Rainbowric Posted May 23, 2013 Report Share Posted May 23, 2013 A number of Melanotaenia parva has been showing up recently and I just realized that I have not done a thread on them yet. Melanotaenia parva has been around in the hobby now for close to a decade now but is considered a rare Rainbowfish. It is nicknamed the Sunshine Rainbowfish and is classified as a dwarf Rainbowfish. It should not exceed much more then 3 inches in lenght. Even though small it does look after itself in a community tank of larger 4 inch plus bows. Yet it will go nicely with the little blue-eyed species of Rainbowfish like the P. furcatus. Recently it became more popular as it was listed on the C.A.R.E.S. Preservation Program as a ... Species facing a high risk of extinction in the wild in the medium term future. A number of clubs in Eastern Canada is taking this program quite seriously and I have had a number of calls from the eastern Canada looking for some. AA member geleen has been breeding them and possibly AA member Jayba in the near future! I just finished breeding a bunch of 36 and shipped them to Eastern Canada with a fellow hobbiest from the Durham Aquarium Society. This fish is extremely photogenic! The pictures that I am posting here was done with my old camera, wish I had some with my new camera to post but hopefully Jayba will post some pics of his as they get a little older, in this thread. Melanotaenia parva You would almost think that this fish is a salt water fish. Certainly sticks out in a tank when it is displaying. The female which has quite less color, however if you don't have one of these girls in the tank chances are you will never see the beautiful colors that this fish displays for his girl. For information about the C.A.R.E. Preservation Program follow this link ..... C.A.R.E.S link. Even though I will not be breeding this species for some time I believe we will see more of this colorful dwarf Rainbowfish around! Hope you have enjoyed these pics ....RegardsRic--------------------------------"Melanotaenia boesemani from Lake Aytinjo" The Aytinjo variant does have stronger colours! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
African_Fever Posted May 27, 2013 Report Share Posted May 27, 2013 Stunning rainbows as always Ric. Thanks for sharing the pics and info! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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