Our Conniaes are all descended from the original fish that Barry Crockford
caught before the "ban" back in the early 80's as far as I know. However
people like Gordon Hides insist that there were some that showed more of a
blue and white cast while others were yellowish.
I don't know how those Furcatus got to Hawaii however - perhaps Mach could
enquire? I think there was another breeder over there besides Charles
Nishihiri - does Mike ?Yamamoto ring a bell?
Regards,
Bruce.
Bruce Hansen, ANGFA, caring for our aquatic ecosystems.
Please visit us at http://www.ozemail.com.au/~fisher/angfa.htm
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> From: Adrian R. Tappin <atappin at ecn.net.au>
> To: rainbowfish at pcug.org.au
> Subject: Re: [RML] Connieae & Furcatus
> Date: Saturday, 18 April 1998 6:41
>
> 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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