Re: [RML] Connieae & Furcatus

Mach T. Fukada (fukada at hawaii.edu)
Fri, 17 Apr 1998 03:25:42 -1000

I have seen Derek's fish and they are really nice. I have been thingking
about buying a few to add some new blood to my odd little group of fish.
His were dark orange with lots of black markings. Might have come from
Mike Yamamoto, I can go check with him also. I haven't written him in a
bit now. Need to check and see how some of the fish I got him are turnig
out.

Anyhow my connieae are colored nothing like all the photos in Dr. Allen's
book, or online. Definitly silver blue. Not yellow black.

MTF

At 12:37 PM 4/17/98 -1000, you wrote:
>I think the Furcatus are the species that managed to negotiate the
>international date line in a westwards direction - originally they were
>from the same line as Derek Onishi's.
>
>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
>
>
>
>----------
>> 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.
>> ...............................................................
>> Adrian R. Tappin
>> "Home of the Rainbowfish"
>> http://www.ecn.net.au/~atappin/home.htm
>> ...............................................................
>>
>
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fukada at hawaii.edu
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