Roy Hunter
Co-Chairman
ANGFA of North America
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> From: Matthew J. Kelley <MatthewK at cia-g.com>
> To: rainbowfish at pcug.org.au
> Subject: [RML] Looking for bright Rainbows
> Date: Tuesday, October 07, 1997 7:55 PM
>
> Friends,
>
> I'm new to list and glad to have found you all. Just sent off my
> club check and a request for back issues.
> After reading a bit from the rainbow web pages I saw my first rainbows in
a
> fish store this weekend. They are very hard to find here in Northern
> Arizona.
> I had read that many species of rainbow were beautiful and often
very
> bright. I'm looking for schooling fish for my new planted tank. Rainbows
> sound great with their hardiness and color. But where are the colors? The
> healthy looking Turquoise-lacustris were just a nice silver. I must of
> missed something, where is the Turquoise? The picture of the Turquoise
on
> the rainbow web paged looks pretty good in color but was not the fish at
> the store. The Praecox displayed was nice but very subtle. None of the
> other three displayed species on display were very colorful either. Maybe
> Rainbows are bright and beautiful in the eyes of a specialist with a
> refined eye? I'll probably get all the answers with the club magazine but
> am a bit disappointed now. My wife was surprised that I drove so far to
see
> these relatively plain fish. Maybe my expectation were too great.
> Maybe this is another pet store problem? What are the brightest
> species? Where can I get some? Any of you out there sell any? Today I
would
> rather not take the time to raise some from eggs but will if I have too.
I
> have raised Betta's but remember it as quite involved. Can someone
restore
> my faith?
> Matthew
>
>