I would say they are one of the most colourful freshwater fish out there. Cichlids are nice, but i love the aquascaping you can do with a rainbowfish tank. Here is a picture of the tank from over a year . There is no longer the Loaches or the Australians, with new additions being boesemani, Trifasciata and the shoal of peppered corydoras.
That looks a bit overstocked. Maybe you should upgrade to a 265 gallon, but if you don't, you should get rid of the cories, then the tank would be a bit less crowded. Or the flying fox and 2 or three rainbowfish. Or 3 rainbowfish.
That's horribly overstocked, 2-3 male guppies can live in the 5 gallon, and the 2 goldfish will need around 55 gallons. Just so you know.
No offence to you ZooBinh, I know you mean no harm, but I have been keeping Rainbowfish for the past ten years. I think you could say I have a bit of experience with them. As I said, this is an old picture. There are no longer the Loaches or the Australian rainbowfish. Also 265 Gallon thats like over a 1000 Litres. This tank is 240L and like I said when I save up the money I plan to upgrade to a 350L. Currently I have 12 rainbowfish, 8 Corydoras and one adult flying fox and I would say there is room for maybe two more rainbowfish. In that photo their is 12 rainbowfish, 5 loaches and a flying fox. You must think my 24L tank is overstocked too with my 4 guppys and a few salt and pepper corydoras. I will post two up to date photos of both my tanks tomorrow for you.
Oops. I meant 265 litres. No offense taken. So that is an old pictures, and upgrading to the 350L is utterly amazing! But yes, your 24L is overstocked, maybe upgrade to about 15-30 gallons. (57-113 Litres)
Couple years It was sad when they died The panda fish was the saddest cause I got it a year before I got the rest of the fish
ZooBinh just want to ask you what all Fish you have kept and over how many years, because you seem to be one of those people that just quote stuff they read online without having first hand experience. I have had my 24L running for 6 months to a year and all the fish are doing fine. Though I will definitely agree that keeping goldfish in a 5 gallon tank is insanely cruel. Quick edit: By panda fish do you mean a panda corydorus. They are a social fish and should be kept in shoals of six of more.
Man I'm sorry poor goldfish I'm new to the fish keeping game I don't keep fish anymore because i got a dog so I don't have time to take care of any fish I didn't even know
My amazing did he used to be a fishkeeper, and he has taught me so much about many fish, platies, mollies, plecos, rainbowfish, guppies, koi, goldfish, angelfish, frogs, we have kept all of those species at one point, (at separate times). We used to have a 70gallon which held all of these species at least once in it's point. Anyways, as some people have health problems, we couldn't keep that tank anymore, but the experience was very teaching. That started about 8 years ago, so 5-10 years is my answer. I currently have 3 Honey Gourami in a 6 gallon (wasn't my smartest move, my first few fish that I have had full responsibility over, I was also having some personal problems at that time). I also have the 1.5 shrimp tank that is currently cycling, and will also set up a 10gal community tank in the future.
Even the fancy goldfish will need a pretty big tank, and that's like the smallest goldfish there are, and they need about a 20-gallon or something (have to check my notes again).
Zoobinh for a 10 gallon set up I would recommend a nice shoal of tetras such as rummynose tetras over cichlids, especially if you want to keep multiple types of cichlids as you said earlier on in the thread. SpinyLiving regular goldfish do grow rather large. The Fancy goldfish would be one of the smallest and they still grow to about 8 inches. Edit: ZooBinh hadnt posted his fancy goldfish point yet. I promise I didn't steal his point.
I am getting a pair (probably a female pair, or just 1 male) of Betta imbellis, a small school of Celestial Pearl Danio, even though that might change, and some Asian Stone Catfish. Also some Tiger Shrimp.
