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The pattern has been that as soon as roads are built that allow explorers access to new rainbowfish species, industry follows and the habitats disappear in short order. The habitats of many populations have disappeared, seemingly overnight. There are no effective government controls to mitigate this and the cycle of habitat destruction is not going to stop anytime soon. Gladly, almost all rainbowfish available for sale in the USA are bred and raised in aquariums and not collected from the wild. However, if these captive populations are ever lost, many of these fish will disappear. The more of us who keep these jewels, the higher the probability they won't completely disappear from the earth.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSetup Considerations:\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003cbr\u003eMost rainbows of the Melanotaenia, Glossolepis, and Chilatherina genre grow to 5\" - 6,\" maybe even more on the largest species. 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