Boeseman Rainbowfish

[jennybugs]

Don't ya just have to love them? Stunning fish these! I've got a male and 3 females and the way they change colour is amazing...

They love their tank and have some tetra for company amoungst other things. I was wondering if a pair of blue rams would be compatible with them?

 

[randallhart]

Beautiful rainbows. Do they breed?

 

[ihasanzongi]

i love the look with the moon lights

 

[jennybugs]

Mine haven't bred yet, although if they have the tetra have probably eaten the eggs! The male is always showing off to his harem though and takes them in the plants all the time

 

[severum boy]

Beautiful rainbows. Do they breed?

Yes they do becase if they diddent they would die out. Very easy in hard water, seperate a male and female off in a new tank after conditioning with good foods then add a few spawning mops.

Attractive tank. They would be fine with Blue Rams as tankmates, but as Rainbows like hard alkaline water, and Rams like the opposite the Rams may well die if you keep them in hard tapwater.

 

[jennybugs]

Firstly, sorry I put this in the wrong section originally...just saw them listed on one of the pinned oddball threads!

Secondly, the rams aren't going to happen atm as I just got some gourami for another tank.
It's good news to me that the rainbows spawn in hard water! Suits my London water perfectly. I'll have to do some reading up on their requirements for breeding

Tiz a good reason to get a new tank to try my hand at Rams tho

 

[severum boy]

They dont require much preperation, a small tank of 45x25x25 will do a pair to breed ok. They will eat the eggs mind, so be on hand to remove the parents back to their old tank and start rasing the young up. You could then put them in with the parents and have a big shoal of them, I think they look far better in a shoal of 12 than 4.

 

[jennybugs]

You could then put them in with the parents and have a big shoal of them, I think they look far better in a shoal of 12 than 4.

I'd need a new tank for that

That would be a stunning sight though!