Identify these rainbows plz? - Fish for the Planted Aquarium

Tanan · 09-11-2009, 05:34 PM

Can anyone help me identify this rainbows?

mythin · 09-11-2009, 05:46 PM

are the juveniles or stressed from just being moved? they look like boeseman's rainbowfish

Tanan · 09-11-2009, 05:48 PM

they are juveniles.

JAXON777 · 09-11-2009, 07:00 PM

I am going to guess Melanotaenia Herbertaxelrodi. I have fry of these that I got from purchasing mops.

vancat · 09-12-2009, 07:01 AM

nah, I had herbies I hatched from fry, they never looked like that.

JAXON777 · 09-12-2009, 08:22 AM

Its possible they may be hybrids or they could be Australian rainbow which is M. splendia. Really hard to tell as they are young. It will be interesting to see what they look like in a few months.

pepetj · 09-13-2009, 03:53 PM

After zooming in your pic I believe you have juveniles of M. lacustris (aka Lake Kutubu aka Turquoise Rainbowfish).

Pepetj
Santo Domingo

PS: They get gorgeous as adults, I keep a school of 10. Males display an intense yellow line in the "forehead".

Tanan · 09-14-2009, 05:39 AM

thanks a lot guys

Six · 09-14-2009, 08:29 AM

from my experience with r'bows, those should be coloring up enough to tell species by that size. perhaps give them a black/blue background and non-white gravel because they are not showing their true colors. If you leave them in a tank like that they likely will not show good coloration at all.

GL!

Tanan · 09-14-2009, 10:38 AM

They are still at the LFS.Which doesn't appreciate the idea of feeding varied diet to fishes.But they sell them quite cheaply.like 4$ for a pair.& they are there for around two months .