Help cant find info neon rainbows

somefinnfishy

somefinnfishy

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I've been sitting here for a hour :read: cant find any usefull info on them.
I just need basic info cant get my new school to come out and show themselves.
Temp ?
PH ?
KH/GH ?
Salt ?
Also taking sugestions for tankmates for them in a 10G planted
thanks in advance
 
I would not put a school of drarf neon rainbows in a 10 gallon tank. It's way too small for them. I have mine (7) in a 75G tank because they like to streak back and forth the distance of the tank which is 4 feet. They also grow to be 2 - 21/2 inches long. They were miserable in my 30G, and barely moved.
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$500 worth of fish in a 10G?
 
The 500 worth of fish are in the 65 the photo did not work so I deleted a post if anyone missed something here.
mated pair WC adult geo jurupari fresh from SA $100
Two nice discus $25E
10 sub adult bolivions $8e
25 ottos 1.99E
5" mango pleco $70
proven pair of WC kribs $30
Roseline shark $50
5 adult congo tetras $10E
4 dwarf siam loaches (very rare) $15e
proven breeding pair of adult albino bushy nose plecos $60
Easy over $500 retail
BTW before i get flamed I have no teritory issues at all tank looks empty as its so heavly planted everyone can hide if need be sometimes i cant find my 6" geos in there LOL
I have a huge filtering capacity cascade 1000 and a H.O.T. mag with a pro 60 biowheel. I test bi weekly for ph& nitrates and allways have to add ferts the fish dont even come close to makeing more waste than the plants can use in anyform.
I think the neon rainbow will replace the congos (woried the congos will eat my fry from the geos)
 
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Better info than I found.
But no PH, hardness or temp info.
Everything I read says this family of rainbows likes a very hard cichlid type water where other site say this species likes very soft acidic water.
Totaly conflicting info GRRRRR
Comming from a flood plain I would assume acidic water with high TDS and a bit of salt.
 
unless they're wild caught, why worry about it. I personally feel people make too much a big deal of PH and harness values. Unless you're buying privately bred fish or wildcaught's, whatever your water is is acceptable in my opinion. My dwarf's are in around 7.0 and very hard water. KYle
 
snakeskinner said:
unless they're wild caught, why worry about it. I personally feel people make too much a big deal of PH and harness values. Unless you're buying privately bred fish or wildcaught's, whatever your water is is acceptable in my opinion. My dwarf's are in around 7.0 and very hard water. KYle
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I totaly agree but I want to spawn them and they are not showing well.
If one site said african rift lake conditions the other said soft acid water
I'm sure thety would live anywhere in that WIDE 5.5-9.0 range.
My big concern is the temp I spike my 65g up to almost 90degF and drop PH to 5.8 ish once in a while to spawn SA dwarf chiclids.

My tap is like 8.6ph and hard beyond my testing kit abilitys like 20+ drops
I have a RO system comming out at 6.4ph so its real easy to make the water in the 10G correct.
 
My dwarf Neon Rainbows spawn chronically in my tap water at GH 9, KH 7, temp 76-80Fwith no special assistance from me, and have for many years. These are descendents of the first shipment of males and females recieved in this country, and no signs of inbreeding problems yet, but I really should introduce some new stock.

I agree that these fish need swimming room.
 
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