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LORENZO
12-03-2008, 07:55 PM
[COLOR="Blue[/COLOR]this might sound strange but i think the rainbow I purchased is a tinfoil barb. I have never kept rainbows but this one acts like a barb. Not as colourful as the rainbow i bought with it that is deepening in its blueish colour. Rainbows i do not think are as fast as barbs. What is the price of a barb vs a rainbow. Rainbows will get to be two inches i think.
Fishalicious
12-03-2008, 07:58 PM
Post a pic and then we'll know for sure :19: :19:
LORENZO
12-03-2008, 07:59 PM
Post a pic and then we'll know for sure :19: :19:
I WILL GET THIS PIC SHORTLY.
LORENZO
12-03-2008, 08:05 PM
I WILL GET THIS PIC SHORTLY.
THESE fish both are not rainbows. but funny the barb is not looking barb enough.
LORENZO
12-03-2008, 08:12 PM
Fishaliscious have to post it now in the member gallery.
Fishalicious
12-03-2008, 08:43 PM
Okie Dokie... sure someone here will know for sure what they are :19:
LORENZO
12-03-2008, 09:35 PM
:13: PIc of barb is in the member gallery now. Did anyone look?
Fishalicious
12-03-2008, 09:54 PM
The finnage definately shows a rainbow.... could be a young Glossolepis incisus
Fishalicious
12-03-2008, 10:09 PM
Pretty sure now it is a Glossolepis incisus - when really young they are a greyish color...then at 6-7 months they start to develop a red hue coloring... at around a year old they then transform into the super bright red they are when adult.
Lady Hobbs
12-03-2008, 10:21 PM
Why not post your photos here so people don't have to go in search of them?

Anyway, I have no idea what that second fish is. It's eye looks too big for a rainbow and it has an odd body shape. I "think" the rainbow is a splendida.

http://members.optushome.com.au/chelmon/splendida.htm
Fishalicious
12-03-2008, 10:30 PM
They are definately Splendida Rainbows... I was trying to ID this guy for him

http://www.aquaticcommunity.com/fishpictures/data/500/medium/barb_or_not_.jpg
Lady Hobbs
12-03-2008, 10:39 PM
Think you hit it on the head Jess.
Fishalicious
12-03-2008, 10:48 PM
As did you with the Splendida - Female Mods to the Rescue LOL
LORENZO
12-03-2008, 10:59 PM
okay both are spendido rainbows. She is ugly compared to the other fish. The other one looks like a rainbow. i might get more. i tried to attach a pic here i will try again. Did you see my other angel in the picture gallery? I was reading the page on fish photography. i did like that shot of the moving firemouth with the blurred background. i would love to catch the clowns while they are out in the morning. All seven of them.
Fishalicious
12-03-2008, 11:05 PM
http://www.aquaticcommunity.com/fishpictures/data/500/medium/barb_or_not_.jpg

The above reddish fish is a Glossolepis incisus - the rainbow behind the Glossolepis incisus on the first pic that Hobbs posted is a Splendida
LORENZO
12-03-2008, 11:30 PM
http://www.aquaticcommunity.com/fishpictures/data/500/medium/barb_or_not_.jpg

The above reddish fish is a Glossolepis incisus - the rainbow behind the Glossolepis incisus on the first pic that Hobbs posted is a Splendida(zfish) (zfish) (zfish) IS THAT GLOSSolepis incisus a type of rainbow?

and the beatiful one is the splendida. oh my first rainbows.hahahha i hope they don't start breeding.
Fishalicious
12-03-2008, 11:41 PM
Yip it is also a rainbow... so you have 2 different types of rainbows :19:

They can breed pretty easy if you set your mind to it...
LORENZO
12-04-2008, 12:00 AM
Do you have a dog? Any kind of dog?
Northernguy
12-04-2008, 03:08 PM
Do you have a dog? Any kind of dog?
What has a dog got to do with rainbows?You talkin to Dorothy! LOL:14:
Nice fish though!