Maturing Rainbows

It's been awhile since I've posted anything at all. I'd like to show a couple pics of some Rainbows that inhabit my 75g community tank. I've been experimenting with taking photos, and it's pretty difficult to get these guys to "stand still". I didn't use a flash - so there's definitely some blur. I also did some cropping.

First is a melanotaenia herbertaxelrodi


And then a melanotaenia marci


These guys are both around 5 years old. I also have females for both of them, as well as a trio of melanotaenia trifasciata 'goyder river' in there. I love the big Rainbows!

Thanks for looking.

Thanks! They are for the most part, great community fish. I started off with trios of the 3 varieties, but lost a couple females over the years. The key to having colorful males is having females, as well as other males so that they'll "spar" and really brighten up. They never go so far as to nip at each other, but they are really agile swimmers and dance together in tight circles. It happens every day, multiple times. They also are very responsive to the fish keeper and will follow you around. Very entertaining fish.