182. Rainbowfishes and Friends

In this episode, the Water Colors team shares their favorite species of rainbowfish. Best known for the dazzling colors they exhibit, there is most certainly a rainbowfish for every aquarist. From larger melanotaenia species that can easily fill out a 90 gallon aquarium, to small and flashy pseudomugils fit for blackwater or even brackish tanks! Many rainbowfish are notorious for taking a while to show off their true colors, but we promise that good things take time!  Let’s learn about some of the team’s favorite species of rainbowfish.

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Species mentioned in this episode:

• Rhadinocentrus ornatus, Ornate rainbowfish
• Pseudomugil mellis, Honey blue-eye rainbowfish
• Melanotaenia praecox, Neon dwarf rainbowfish
• Bedotia madagascarensis, Madagascar rainbowfish
• Pseudomugil cyanodorsalis, Neon blue-eye rainbowfish
• Iriatherina werneri, Threadfin rainbowfish
• Melanotaenia garylangei
• Pseudomugil gertrudae, Spotted blue-eye rainbowfish
• Pseudomugil luminatus, Red neon blue-eye rainbowfish
• Chilatherina alleni, Waponga rainbowfish
• Pseudomugil signifer, Paific blue-eye rainbowfish
• Melanotaenia boesmani, Boesmani rainbowfish
• Melanotaenia lacustris, Turquoise rainbowfish
• Melanotaenia lodigesi, Sulawesi rainbowfish
• Melanotaenia macculochi