Regards,
Bruce.
Bruce Hansen, A.N.G.F.A., Advancing Australian Aquatics.
Bruce Hansen, ANGFA, caring for our aquatic ecosystems.
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----- Original Message -----
From: Adrian Tappin <atappin at ecn.net.au>
To: <rainbowfish at pcug.org.au>
Sent: Saturday, 14 August 1999 6:00
Subject: Re: [RML] Red Lagoon Duboulayi
> At 03:41 13/08/99 +1000, Jennifer wrote:
> >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.
>
> I think the colour is related to their diet which is probably a particular
> type of algae or alternatively a small crustacean that is eating the
algae
> and in turn being eaten by the rainbowfish. If you could supplement their
> diet with the same food then I think the colour would remain?
>
> Adrian.
>
> Adrian R. Tappin
> Brisbane, Australia.
> "Home of the Rainbowfish"
> http://www.ecn.net.au/~atappin/home.htm
>
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