Dwarf neon rainbowfish
Peaceful · Middle · easy care
- 3 in adult
- 29+ gal
- 75–81 °F
- pH 6.5 to 7.5
- groups of 6+
Types of rainbowfish
9 rainbowfish and blue-eyes compared at one scale: adult size, the tank they need, temperature and group size.
Boesemani rainbowfish
Peaceful · Middle · easy care
- 4.5 in adult
- 55+ gal
- 75–82 °F
- pH 7 to 8
- groups of 6+
Celebes rainbowfish
Peaceful · Top · moderate care
- 3 in adult
- 29+ gal
- 68–82 °F
- pH 7 to 8
- groups of 6+
Forktail blue-eye rainbowfish
Peaceful · Top · moderate care
- 2 in adult
- 10+ gal
- 72–80 °F
- pH 7 to 8
- groups of 6+
Red neon blue-eye
Peaceful · Top · moderate care
- 1.2 in adult
- 10+ gal
- 74–82 °F
- pH 6 to 7.5
- groups of 6+
Red rainbowfish
Peaceful · Middle · easy care
- 5.9 in adult
- 55+ gal
- 72–79 °F
- pH 7 to 8
- groups of 6+
Spotted blue-eye
Peaceful · Top · moderate care
- 1 in adult
- 10+ gal
- 75–82 °F
- pH 5.5 to 7.5
- groups of 6+
Threadfin rainbowfish
Peaceful · Middle · moderate care
- 2 in adult
- 20+ gal
- 73–84 °F
- pH 6 to 7
- groups of 6+
Turquoise rainbowfish
Peaceful · Middle · easy care
- 4.7 in adult
- 55+ gal
- 72–79 °F
- pH 7 to 8
- groups of 6+
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Names, and adult sizes where the article gives one, are checked against Wikipedia; care ranges are common hobby guidance, and each species page says which is which. 9 of these 9 are fish. Photos are real photographs from Wikimedia Commons, credited below; the lineup is our own drawing at one scale.
Photo credits
Real photographs from Wikimedia Commons, resized and cropped to fit; each is used under the license named.
- Dwarf neon rainbowfish Leo-nie-weh-oh; cropped by Der Regenbogenfisch, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons
- Boesemani rainbowfish H. Zell, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
- Celebes rainbowfish Brent Tibbatts, CC BY 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
- Forktail blue-eye rainbowfish Dirk Godlinski, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
- Red rainbowfish Hectonichus, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
- Spotted blue-eye Der Regenbogenfisch, CC BY-SA 3.0 de, via Wikimedia Commons
- Threadfin rainbowfish NRJMelvinT, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
- Turquoise rainbowfish Thomnight, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons
