Help ID Rainbow In Vid

**BiGBlak** · 03-06-2011, 08:30 PM

bought two of these rainbows yesterday and cant seem to ID them nothing

**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.

**BiGBlak** · 03-06-2011, 11:50 PM

Originally Posted by Lady Hobbs

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.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v9...h/splendia.jpg

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.

http://www.tropicalfishandaquariums....fish/index.asp

**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)

http://www.aquaticcommunity.com/rainbowfish/banded.php

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.