Viktor, what were the rainbows that you had in the 75?

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Viktor, what were the rainbows that you had in the 75?

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I know there was Praecox, what were the other ones?
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Not Celebes.... Furcata. Furcata Rainbows.
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ingg wrote:Not Celebes.... Furcata. Furcata Rainbows.
Im may have to look into picking some up for the 55 if I strip it and redo it.

I picked up a male Praecox and they are trying to spawn in the 20 right now, too bad the Oto's and Endler's will eat the eggs.
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I've been looking for some Praecox. Where to find them? Nowhere around here carries them
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Jeff,

They were forktails (Pseudomugil furcatus) in the 125. I managed to breed them and raised 10 successfully pretty easily. The low number is due to the fatc that they lay just a few eggs every day.
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neilanh wrote:I've been looking for some Praecox. Where to find them? Nowhere around here carries them
PVAS meetings have em every once in awhile.

Tropical Fish warehouse has a bunch (got my male from there)

I am trying to breed mine (need to move em to the 20L or the 55.

Mike has some that are breeding and of course Robert has a ton.
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I have M. praecox - several members have some from my tanks. But I am not reliable on meeting attendance, especially in the winter. Barring snow, I am likely to be at Dave's next month and will try to bring some for the auction.

These are line-bred from the original US shipment to contain both males and females, and hold proper form and colors.
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RTRJR wrote:I am likely to be at Dave's next month and will try to bring some for the auction.

These are line-bred from the original US shipment to contain both males and females, and hold proper form and colors.
/stops eating in order to buy more Praecox.
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