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Re: Eggs, Discus and BBS

On 12 Jul 2001, at 14:55, RuevenM at aol_com wrote:

> Rosario received some Bosemani Rainbows years ago from Charlie 
> Grimes and when Charlie saw the strain in Rosario's tanks years later he 
> simply could not believe the color and that they had been inbred for all the 
> intervening years. Maybe we should rethink our "a little science is a bad 
> thing" fear of selective inbreeding to develop real aquarium strains of 
> healthy robust colorful fish. This is all just anecdotal, but its 50 years of 
> anecdotal.

Not very killi but...

The Berlin Aquarium is reputed to have the most 
colourful Boesemanni rainbows in the world... so diet is 
a big factor.

Bye

Tyrone Genade
Southern African Killifish Society Coastal & Offshore Coordinator
AKA 08248
tyronegenade at yahoo_com
http://www.geocities.com/tyronegenade

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