RE: [RML] P. tenellus

Gary Lange (rainbowfish4u2 at yahoo.com)
Tue, 11 Jan 2005 11:11:13 -0800 (PST)

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I guess the question to start with is: Who is calling them the rainbowfish study strain? That might give us a clue. Put up a URL if a pic is posted somewhere. Via our friend Ron Bowman in Oz I brought in quite a few strains and got them into the hands of people that I thought might actually keep them around. Roy Hunter brought in a few strains too but I think most of those were quickly lost as they just ended up going just out to the market. Also your question about tenellus Rarefish at LAX on Aquabid often sells tenellus. They come in from Indonesia as they are raising them away from NG now and shipping in. Same with gertrudae. Unfortunately no known source. BTW this fish really needs a good source of live foods. I would recommend not keeping them unless you're prepared to keep daphnia to feed them along with extras of mosquito larvae and perhaps blackworms. Live baby brine, really doesn't cut it but will do from time to time. They also appreciate water ~ 100 ppm in the GH
scale and a tad bit of Tetra black water tonic (or peat water extract). That really helps to keep them happy.

gary lange
gwlange at mindspring.com

Liz Wilhite <liz_wilhite at hotmail.com> wrote:
While I'm asking the impossible... does anyone know the river that was the
source of the M. duboulayi that is known as the rainbow study group strain?

Liz

>
>If you find one, Liz -- let us all know...
>
>Kevmo

> Does anyone know of a source of P. tenellus in the USA?
>
> Thanks,
> Liz
>
>

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I guess the question to start with is:  Who is calling them the rainbowfish study strain?  That might give us a clue.  Put up a URL if a pic is posted somewhere.  Via our friend Ron Bowman in Oz I brought in quite a few strains and got them into the hands of people that I thought might actually keep them around.  Roy Hunter brought in a few strains too but I think most of those were quickly lost as they just ended up going just out to the market.  Also your question about tenellus Rarefish at LAX on Aquabid often sells tenellus.  They come in from Indonesia as they are raising them away from NG now and shipping in.  Same with gertrudae.  Unfortunately no known source.  BTW this fish really needs a good source of live foods.  I would recommend not keeping them unless you're prepared to keep daphnia to feed them along with extras of mosquito larvae and perhaps blackworms.  Live baby brine, really doesn't cut it but will do from time to time.  They also appreciate water ~ 100 ppm in the GH scale and a tad bit of Tetra black water tonic (or peat water extract).  That really helps to keep them happy.
 
gary lange
gwlange at mindspring.com

Liz Wilhite <liz_wilhite at hotmail.com> wrote:
While I'm asking the impossible... does anyone know the river that was the
source of the M. duboulayi that is known as the rainbow study group strain?

Liz

>
>If you find one, Liz -- let us all know...
>
>Kevmo

>   Does anyone know of a source of P. tenellus in the USA?
>
>   Thanks,
>   Liz
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>
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