Rainbowfish ?

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NeverFadeAway86

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I have a 75 gallon aquarium, have a community theme in it, 15 Neons, 15 Espei Rasboras, 8 Cardinals, and 1 Clown Pleco

I am looking to get another peacefull fish to put in this tank, and my LFS has a good selection of Rainbowfish

I am mainly intersted in Bosemani and Celebese Rainbows, I do know they need to be in schools of atleast 5 or more and that they are relatively peaceful

I just dont know much about hose my other fish will view the rainbows and will they be affraid of them because they are bigger or should I not worry about that ?
 
I am not going to preach stocking limits, but I will say that list of fish should be fine together as far as being peaceful.

Do they like the same temp and ph and what not?

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I think it would be fine. If the other fish are nervous it will just make them school tighter! It wont take them long to get used to the newbies.
 
ya the temps and PH are fine together, ive read that rainbows like a ph from 7 to even above 8 and temp 77-82... which 77 -78 is alright for the others in the tank. havent got any of the rainbows yet gonna stop by the LFS tonight to take a look at them again
 
At a certain size, the Boesemani may start to view the neons as potential snacks. They have narrow throats, but they don't seem to consider than when gauging what will fit in their mouths. My male is only 3 inches or so at this point and is all too happy to do some very serious hunting for the few juvenile guppies that are leftover in my tank from having my daughter's guppy popluation stay in the tank prior to the rainbows coming home. Whether or not they can successfully swallow something won't play into whether or not they try to....
 
and also this tank is way overfiltered Ive got an AC 110 and a Penguin 350 B running on it, so as long as i do my weekley water change ill be fine with about 5-6 3-4 inch fish the Bosemani can get around 4 inches, and he Celebese max is at about 3 inches... and all the other fish max at around 1.5 - 2 inches max except the clown pleco but he has his driftwood he swims up into part of it and almost never comes out lol
 
You may have a problem with Bosemani and that stock...'may'.
 
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