Re: [RML] Home of the Rainbowfish

Danny (reklaw01 at bigpond.com)
Wed, 29 Aug 2001 23:35:07 +0930

There's a few Red-finned Blue-eyes floating around Adelaide,
but how successful the keepers been is something else.
So heres hoping that there maybe some more at this years Conference
A few years ago Keith Hand acquired some for me
9 fry from Perth all ended up male passed them onto Barry Pearson
who took my advice (least someone has) and as far as we South Aussies know
Barries the only person to raise fry and adults together in a tank
successfully (from my advice)
but as all good stories go Barry passed the fish onto another fella when he
went back to the old country and the other fella put them in the too do
later tank
and the later become too late....
Danny Walker

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-----Original Message-----
From: Adrian Tappin <chelmon at optushome.com.au>
To: rainbowfish at pcug.org.au <rainbowfish at pcug.org.au>
Date: Wednesday, 29 August 2001 14:47
Subject: Re: [RML] Home of the Rainbowfish

>At 07:12 28-08-01 -0500, Cameron wrote:
>>Over here (in my understanding) experienced hobbiests with the best of
>>intentions hold little to no sway with the bureaucrats that determine who
>>gets to help and how. So, again, how hard is it for experienced fish
>>keepers in Australia to acquire an endangered species, not necessarily for
>>the "hobby" aspect, but even for the higher goals of saving the fish in
>>captivity?
>
>Almost impossible unless you know someone. Even organisations such as ANGFA
>will find it almost impossible to get permission even to visit some of
>these areas that alone collect any specimens. The funny thing is that no
>Government organisations is even attempting to maintain any endangered
>species in captivity. Most people in environmental departments are of the
>'conservationist' type that would rather see the species disappear in the
>wild than to have them in captivity. That thinking as far as I know is
>still current.
>
>The only fish that has been maintained in captivity by the Government, as
>far as I know, was the Lake Eacham Rainbowfish kept at Walkermin, and in my
>opinion the specimens being kept were not true Lake Eacham Rainbowfishes,
>but cross with a splendida type. However, there are a few Redfins being
>kept in the hobby - just how many I'm not sure anymore. I think some were
>offered at the last ANGFA Convention?
>
>Adrian.
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