Re: [APD] Rainbows and duckweed

["S. Hieber" <shieber at yahoo_com>]

Well, if they're hungry enough, they'll even take bites out of Anubias, but ime, duckweed isn't their favored fare.
 
But they're nice fish in a large tank and their early morning antics are interesting.
 
Scott H.
 
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----- Original Message ----
From: Jim Swinford <gswinford2 at comcast_net>
To: aquatic-plants at actwin_com
Sent: Monday, December 26, 2005 10:24:20 PM
Subject: [APD] Rainbows and duckweed


I think you'll find that Melanotaeniaa parva come from a 
single lake in Papua-New Guinea not Australia.  They're more surface insect eaters.  I was refering to old fashioned common Australian Rainbows..Read cheap!.....Jim  PS Actually most of the Aussie rainbows will eat lots of veggie matter.like Duckweed.



Message: 1
Date: Mon, 26 Dec 2005 18:43:39 -0600
From: Debunix <debunix at well_com>
Subject: [APD] Rainbows and duckweed
To: aquatic-plants at actwin_com

> Just use some Australian Rainbows.  They'll actively hunt down all 
> surface dwelling insects and as a BIG bonus eat any and all duckweed 
> in the aquarium.
>

This doesn't work with all rainbows--y six three inch melanotaenia 
parva are happily living in a 29G tank with an abundance of duckweed.
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