Rainbowfish Articles

What is a Rainbowfish?   Here is a list of all described rainbowfish and blue-eyes. Eventually I hope to have these fish linked to more information and pictures.

Primer on Breeding Rainbowfish of the Genus Melanotaenia    This article will go over the basics of how to breed and raise Rainbowfish. There are many different ways to be successful with rainbows and this article attempts to introduce you to a few of these methods.

How To Make A Spawning Mop       So you'd like to breed rainbows, but what is this spawning mop thing he's been talking about? Well you can't really buy them, but you can make them. Find out how to here

Waiting On their Majesties - The Melanotaenia praecox       Here's an article a wrote a number of years ago before the praecox became so common. It about wishing for, obtaining and then spawning this species. At the time all female praecox in the United States were strickly kept under control of a Florida fish farm.

If You're Not Sure, DON'T BREED       This is my rant article for my page. It's about the dangers and damage done by aquarist's while breeding fish. Unfortunately most people think they're doing the right thing when they spawn their fish. They make sure its the same species and everything is allright. Find out here how often they are unknowning doing damage.

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