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BiGBlak
03-06-2011, 08:30 PM
bought two of these rainbows yesterday and cant seem to ID them nothing

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Abbeys_Mom
03-06-2011, 09:25 PM
Boeseman's Rainbowfish or Bicolor Rainbow
same fish, 2 names

Oops! you meant the ones with the stripes!
Abbeys_Mom
03-06-2011, 09:28 PM
The striped ones look like Banded Rainbows.
Lady Hobbs
03-06-2011, 11:31 PM
My first thought was female boesemani but now not sure at all. And my favorite rainbow site that identifies them all has a dead link.

I wonder if it's an Australian splendid but not all the way into color yet. They act very nuts.

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BiGBlak
03-06-2011, 11:50 PM
My first thought was female boesemani but now not sure at all. And my favorite rainbow site that identifies them all has a dead link.

I wonder if it's an Australian splendid but not all the way into color yet. They act very nuts.

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Is that yours ? im thinkning it may be one of those ! they did seem kind of dull at the LFS and have not really changed much in my tank. I got them because i seem the one in you pic at a dentist office and knew he wasnt a boe and when i was looking at the rainbows at the lfs those where the only two that looked like that so i got them. hopefully when i re enter my driftwood and plant the tank their colors will come out like that . Those stripes on the tail are exactly who they look on mine not too sure if you can see it in the vid.
Lady Hobbs
03-06-2011, 11:52 PM
Common on the market. Check the Australian in this link. Colored more like yours.

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Crawdaddy8
03-09-2011, 03:41 AM
my guess is a Trifasciata green phase Rainbow.
Lady Hobbs
03-09-2011, 12:36 PM
I don't think so. The Trifasciata has a black band running down his side and a definite greenish coloration. (Banded rainbow)

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I saw the Australian at PetSmart yesterday. Same thing as the OP's.
Crawdaddy8
03-10-2011, 02:56 AM
the species to which I am referring is a completely different form of trifasciata. It is very akin to the australian rainbow. The one you list is a Goyder River rainbow, I believe. But, I may be wrong..... I'm dying to know myself, now.:18:
Dimme13
05-15-2011, 05:26 AM
Looks like a Male Yellow (Axelrodi) Rainbow