yes, they do take a long time to color
(they have a long life span too)
to increase growth rate with rainbowfish
I'd suggest the following:
> pH 7.2 - 7.8
> temp 78-81 degrees F
> MAXIMIZE oxygen saturation
(extra air pump, or extra filter, and/or lower water level to let water splash a little out of filter)
> FOOD: frozen bloodworms, frozen brine shrimp, color flake food,
spirulina flake food, live duckweed,
take the skins off some green PEAS and put them in,
we also have now frozen spirulina-brine shrimp
> frequent partial water changes
> put live plants in the tank
> keep multiple pcs.
(it's a schooling fish, sort of,
so males will show more color with a female or 8 to show off too)
> Lighting: it's hard to set up
but
rainbows colors show best with light shining from the front or the side
as opposed to a strip light on top
above is true actually for most fish
to increase growth and color
we have in stock
2 males Herbertax. rainbows from DNA'd confirmed pure bred
(were sick but ok now)
and a couple females ... probably pure bred but unknown
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