Re: [RML] Hi!

Chuck Gadd (cgadd at cfxc.com)
Sun, 13 Aug 2000 17:41:04 -0600

shamus at nwstar.com wrote:
>
> > searching for some info on "Marci" rainbows. I was sad to discover
> > that they are hybrids. I've been told by the wholesaler who got them
>
>
> What are the "Marci" rainbows a cross of???

>From a message about 4 years ago on this mailing list, I found this:

>> He crossed M. boesemani with M. maccullochi and a M. trifasciata (at least
>> that's what he told) to "create" the marci.

I couldn't see any features that looked like boesemani, or maccullochi. The
fins had some resemblance to M. trifasciata, with red markings on the fins. The
whole fin wasn't red, just part (the color didn't extend all the way to the edges
of the fins, or to the edge of the fish's body.)

Off this topic, I got my pair of C. bleheri today!

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Chuck Gadd