In the shops around Sydney, the rainbows don't often have much colour. And
even when you get them home it seems they take a while to settle down and
show their true colours.
However, it seems logical that if any fish is continually in-bred, that
flaws will start to appear.
Cheers,
Michael
>Hi,
>Some days ago I saw my favorite rainbow (M. praecox) in "my" pet shop.
>But they did not show a third of their beauty i know from some publications
>(blue body and red fins) they were only silver with some blue and the fins
>showed only very few red :-(
>I am just wondering whether this was caused by the circumstances of keeping
>(non planted tank) or their age (they were 5 cm, I think thats nearly adult
>; or?).
>Or; that is what I want to ask here:
>Does anybody know if colours may be lost by breeding? I know this is a
>problem with M. boesemanni, isnīt it ? I have never seen this beauties that
>are shown in publications (dark blue and orange) I think this strain was
>brought over to europe by H. Bleher.Nower days there are only animals that
>show light blue and yellow :-(
>
>Patrick Aldag
>email: aldag at tzv.fal.de
>
>excuse the awfull english