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Melanotaenia Praecox Dwarf Neon Rainbow
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Dwarf Neon Rainbowfish
Scientific Name: Melanotaenia praecox
Family: Melanotaeniidae
About the Dwarf Neon Rainbowfish
Species Type: Freshwater Fish
Category: Atherinids ...

Scientific Name: Melanotaenia praecox
Common Name: Neon Rainbowfish
Family: Melanotaeniidae ...

Age of Aquariums Freshwater Fish Neon Rainbowfish - Melanotaenia praecox
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Melanotaenia praecox
2.5-3"
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Common name Taxonomy Picture Size Tank Type Care Level Remarks
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In the planted system I described, I was keeping Rasbora pauciperflorata, Melanotaenia praecox, Acanthophthalmus myersi and one (1) Ancistrus sp.. I was using several species of the genus Cryptocoryne, Echinodorus sp.

Summary: Breeding notes for Melanotaenia praecox
Contact for editing purposes:
email: jason.shaw@crcn.net
Date first published: June 2001
Publication: Aquarticles.com
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] Dither fish, like Melanotaenia praecox, are a great asset for this purpose. Second, the food *had* to be tasty to them. The latter condition seems to be satisfied for all fish by "Brine-Shrimp Flakes.

21 Dwarf Neon Rainbows (Melanotaenia praecox)
11 Pygmy Corydora (Corydoras habrosus)
5 Cherry Barbs (Puntius titteya) ...

A planted aquarium with plenty of free-swimming places available will provide a good environment for Melanotaenia praecox. A dark colored gravel substrate may intensify the Praecox Rainbow's colors.

They can look fairly pale and washed out in stores, but once they are established in their tank they develop a lot more colour and can look a lot like Melanotaenia praecox from a distance! ...

See also: Rainbow, Rainbowfish, Water, Neon, Fish

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