Question: can anyone tell me what this is please?

rachy · April 13th, 2009

my friend got given this fish the other day, was kina an emergency rescue lol!! but he dosent have a clue what it is, so dosent know what it needs, or what ya can keep it with etc :S can anyone help please??

btw sorry if this is the wrong section :S didnt know where else 2 put it!!
hope some1 can help

platy ben · April 13th, 2009

its some type of rainbow fish but im not sure what species

JennDFK · April 13th, 2009

It is a rainbow fish... but I wouldn't know the type either... it has the same coloring as a Boesmani... but it isn't as brilliant... maybe it is a female or an immature male?

platy ben · April 13th, 2009

Those yellow stripes on its body really throw me off, i dont think its a boseman

2lucky · April 13th, 2009

I think that it is a female Australian murray river rainbowfish-Melanotaenia fluviatilis

here is a link, http://watershed3.tripod.com/rainbows.html#murray
you'll have to scroll down until you see the murray river heading, does it look like the smaller fish in the second photo?

I had one in my tank for ages. They are schooling fish and prefer a coldwater setup. Peaceful, shy, eat almost anything, mine was very hardy. Well there's more info in the link.

Good luck

jack--sos · April 14th, 2009

it looks like one in the like 2lucky sent you

rachy · April 14th, 2009

Quote:

Originally Posted by 2lucky

I think that it is a female Australian murray river rainbowfish-Melanotaenia fluviatilis

here is a link, http://watershed3.tripod.com/rainbows.html#murray
you'll have to scroll down until you see the murray river heading, does it look like the smaller fish in the second photo?

I had one in my tank for ages. They are schooling fish and prefer a coldwater setup. Peaceful, shy, eat almost anything, mine was very hardy. Well there's more info in the link.

Good luck

yeh it does look like the 1 in the pic, cheers for that!!

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