One of the most popular Rainbowfish species, the Red Irian or Red Rainbow has brightly colored males and silvery females. A male fish, without a female present, may become duller in color. The freshwater tropical fish species – Glossolepis incisus was scientifically described by Weber in 1908. Around Lake Sentani in West Papua and several other lakes on the island of Irian Jaya, Red Rainbowfish is an appreciated food fish. Glossolepis incisus also known by their characteristic large eyes, black or silver band that runs through the middle scale rows, deeply forked mouth, and two dorsal fins.
Red Irian rainbow is a fish with characteristics of the conciliator and is ideal for aquarium aquascaping because the contrast of colors in an aquarium. Some aquarist usually put some aquarium fishes (to form a group). Ideally this schooling fish should be housed in a live planted aquarium, but not too densely planted that there is insufficient free-swimming space as these are active fish. The ideal aquarium is the presence of water movement in the form of stream water is relatively calm. The Red Iran Rainbow also requires a gravel substrate and you may find that their colors intensify with a dark colored gravel.
Provide your Red Rainbowfish with a good aquarium filtration system and a varied diet in the aquarium. Getting the Red Rainbowfish to eat in captivity is certainly not hard. Although Red Irian Rainbows have large mouths, their throats tend to be narrow; small foods should be fed. An omnivorous diet of prepared foods and plenty of live foods are best for the Red Iran Rainbowfish.
Breeding Red Rainbowfish
Rainbow red fish is a type of Rainbowfishes that is easy to be cultivated. Distinguishing between male and female of the red rainbow that is very easy to see color scales / her body. The Red Irian Rainbowfish can exceed 14 cm in length. The adult males are more colourful than the adult females and sport a vibrant shade of bright red over the body.
In aquariums, the Salmon-Red Rainbowfish is normally bred in groups or trios (1 male + 2 females). If you want to coax your Red Rainbowfishes into spawning, keep them in a well planted aquarium and include densely grown java moss or spawning mops in the set up. An egg layer, Glossolepis incisus spawns throughout a number of days over java moss.
Feed Red Rainbowfish more live food than normal. A female Red Irian Rainbowfish can release up to 50 eggs per day, but most females releases a much lower number of eggs. Never allow the container to become crowded; set up new containers as the fry grows bigger. The adults Glossolepis incisus should be removed after spawning and the eggs should be raised and hatched separately. The fry should be fed very small live foods.
