rainbowfish

[spAcE mOnkEy]

i have 2 rainbows now, a dwarf neon blue rainbow and an australian rainbow. the rainbows school together, even thought they arent not the same spieces. the tank is a 33 gal hex front, 36 in long, not one of those really tall ones. i have driftwood and rocks in there now. im going to make it planted with some easy plants, i have fertilizer and stuff. i wish i could, but i cant find any more dwarf neon blue rainbows. i cant find any more dwarf neon rainbows or australians for them to schoool with. im just not sure if its ok for the rainbows to school together with different spieces. i wanted to know the tank sizes for different types of rainbows. i know some need large tanks, others can go in smaller. i wanted to know if a boesmans needs a large tank. i was thinking of getting a couple ornates and banded rainbows so there would be a nice healthy shoal of rainbows. im not sure if i should mix that many different spieces though, so please tell me if this is wrong. i would like to know the tank sizes for australian rainbows, ornate rainbows and banded rainbows.

-thanks

 

[WILDER]

http/species.fishindex.com/105

 

[Toadfish]

In my experience mixing is no problem (similar size of course), I've got madagascars, ornates, red irian, splendid and a new cross breed red bosemani, all together inthe same tank (a 55g). I would recommend more horizontal swimming space but I think a 33gal is enough to house pairs of each species. But make sure to account that these species can reach 5" or so and love to swim.