Dwarf Neon Rainbows

[rolo0151]

Thinking of getiing 6/8 dwarf neon rainbows for my tank.
Currently have cories, molly, dwarf gourami etc
I wanted something smallish that would school but want something different to the usual tetras, rasbora etc.
 
Does anyone have any & what are your opinions on them?
 
Cheers

 

[eaglesaquarium]

What size is your tank and how many of each above do you have?
 
 
I really like the dwarf rainbows (praecox) and would keep some myself if I had the space available currently... Maybe when my neons and/or harlequins have passed on...  That means in about 2-5 years.

 

[rolo0151]

I've got a 200 litre tank with 5 albino cories, 1 Molly, 1 dwarf gourami, 4 zebra loaches.
Tank is moderately planted. 7.6 ph with a tetratec ex1200 filter in it.

 

[mishmash]

Your tank is definitely large enough for a small shoal of the Praecox.  If you can find someone who breeds them you will probably get much nicer ones than from the LFS.  Lovely fish though all the same.

 

[Jenste]

Also look into the threadfin rainbowfish. They won me over when I was looking into rainbowfish for my own system.

 

[HHH]

I have kept dwarf neon rainbows before and they are beautifully stunning! The bluish part of them kind of "shimmers" as they swim i would definatly recomend them

 

[stanster]

What's the minimum shoal size recommended for dnr's? 

 

[blackops]

i like the look of them i have 6 and they look great

 

[rolo0151]

I got myself 6 a few weeks ago. Stunning little fish, bit different to the usual tetras, rasbora etc