Peterjay
06-24-2011, 06:46 PM
I’ve had my new 90-gallon (more or less NPT) tank up and running for a month or so, so I figured a few fish might do the plants some good. I plan to do all New Guinea rainbows, so the first fish I picked up were four turquoise, two male, two female. (I wanted six, but four is all the LFS had in stock)
The fish have been in there for five days or so and are doing great on Spectrum pellets and whatever algae they feel like nibbling. They’ve already colored up a lot and the males have been flashing their gold stripes, which is something I never get tired of watching. The males are about 2 1/2 inches, the females a bit smaller, so I hope they’ll grow a bit.
I’m not really happy with the plants I bought online - I’ll be getting them all locally from now on, but the ones I have in there will do for the moment. I plan to keep 15 or 16 rainbows or something like that, depending on species and size. That should be plenty for what I have in mind. After watching these guys dart around, it’s pretty obvious they won’t like being crowded too much.
The fish have been in there for five days or so and are doing great on Spectrum pellets and whatever algae they feel like nibbling. They’ve already colored up a lot and the males have been flashing their gold stripes, which is something I never get tired of watching. The males are about 2 1/2 inches, the females a bit smaller, so I hope they’ll grow a bit.
I’m not really happy with the plants I bought online - I’ll be getting them all locally from now on, but the ones I have in there will do for the moment. I plan to keep 15 or 16 rainbows or something like that, depending on species and size. That should be plenty for what I have in mind. After watching these guys dart around, it’s pretty obvious they won’t like being crowded too much.