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    Cath reacted to caserole in My Gardneri Akure   
    With all due respect to Rodney and his efforts in Christchurch, I this this Killifish should not be called Akure any more.
    I bought some recently and got 2 different males, this in it's self is fine as there is a natural variation in this species, however one of the males looked like a P82, this is Not what any Akure is supposed to look like any any of it's natural forms.
    He admitted to adding P82 bloodlines into the strain after the ChCh earth quake.
    This is understandable if it was a choice of loosing them or using the P82's, but it does mean the name "Akure" is no longer accurate.
    What's more Akure is a Fundulopanchax clauseni gardneri Akure, where as P82's are Fundulopanchax gardneri P82
    So they really should be called a generic name like Fundulopanchax sp., just in case a pure form of Akure comes in again.
    They are really nice
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    Cath reacted to firenzenz in Some pics of my fish barbs and rainbows   
    Got the camera out the other day after a Atherton change and snapped some pics ..
    This tank has stayed fairly much the same for last 3 years. Very low maintenance. The planting is haphazard but suits. 
    Stocking has changed a little over time. It would be nice to get some nicer and more variety of  Rainbows in there. I have what they call Eastern, splendid and striped ( exquisites ). They're expensive in shops and the bosemani, blues and reds  around me aren't that great  
    Barbs- 7 Golden, about 15 cherry but did have lots more ( had a few breed and grow out when the Java moss took over the tank for a while one time)  
    My Odessa barbs are my favourite 5M  and 3 F which I know is a wrong ratio but aggression is only a bit of ' chasey'.
    They've been in the tank for over 3 years and all males are beautiful coloured with dominant male just a little deeper in colour. The females  can give as could as they get. 
    Then there A few 5 stripes and a couple of checkered which I'd like more of as they are quite hidey
    And. 3 Sae to clean up  and a small school of danios
    excuse some of the photos I managed to do some creative cropping somewhere in the process of sizing and uploading  
     














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