Re: Largest rainbowfish

StephenBou at aol.com
Thu, 21 Nov 1996 19:58:58 -0500

In a message dated 11/21/96 9:08:40 PM, you wrote:

>We have to make differences between rainbowfish in nature and in the
aquarium.
[snip]
> than 12 cm. However, there are several larger rainbowfish in aquariums.
>
>species nature aquarium
>M. boesemani 10 cm 22 cm
>G. incisus 11 cm 25 cm
>M. s. rubrostriata 11 cm 22 cm
>
[snip]
>Harro

Wow, G incisus at 25 cm! That would be one big rainbow.

In general, how do the colors on the incisus (or any of the others) change as
they reach this size?

Are these fish overly aggressive at this size, and are they still fertile?

Thanks.

-- Stephen

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