Re: [RML] Melanotaenia crossbreeding

Gary Lange (gwlange at stlnet.com)
Thu, 25 Jun 1998 22:17:26 -0500

I'm of the school that all the Mel, Chil and Gloss will cross and produce
fertile fry but I was curious, does anyone really have any first hand
experience with Bedotia crossing with Melanotaenia or any of the above from a
reliable source. We hear "rumors" but have always sort of wondered about them.
Is there any proof from a reliable source, has anyone seen them? Can you sort
of describe what they look like?

Gary Lange
gwlange at STLNET.com
Rainbowfish Study Group of North America
http://home.stlnet.com/~gwlange/rainbowfish.index.html

> Unfortunately not only most of the rainbowfish will cross but also with
> related families like Telmatherinidae or Bedotiidae. You may keep any
> rainbowfish in a community tank, but if you find a fry don't give it away,
> it may be a cross. If you want to breed, you have to use a species tank.
>
> Harro