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Boesemani Rainbowfish | Melanotaenia boesemani

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Boesemani Rainbowfish

The Melanotaenia boesemani, also known as the Boeseman's Rainbowfish, is a must-have for any serious aquarium enthusiast or collector. The males exhibit an array of vibrant colors including blue, yellow, and silver - making them a true standout in any aquatic setup. 

With a peaceful temperament and schooling behavior, the Boeseman's Rainbowfish does best when kept in groups of 6 or more in an aquarium of at least 30 gallons. They prefer heavily planted tanks with moderate lighting and ideal water conditions including a temperature between 72-82°F, soft to moderately hard water, and a pH between 6.0-7.5. When kept in the proper environment, these Rainbow specimens can live up to 5 years with excellent care. Their small size of around 3 inches makes them suitable for most community aquariums.

We feed them a large variety of foods which include finely ground Northfin flake foods, small Northfin pellets (veggie, community, & bug pro), frozen foods. 

Please Note: All fish shipments have a 100% Live Arrival Guarantee when shipping with Overnight (1 Day) option. All other options void our Live Arrival Guarantee for fish. 

Photo is of a mature Boesemani, juveniles will have less coloring, but will gain more coloring as they mature. 

Our Tank Parameters

  • Ph: 6.5 to 7.5
  • Gh: 6 to 15
  • Kh:  2 to 5
  • TDS: 100 to 200
  • Temp: 70 to 78

Tank Recommendations

  • Leaves: Indian Almond or Guava
  • Wood: Malaysian or Mopani
  • Cones: Alder Cones
  • Substrate: Pool Filter Sand

 

  • 5 stars: 21 (84%)
  • 4 stars: 2 (8%)
  • 3 stars: 1 (4%)
  • 2 stars: 0 (0%)
  • 1 star: 1 (4%)
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A Perez
First time customer and couldn’t be happier

The fish arrived exactly as described and no doa’s which was a plus. They were healthy and adapted real quick to my community fish.

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Joy Snyder
Boesmani rainbow fish

Bought 10 of these fish, Flip sent 10. Packaged in breather bags, 4 fish to a bag. Shipping box was well insulated. Acclimation directions included. All 12 fish arrived in good health and active. They all were eating right away. Took a week for them to color up. Even though they are only 1 inch, several of them are showing nice orange color on the back of the fish. Very pleased with my fish and would buy from them again

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Sue McKinney

Boesemani Rainbowfish | Melanotaenia boesemani

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N. R.
Beautiful Boesemani Fish

All fish are healthy and alive. Highly recommend.

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Sandy Yocum
Very tiny fish

Fish were healthy, but extremely small. One of the ember tetras has no color at all.

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Tyler A spears
Very good!

Very healthy and doing well, just don’t look like the picture but maybe they will grow into what they are supposed to look like.

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Erin Seale
Small, but healthy.

Wish there was a comparison size between the boesemani fish and a coin to get an idea of their size. They were very healthy, and acted normal when acclimated properly to my tank. They came as minnows, but fortunately I had a ten gallon I could put them in until they grow bigger, and then I’ll upgrade their tank. I want to say, please don’t put this size of juvenile rainbow boesemani with adult boesemani… they might eat them.

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T.L.

All my fish arrived healthy and ate adapting well to their big tank. Some
Of them was very small.

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Sherry Rice
Bosemani Rainbowfish

Very pleased with my purchase of Rainbow Fish. Flip Aquatics Team really came through... arrived as expected, nicely packaged, healthy and ready to explore their new environment. All are healthy and thriving, looking forward to watching these beautiful fish as they mature in my 75 gallon tank. Highly recommend Flip Aquatics!

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M.C.

Young but healthy looking.

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David Krueger
Boesemani Rainbowfish

Received 4 in terrific condition and thriving in 125gal.

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Robert Kuhns
Boesemani Rainbowfish

The six Rainbowfish are doing well, not sure what sex they are yet being they are young and not showing color yet.

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Danielle Coco

Boesemani Rainbowfish | Melanotaenia boesemani

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Michael Sutherlin

Boesemani Rainbowfish | Melanotaenia boesemani

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Leann Tana
Happy fish

Ordered 12 Boesemani Rainbowfish and received some bonus. They were packed well and were calm during acclimation. Seemed at home and wouldn't have known they were just shipped even the first day in the tank. Very healthy young fish, thank you.

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Mike V
Flip Aquatics Rocks

About a month ago I decided to give Flip Aquatics a shot based on all the positive reviews. Another reason was that you could pick your order in person,
living close by was a plus (no shipping fee). I purchased 6 Rainbow fish , pick them up and took them home. After a couple of weeks I realized that I had about 6 females. I contacted their customer service and asked if I could exchange 4 females for 4 males.Within 24 hrs Rob had approved it! The next day I went to
the shop and did the exchange. I got to meet Rob who by the way is a super nice guy. He gave me a quick tour of the place, I was truly impressed on how clean and organized it was including their quarantine procedures. This is definitely my new place to go for fish, plants etc. Give him a shot you won’t be disappointed.

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R.W.

Fish are absolutely beautiful!!! They are already settling in their new home!

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Bo Reeves
Boesemani Rainbowfish

Great looking fish and amazing service.

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Nicole Warner
Wonderfully Packaged Fish Shipment

Their color is starting to show. It looks like we received both male and female's. All of the fish in our shipment were in wonderful condition. I only buy fresh water fish from Flip Aquatics. This last shipment was delayed. We thought everything would be dead on arrival. After being packed in a box for almost 48 hours. Everything was alive. It still is a week later. Our local fish store's lost our business thanks to Flip Aquatics.

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Jimmy’sfishystory
Rainbows and Blue Eyes

Ordered Bosemani Rainbows and Pseudomugil Luminatus, all arrived happy and very healthy. Very good packaging and thank you for the extra fish! Neon Red are spawning daily and I’m raising fry already. The rainbows are starting to color. Have ordered from Flip previously and will definitely order from Flip again.

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Patricia Keller
Swimmers!

All arrived alive, swimming with all the other fish, still have not seen any color changes yet.

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KIM YORK
Great healthy fish!

What a beautiful fish to add to your aquarium.

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Daniel Wright
Excited

All are enjoying their new home the rainbow fish are starting to get some color they are all healthy lots of activities

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James Mack
Melanotaenia Ranbow

Ordered 10 and you sent one extra, which worked out just great because I lost on fish.
They now are starting to get their blue and orange color and are doing great.

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Trenton Spears
Perfect order

Very colorful and and active rainbow fish!