Bender Posted October 1, 2009 Report Share Posted October 1, 2009 I saw some very pretty tiny little fish at a lfs yesterday. They were about 12mm long fully formed shiny fish with blue on the body and red fins. I assume they will grow, but was wondering how much. Does anybody keep these? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robbies Betta Posted October 1, 2009 Report Share Posted October 1, 2009 From what I read up on Google, it says they reach a size of between 5-8cm in size. depends on which one you have I guess :S Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
killiguy Posted October 1, 2009 Report Share Posted October 1, 2009 I used to breed these rainbows and must say they are the trickiest one I have kept (out of 12-14 species so far).As far as size goes I would have to say 5cm would be a good size.Ive never had one anywhere near 8 cm but I found I had trouble keeping them alive for more than 1 year and never got a really deep bodied male you sometimes see photographed.Fortunately they are very prolific and as soon as I would sell the contents of a 4 ft tank Id have another 50 fry appear.They are gorgeous esp enmass but quite disease prone Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bender Posted October 12, 2009 Author Report Share Posted October 12, 2009 Thanks Guys! I decided against adding to my tanks for the time beeing. Actually by the time I got back they were gone so the decision was made for me! Quite glad I did now I've read your reply Killiguy, I'm not up for that sort of challenge right now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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