Dwarf Neon Praecox Rainbow fish - Care Guide!

[@Lazarusthefishboy]

Wow!!! Amazing video! I learnt so much! Neon Rainbows are truly beautiful (as you said) and you spoke so clearly and was very easy to understand! Thanks for sharing!!!😀👍

[@BodgieFromStraya]

heyyyy man! thanks for stopping by on the channel! glad you were able to learn some good information on them! Thank you so much for the kind words!

[@Lazarusthefishboy]

@@BodgieFromStraya no worries! Always here to support, mate! Have a great day!!! :)

[@DanielKeepingFish]

Good write up for these awesome wee Rainbowfish. They really are a treat of a fish.

[@BodgieFromStraya]

Thank you Daniel! they really are a beautiful fish!

[@nayanmistry4641]

Great video Bodgie! Very entertaining and comprehensive too. Loving the outtakes. I've been looking into getting some praecox rainbows for a while however I do have some top dwelling fish, the harlequin rasbora which I've had for 2 years now, they are great and extremely hardy, so enjoying then while they are around. These rainbowfish are pretty easy to find here in the UK so that's good. Another Australian KZbinr, KeepingFishSimple, is also a fanatic for the praecox rainbowfish, he has bred them and is doing really well with them. Keep those videos coming, I've just subscribed to your channel oh and I've hit the like button too. Cheers

[@BodgieFromStraya]

Hey Nayan! Thank you so much for joining the channel and I really appreciate the kind words! the neon rainbows are truly a beautiful fish. 2 YEARS! thats awesome to hear, I really do love the harlequin raspboras, such a cool contrast of black and red and yeah I have seen a few of his videos as well, great breeding videos! but once again thank you kindly for coming onboard!

[@nayanmistry4641]

@@BodgieFromStraya absolutely no problem, always great to support a fellow hobbyist doing an awesome job, keep it up 👍

[@glenno6091]

Good stuff, like your enthusiasm. They are one of my favourite Rainbowfish too. Not sure about your size estimate of 8-10cm. I've never seen any that big.

[@BodgieFromStraya]

Thanks Glen!!! yeah i mighttt have over estimated the size but i have seen a school of all males before pushing the size! but yeah they would average around 6cm

[@kevinjenkins5340]

Great stuff very entertaining, I love these little rainbows I have a pond with hundreds of them they breed like crazy in an outside pond, I also have them in a 4 foot by 2 foot tank

[@BodgieFromStraya]

Thank you!!!! Hahaha wow that is a dream! i seriously want more but cant find them anywhere hahaha!

[@kevinjenkins5340]

Bodgie I just had a look at theonlineaquirumshop but the neon rainbows were out of stock but this store has quality fish.

[@BodgieFromStraya]

@@kevinjenkins5340 Thank you Kevin! ill keep them in mind and check up too see if they come back in stock!

[@Arks123]

Great spotlight your delivery is great, it’s only you pointing out flaws in your delivery keep going it’s great! I have a group of 8 and about 100 fry growing out 👍

[@BodgieFromStraya]

Aw thanks!!!! seriously love these guys but wow 100 fry! hahaha i might need a few females... i so want like a school of 20!

[@oceandove]

Hello from Canada 🇨🇦 Good delivery in your video. Love you’re passion for the hobby 💙 as well. I do have some questions about dwarf neon rainbow fish 🐠. Is it ok to mix live and artificial plants to create a heavily planted aquarium for them. Also I can’t find anything on the internet on how to enhance their colors naturally through certain foods, water temperature or any other means ? I have one male and one female in a 30 gallon aquarium with three mollies, several guppies, several platys, and one lonely cardinal tetra (long story lol). My rainbows are older now but hardly any color. How can I enhance their Color’s to be darker and bolder? Thank you 🙏🏽 you

[@BodgieFromStraya]

Hi Madhavi! Thank you for watching and asking such great questions! Q1) its perfectly fine to mix both real and fake plants to create a planted aquarium for them. I personally would lean towards the real plant only with some easy options being Elodea, Vallesneria, hygrophilla polysperma and wisteria. Q2) it certainly is possible to naturally enhance their colours through food and temperature can also play a factor in this. great quality foods such as Xtreme and baby brine shrimp, bloodworms and Mysis shrimp will really help them with growth and colour. warmer water around 26 degrees will induce activity and result in better colours. However the best option I see for yourself is to simply get more neon rainbows if space allows. they are a big time schooling fish meaning that the more you have, the better they colour up! Hope this helps!

[@valiaudet3415]

I find both males and females colourful. I love them 💗

[@BodgieFromStraya]

Totally agree, they really are stunning fish

[@Ed-li3sg]

Awesome video!! Would these rainbows do well in a tank that is 60 cm long, 38 cm high and 30cm wide? I’m thinking of just keeping males only display tank. How many fish can I keep in this size tank? Also can I add tank mates?

[@BodgieFromStraya]

Hey edd8866! i think they are great dimensions, I would personally go for a school of 4 and I think they should be okay in the long run as well! in terms of tank mate I would only add bottom dwellers such as cories or small loaches as the rainbows would take up the top area! Thankyou for the amazing support!

[@henryt5780]

What tank mates do u recommend look good with them? For display tank

[@BodgieFromStraya]

hey mate! my recommendation would always be other rainbows but angelfish, Corydoras and a tonne of tropical aquarium fish would be totally fine

[@MT88_YouTube]

Great video! How are they compared to Boesemani Rainbow fish? Which do you prefer?

[@BodgieFromStraya]

funny thing is I have both! hahaha the praecox are muchhh faster growing for a display size where as the bosemani take a good 2 years to get to display size. I personally like the praecox over the bosemani because if that small cute size and amazing schooling behaviour!

[@aidanlau795]

I get the best colours from my male rainbow fish when there are females. And when I move the males out into a male only tank they don’t show as much colour.

[@BodgieFromStraya]

Wow, I have encountered situations like this before and I really think it is dependent on the batch. Like mine were fully flared up with just males.

[@alans4281]

I have these rainbows in a 200 litre/ 55. They will eat live brine as adults. Tiny fry but well worth breeding .👍🏼

[@BodgieFromStraya]

oooh! awesome stuff, I might see if I can get some brine shrimp!

[@BlakesAquatics]

Loved it

[@BodgieFromStraya]

WE HAVE SUCCESS!

[@mapd6831]

Wow the new camera makes the tank look amazing

[@BodgieFromStraya]

It really does! loving it!

[@mapd6831]

Bodgie From 'Straya omg I just realised my female longfin bristlenose “Betty” is pregnant can’t wait for the baby bettys

[@BodgieFromStraya]

@@mapd6831 EYYYYY AWESOME!!!!!!!!!!! (if you are even in need to give a few of your bristlenose babies up for adoption... lemme know....) hahahahaha

[@mapd6831]

Bodgie From 'Straya haha I think I’ll be watching the tank 24/7 just so I know where they lay eggs just so the pesky angelfish don’t get a nice midnight snack 😂

[@BodgieFromStraya]

@@mapd6831 hahaha omg yep! stuff like that happens. i stayed up till 1AM with a blue light to see how my roselines were doing once i introduced them to the 5 foot tank!

[@bacon6496]

might get some

[@BodgieFromStraya]

100 do it!

[@vishalshetty679]

Hi there!...I have a question, what if we keep only males, will they end up fighting all the time and kill one another or stay peacefully?

[@BodgieFromStraya]

Hey mate! no worries keeping males only, they don't fight at all its more just sparring and showing off their colours which looks amazing so don't stress. keeping all males is the best hahaha

[@vishalshetty679]

@@BodgieFromStraya Thankyou for your reply, its really helpful...you got a new subscriber (me) 😀👍

[@BodgieFromStraya]

@@vishalshetty679 Thank you so much mate! really hope you enjoy my other videos!

[@faisalmiah365]

Are they hardy? Are they susceptable to disease?

[@BodgieFromStraya]

Hi Faisal! not from what I have experienced. they are a great hardy tropical fish species! given clean water they will be disease free!

[@faisalmiah365]

@@BodgieFromStraya thank you, they are really pretty fish!

[@darshanm9818]

Bro... Can I keep neno rainbow fish with gold fish's??? In community fish tank???

[@BodgieFromStraya]

Hey Darshan! I wouldn't recommend it just because goldfish and rainbows have very different care requirements. also the goldfish have a high chance of being outcompeted for food. a good option would be whiteclouds or danios!

[@darshanm9818]

@@BodgieFromStraya Ohh... Thank you sooo much bro 👍🏻👌🏻

[@BodgieFromStraya]

@@darshanm9818 Noooo promblem!

[@jasonlimweizen]

did you order them online and got all males?

[@BodgieFromStraya]

Oh jeez, I can't even remember where I got these fish now haha. I'm fairly certain it was online!

[@darrylgiffin446]

If you want your male rainbows to show themselves you need a female that will make the males display for you more often

[@BodgieFromStraya]

hey darryl, agreed 100%. only issue is my school was all males so adding 2-3 females wasn't such a good option haha. but the males actually did display a lot because they would compete with each other a fair bit so still a win win situation.

[@Brag-cs8sd]

Group of 6 is too small. At least 10-15

[@BodgieFromStraya]

10 - 15 is 100% ideal but I would be confident in saying that 6 would be fine as a bare minimum for someone who's looking at getting these fish. it ensures a good mix of males & females, makes a decent school and can is suitable in the long run as well