andyman98 Posted November 28, 2003 Report Share Posted November 28, 2003 are rainbows aloud in nz if they are what price and what fish? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alan Posted November 28, 2003 Report Share Posted November 28, 2003 Yep. I think all rains are permited. Most of them go between $15 and $20 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Caryl Posted November 28, 2003 Report Share Posted November 28, 2003 I certainly have them but they were given to me, I didn't buy them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andyman98 Posted November 29, 2003 Author Report Share Posted November 29, 2003 what type are they? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Caryl Posted November 29, 2003 Report Share Posted November 29, 2003 Melanotaenia lacustrus, M trifasciata, boesemani, praecox and McCullochi Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andyman98 Posted November 29, 2003 Author Report Share Posted November 29, 2003 have they breed? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Caryl Posted November 29, 2003 Report Share Posted November 29, 2003 No. I am very slack in the tank maintenance routine so they do not have optimum conditions :oops: They are also in with a number of tetras, barbs and angels (I am fish sitting) so any fry wouldn't have much of a chance at survival. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rob Posted November 30, 2003 Report Share Posted November 30, 2003 As Alan has said all types of Rainbows are allowed in NZ (unfortunately that doesn't mean that they actually get imported). Just to clarify what I mean by all rainbows: Melanotaenia spp. (Austrailian/Papuan rainbows) Glossolepis spp. (Austrailian/Papuan rainbows) Pseudomugil spp. (Blue eyes) Rhadinocentrus spp. (Ornate rainbows) Telmatherina spp. (Celebes rainbows) Bedotia spp. (Madagascan rainbows) Iriaterina spp. (Threadfin rainbows) Currently I'm keeping M. herbertaxelrodi, M. lacustrus, M. boesmani, M. splendida, M. exquisita, P. furcatus, P. gertrudae, G. incisus, B. gaeyi, T. ladigesi. I've bred the Madagascan rainbows and Gertrude's blue eyes in the past, the various australian/papuan rainbows I've got spawn most mornings in the community tank however I'd never collect eggs from such a situation as rainbows readily crossbreed - which I consider is undesirable. I've seen threadfin rainbows available at the moment - though only males so I haven't been inclined to buy any. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ajbroome Posted November 30, 2003 Report Share Posted November 30, 2003 Rob said... > Currently I'm keeping ... P. gertrudae... Ah, so you got them then? Excellent. Currently I've got G. incisus, B. gaeyi and P. furcatus and intend to pick up other varieties as space/money/opportunity allows. I'd really like to see some female 'threadfins' again... Andrew. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rob Posted December 1, 2003 Report Share Posted December 1, 2003 Yes Andrew - I had a trip up to Auckland after you mentioned seeing them and managed to liberate 3 pairs of them (they were a little ragged thanks to the dwarf puffers in the tank with them - but have recovered well and are currently sequestered in a nice little breeding tank). Andrew your first on the list to receive offspring since you provided the intel. and actually knew what they were. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andyman98 Posted December 1, 2003 Author Report Share Posted December 1, 2003 what rainbows would you recomend? and whats the rarest? are they hard to sell? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lucid Posted December 1, 2003 Report Share Posted December 1, 2003 I have the dwarf neon rainbows, they are easy to keep and i have had no trouble with them at all Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ajbroome Posted December 1, 2003 Report Share Posted December 1, 2003 andyman98 said... > what rainbows would you recomend? Depends on what you want. If you're after a red fish, G. incisus is better than M. lacustrus. If you want a blue fish, go for M. lacustrus. Neither would be good if you wanted to keep them in small (ie under 2ft) tank, then I'd go for one of the Psuedomugil species or the threadfin (Iratherina werneri). > and whats the rarest? In NZ? I've never seen G. wanamensis or any Rhadinocentrus spp. > are they hard to sell? Nothing is hard to sell if the price is right. Most rainbows are relatively slow growing and take a while to get to a saleable size, this tends to make them expensive. Andrew. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alan_au Posted December 9, 2003 Report Share Posted December 9, 2003 Hi everyone, For any one interested in Aus & N G rains spend a couple of hours at Adrian Tappin's web page. All the fish are there! all the breeding info is there! Mind boggleing http://members.optushome.com.au/chelmon/ Cheers Alan Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Melanotaenia Posted February 15, 2004 Report Share Posted February 15, 2004 Rob do you know the lineage of your fish? particularly the boesemani? In About 2 months I am planning a tank with boesemani as the main 'attraction' but have only seen weird hybrids around... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Melanotaenia Posted February 15, 2004 Report Share Posted February 15, 2004 Has anybody ever imported eggs?? How does it go with customs? I suspect they won't allow it cos they couldn't know for sure whether the eggs were the species you said they were right?? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rob Posted February 15, 2004 Report Share Posted February 15, 2004 No I'm not sure of the lineage of my bosemani's - imported rather than locally bred but other than that i couldn't say. If i was ever to become a rainbow nut I'd be wanting location site info aswell - if you look at some of the better websites with rainbows you see the large variation in particlular species based on which river systems they originate from - can make ID difficult as most general fish books have a single picture for a given rainbow. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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