colours lost by breeding?
Patrick Aldag (aldag at tzv.fal.de)
Tue, 1 Oct 1996 07:25:03 +0200 (MET DST)
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