorsal fins and the tail.
Our air went out yesterday (fixed now). The house got up to 99 degrees inside. We had 105 actual temps with 115 heat index. The tank got up to 86 and the males got VERY frisky. I swear I thought I'd have eggs the way they were working the females.