> Does anyone have any idea as to how to tell the difference
> between inornata and rubrostriata.
> I suspect that mine are the latter but am not 100% sure.
Nothing is 100% in rainbows other than frustration.....
Rubros tend to be a little deeper bodied and as Andrew said tend to have
stronger striping along the body. However, some inornata look incredibly like
rubros and visa versa probably. They are only subtly different
> Also, does anyone have any info as to how to send eggs via the
> post to South Africa where it take about 10 days to go from for eg:
> Australia to here.
10 days is getting close to the limit. Technically sending eggs out is
illegal but that's not something anyone has been shy about in as much as
advertising that they are sending eggs out of the country.
Best bet would be to join ANGFA (www.angfa.org.au) and place a wanted add or
something. If you are into Oz natives you should join anyway as should all of
the rest of you weanies out there. :-) You could also join the RSG too
(http://home.stlnet.com/~gwlange/rainbowfish.index.html/).
Tootles
Peter J Unmack peter.unmack at asu.edu
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