Re: [RML] Red Lagoon Duboulayi

Jennifer Palmer (aquamail at mypostbox.com)
Fri, 13 Aug 1999 15:41:50 +1000

<x-rich>I was just wondering, Bruce. Do the Red Lagoon Duboulayi also lose their colour when kept outdoors in pond setups- where there is a good supply of algae and sufficient sunlight? I caught some Doublayi outside of Grafton NSW(in Jackass Creek- one of our typically Australian names:-))- their fins were a lovely blood-red. I put a trio in an aquarium, and they quickly lost their colour, but those that were put in an outside pond seemed to retain most of the red.

Jennifer.

At 21:56 12/08/99 +1000, you wrote:

>Scott is right - hard to find but worth it. The rainbows live in deep

>tea-stained water that registers almost no hardness and a pH below 6. Some

>of the fish are deep red all over but tend to lose it in captivity. They

>also tend to have more of a humped-back shape.

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>

>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

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>----- Original Message -----

>From: <<SBuckel at aol.com>

>To: <<rainbowfish at pcug.org.au>

>Sent: Thursday, 12 August 1999 15:16

>Subject: Re: [RML] Red Lagoon Duboulayi

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>> Jennifer,

>> Just to have a more serious answer to your question. Red Lagoon is a

>> beautiful lake on Fraser Island that is rather difficult to fine, but

>worth

>> the effort. It was one of the more memorble spots that Bruce showed me on

>my

>> trip.

>>

>> Scott

>>

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