Turquoise Rainbow Questions

[catfishblues]

i am looking for a NON schooling fish that is around 6 inches. i have cared for smaller rainbows and am aware of there incredible appetite. could i keep one turquoise rainbow in a 46 gallon tank? and would it bother neons?

 

[drobbyb]

In the short: No. Rainbows are social fish in that they need at least 6 in their group, and they get large enough to eat neons (and they will).

 

[twodoctors]

i am looking for a NON schooling fish that is around 6 inches. i have cared for smaller rainbows and am aware of there incredible appetite. could i keep one turquoise rainbow in a 46 gallon tank? and would it bother neons?

If you have neons then big fish in general are not a idea. Consider a big gourami like 3-spot or pearl. Snake skin gourami gets rather large as well.

 

[catfishblues]

ive had bad experiences with dwarf and opaline/three spot gouramis being aggressive. how aggressive are those gouramis?

In the short: No. Rainbows are social fish in that they need at least 6 in their group, and they get large enough to eat neons (and they will).

thankyou for your reply!

 

[twodoctors]

In my limited experience they are only aggressive towards their own kind. If you keep more female than male in theory you should be ok. Or just get 1.