Cheers,
Adrian.
Adrian R. Tappin
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-----Original Message-----
From: Tom Mroz <tmroz at art-inc.com>
To: 'rainbowfish at pcug.org.au' <rainbowfish at pcug.org.au>
Date: Saturday, 4 October 1997 0:47
Subject: RE: [RML] RE: The hubbub
>Ahhh, avoid I will. Have fun asking questions, apparently I will also.
>
>I'm intrigued so far with the comments back. Everyone agrees that it ain't
>pure, and everyone but myself agrees that it is a cross (and I am
>admittedly the least experienced in this area for what that is worth). But
>no one yet seems to have the complete, absolute story. I find this
>intriguing.
>
>I also wonder if everyone has seen the same fish. Again, I'm not the
>expert here, but I have seen and kept good parkinsoni and short of putting
>these fish together for a real good review, I can't see any differences
>that can be linked to crosses. The photo Gary suggested might be a that
>much better an idea, just so that we are sure we are all talking about the
>same thing.
>
>Tom
>
>----------
>From: Roy Hunter[SMTP:roy at angfa.org]
>Sent: Friday, October 03, 1997 9:35 AM
>To: rainbowfish at pcug.org.au
>Subject: Re: [RML] RE: The hubbub
>
>I would avoid the fish Tom, I have seen it and I didn't like what I saw. It
>is a cross with parkinsoni and something else.
>
>Cheers
>
>Roy Hunter
>Co-Chairman
>ANGFA of North America
>visit the ANGFA website at:
>http://www.angfa.org
>reach me at:
>roy at angfa.org
>
>----------
>> From: Tom Mroz <tmroz at art-inc.com>
>> To: 'rainbowfish at pcug.org.au'
>> Subject: [RML] RE: The hubbub
>> Date: Thursday, October 02, 1997 9:56 AM
>>
>> Seems to me that if everyone asking questions about why there is no
>rainbow
>> talk had asked a rainbow question or made a rainbow observation, the
>issue
>> of [SPAM] would be moot.
>>
>> So, let me try to help with a small question I have had for some time.
>>
>> Anybody know for sure what M. "marci" is? They show up in stores around
>> here and look like a hormone-treated M. parkinsoni. Store people I have
>> asked have given various answers including the parkinsoni comment. I
>also
>> note that ALL of the fish come in with color, which means either they are
>
>> all males (finnage suggests they are, in fact), or that they are indeed
>> hormone-treated.
>>
>> If they are parkinsoni, are they pure strain? Can they/should they be
>> spawned with "normal" parkinsoni females? Are they fertile? Anybody
>come
>> accross spawnable, fertile females listed as Marci?
>>
>> An other thoughts/observations on this topic?
>>
>> Tom
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