Re: [RML] Connieae & Furcatus

Adrian R. Tappin (atappin at ecn.net.au)
Sat, 18 Apr 1998 06:41:11 +1000

At 03:48 16/04/98 -1000, Mach wrote:
>Adrian,
> are your connieae the more yellow body, with nicely colored fins? Or the
>silver / blue/grey fish that seem to be more common? Mine are the latter
>and might react differently if yours are froma different
>collection/population...

Mach,

Mine are the yellow form which I always thought were the only ones but when
Gilbert Maebe came to Australia a few years ago he said that mine were
different than the ones in Europe. He subsequently took some back to
Belgium. I've been told that my furcatus are also more yellow that the ones
in Europe. However, I really think it is just the diet. I still feed my
adults every day with newly hatched brine shrimp among other things. When
feeding brine shrimp all the time you will also noticed that the eggs are a
golden colour.

The funny things is I think either the connieae or the furcatus that I have
originally came from Hawaii ;-)
Perhaps Bruce might be able to enlighten us.

Adrian.

Adrian.
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