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Thanks! Itās so hard to tell with these fish. Hoping someone on here will know.aww, its cute idk lol
Yeah Iām thinking male after looking more up. Heās pretty colorful. The females are really dull. Thanks so that turquoise is bullying everyone in my tank. I just started a 75 African peacock Cichlid tank. I have 5 cichlids and those 2 rainbows. That rainbow is going nuts flashing at everyone and chasing them all day. Like I donāt even know how he has the energy for it. I read he needs a female rainbows. But Petsmart told me they only carry males. I have a local pet store thatās going to order some for me and see what he gets in. So hoping for a female soon! In the mean time Iām buying caves for everyone to hide in.Pretty sure it's a male. Give it a month to color up then you'll know for sure. One of my favorite fish! That turquoise is a beauty, too!
Thanks for the response. What happens if I try to get more and they all end up males? Will my turquoise ever settle down? Heās so nuts and aggressive darting after everyone. I was hoping moving him to a bigger tank would help but heās even crazier now.Both males and they are displaying to each other. Get more of each to help settle things down.
Rainbowfish should be kept in groups of at least 6 and preferably more.
Have even numbers of males (2, 4, 6) and lots of females.
Keep males that are the same size so big males don't pick on smaller males.
Female M. boesemani don't get yellow or blue.