How Many Rainbows?

[Cichlid-Man]

About how many Rainbows can go in a 25 gal tank......hopefully soon a heavily planted 25 gal

I love rainbows and really want some.....any ideas on how many i can get?

 

[Angelfish]

What kind do you plan on getting? The slightly larger ones (terqouise, red ect) or dwarfs? (BTW, great choice of fish, Ive been waiting to add some rainbows to my tank for a long while now).

 

[Cichlid-Man]

I have no idea what kind......But....lets just say for now....regular 1's...LOL nah ummmmm yeah maybe the large 1's.

Want to plant this tank too.

I could do a Bad@$$ community 55gal but idk.....not sure.

 

[Cichlid-Man]

I'm looking at rainbows like......

Boesemani Rainbows
New Guinea Rainbows
Neon Blue Rainbows
Australian Rainbows

 

[janene]

I love Rainbows! The newbie's Discus, lol, at least that's how I think of them

I have Austrailians, Red and Boseman's, love 'em all. My Aust. are HUGE (for Rainbows at least), like 5-6". The others are babies. They are hungry buggers, too, greedy. If it's just Rainbows, going on the old 1" per gallon rule, only 6-7 if you intend to let them stay in the 25 forever. They do school well as a species, btw, so you could get 1's and 2's of each of them and they'll school together.

 

[Cackett]

Boesemani Rainbows
Neon Blue Rainbows
Reds i got the above in my tankvery nice to. current;'y running them for 2 years

 

[fishysmell]

I'd only stick dwarfs or pseudomugils in a 25. Maybe you could do 3 or 4 regular ones for a while but that 55 would be way better. You could stick 6 or so of em in the 55 for their entire lives. A longer tank is always better for em anyway since they love to swim back and forth. Give em some open space too, especially in a small tank like a 25. If your gonna get rainbows, search aquabid for some good ones, don't get your average run of the mill rainbows. They don't have any bragging rights w/ em. LoL have fun, they're great fish.

 

[Angelfish]

I bet you could put 5 in your 25 gal. (assuming you do frequent water changes with good filtration ofcourse ) But, I think 6 dwarfs in a planted 25 would look great =)

 

[fishysmell]

I wouldn't worry so much about waste when it comes to rainbows, their main concern is swimming room. Small tanks aren't the best for em.

I'm w/ angelfish on the dwarfs, a nice school of them would be great for a 25.

 

[Cichlid-Man]

eh dawrfs don't look nearly as good. And i think i am going to do discus in my 55gal. So MIGHT just leave my 25 gal as a breeding tank for them.

So many ideas! So little tanks!! HARD TO DECIDE!!!