Would Dwarf Neon Rainbows Work?

[fish mom7598]

Hi there! brand new to this group! looking to add new faces to my tank (125 gallon long tank) right now the average stuff, platy,mollies, sword tail, guppies, neon tetras,I have 4 ghost fish and a 14 inch pleco. what would be a good addition? and when you need to thin your tanks of all the population explosion of these live bearers, what do you DO with them?? so you can get new fish? (EVERYTHING IS MULTIPLYING!! HELP!!)

Hi nobody of the goat, some pics below of the tank as promised.

You are correct when mentioned that no egg laying has taken place whilst they have all been in there together.

The pair of bolivians have been in there about a year, the trio of apistos were added about 3 months ago after members on the forum agreed it would be ok.

There have been no signs whatsoever of aggression so far so I'll have to keep a keen eye out for any occuring as they mature, they swim happily together at this present time.

Overall pic of tank

1 of the bolivians and 1 of the female apistos

Better pic of one of the bolivians

1 bolivian, male apisto and both females as well as albino rainbow shark

Both bolivians and male apisto

Sorry for quality of pics, taken with iphone camera so not brilliant and the little buggers never keep still



Andy

What a beautiful tank! how do you avoid a population explosion with all those plants?

 

[arobinson1984]

Hi chillipepper,

The tank is a couple of inches less than 3ft.


Fish mom, there arent any livebearers in the tank apart from a pair of swordtails. Did have some eggs layed but I think they must have all got eaten.



Andy

 

[meguro]

unless ur male bolivian ram is unusally camera shy i think u have 2 females

 

[arobinson1984]

Yes, I wasn't too sure to be honest meguro.

I got them when they were 2 young to sex, one of them is destinctively more coloured than the other, the one you can see in the 3rd pic is the more colourful of the two, the other one isnt as brightly coloured on the fin tips.


Andy

 

[arobinson1984]

Thinking I'll go with the safer option and go for hengeli rasboras



Andy