The same rarefish at lax is calling them that -- says they are a strain
collected by Roy Hunter.
http://www.aquabid.com/cgi-bin/auction/auction.cgi?fwrainbows&1105926607 I
wouldn't expect the picture to be representative,
> 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
> >
> >
> >
> >