Introduction
Rainbowfishes & Scientific Names
Rainbowfish Species

Keeping & Caring

Introduction
Alkalinity
Carbon Dioxide
Dissolved Oxygen
Water Hardness
pH
Temperature
Nitrification
New Tank Syndrome
Water Testing
Water Plants
Hydra
Planaria

Disease & Treatment

Disease
Disease Prevention
Responding to Disease
Handling Specific Problems
Aquarium Calculations
Mycobacteriosis

Feeding & Raising Rainbowfishes

Introduction
Feeding Skills
Bloodworms
Brineshrimp
Daphnia
Feeding Rainbowfish Fry
Growing Rainbowfishes in Ponds
Homemade Fishfood
Microworm
Mosquito Larvae
Paramecia
Phytoplankton
Vinegar Eels
Whiteworms

Breeding Rainbowfishes

Breeding Rainbowfishes
Raising Rainbowfish Fry
Hybridisation

Collecting & Shipping

Collecting Rainbowfishes
Shipping Rainbowfishes

Natural Habitats

Introduction
Natural Habitat
Barron River
Cape York Peninsula
Kakadu
Keep River
The Kimberley
Ord River
Fly River
Sepik River

Acknowledgment
This web site would not have been possible without the enthusiastic assistance and support of many friends and acquaintances all over the world that gave me direct and indirect help in providing their experience, knowledge and assistance.

I particularly wish to thank Neil Armstrong, Günther Schmida, Gerald Allen, Gilbert Maebe, Wim Heemskerk, Bruce Hansen, Jennifer Palmer, Franz-Peter Muellenholz, Dave Wilson, Glynn Aland, Iain Wilson, Barry Meiklejohn and Graham Weston for kindly providing photographs.