I live among some interesting Rainbows.
On the Blackmore River in the last of the tidal influence before fresh water
there are local red tails, Melanotaenia australis that have been located in
water up to 17 ppt salt. Two Blue-eyes here are marine. Pseudomugil
cyanodorsalis and Pseudomugil inconspicuus.
Dave in Darwin
On 25/11/05 2:44 AM, "Eileen Kortright" <eileen at spamcop.net> wrote:
> Still pouring through all the information on
> Glossolepis pseudoincisus that everyone posted.
> MUCH thanks! Looks like I'll have a mini-red tank for Christmas :)
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> It seems that every time I suggest to someone in
> our aquaria forums (AquariaCentral.com) that they
> look at rainbow fish, a member will post a
> message stating that rainbows are brackish.
> Doesn't seem to matter *which* rainbow I suggest,
> they are all "brackish". The other day someone
> tried to tell us that the entire Pseudomugilnae sub-family were brackish.
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> I've done some quick searching and produced
> Melanotaenia nigrans -- that listing only said
> that salt was optional -- and Telmatherina
> ladigesi of the Pseudomugilnae needed salt.
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> So, my two questions are
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> 1. Are there any *true* brackish rainbows? Is
> Telmatherina ladigesi a true brackish fish?
> 2. Does anyone have a list of the "salt recommended" rainbows?
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> Much thanks,
> Eileen Kortright
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