Yoor observation about front light reminded me of a friend of mine who had
an extra hooded fluoro light that he had mounted at the bottom of the front
of his tank and it was directed at the middle of the front glass. His
rainbows looked spectacular because their reflective scales were highlighted
all the time.
Regards,
Bruce.
Bruce Hansen, A.N.G.F.A., Advancing Australian Aquatics.
Bruce Hansen, ANGFA, caring for our aquatic ecosystems.
Please visit us at http://www.ozemail.com.au/~fisher/angfa.htm
-----Original Message-----
From: tayers at bridge.com <tayers at bridge.com>
To: rainbowfish at pcug.org.au <rainbowfish at pcug.org.au>
Date: Tuesday, 22 September 1998 0:03
Subject: [RML] more newbie enthusiam
>Hi,
>
>I'm going to bore you with a few of my observations. I'm telling the
>list because you folks understand. My wife just says, "That's nice,
>Dear." ;-)
>
>I was watching my M. affinis 'pagwi' spawn this morning. I can't
>believe how intense the colors get during spawning. The red stripes on
>the latter half of the fish look like they are electric lights. I love
>watching the males flash.
>
>My "big" tank (75 gallon planted tank) gets some morning sun shining
>in the front of the tank. The rainbows are about 1000x more beautiful
>than with overhead lighting. They are very metallic. All the fish even
>the females shine like mirrors.
>
>I have a group of of very nicely colored M. boesemani. The males are
>bright orange-yellow on the back half and dusky blue on the front. The
>females are the same dusky blue all over. One morning I was watching
>the tank as the lights came on. All the boesemani were much darker
>than normal: black and deep orange. As I watched they faded back to
>their normal colors in a matter of seconds. Fun. And a very useful
>survival mechanism I would guess.
>