Roy Hunter
Co-Chairman
ANGFA of North America
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> From: Andrew Boyd <andrew at pcug.org.au>
> To: rainbowfish at pcug.org.au
> Subject: Re: [RML] Beginning Rainbows
> Date: Sunday, January 19, 1997 7:14 PM
>
> At 01:58 PM 1/19/97 -0700, Chairman Roy wrote:
> >I dont think I have seen a (realistic) water condition that you CANT
raise
> >boesmani in.
>
> Howdy All (and Roy): the only thing that would dissuade me from
> recommending M. boesemani to a beginner is that once bred the fry take a
> long time to grow - and this may tend to dishearten beginners. If it
takes
> six months to raise the fry to saleable/swappable size then they may well
go
> elsewhere. There is this general tendancy for NG Melanotaeniids to grow
> slowly compared to Australian species.
>
> A better choice may be M. herbertaxelrodi, which in my experience are one
of
> the fastest-growing NG fish, or the afore-mentioned M. praecox. Are
there
> many M. trifasciata locality/types available in the hobby in the USA?
>
> For a hobbyist in Australia then I'd recommend one of the M. eachamensis
> "tribe" - the Euramoos were said to be especially prolific.
>
> Regards, Andrew Boyd
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