Bill Flowers
White Lick Drainage, Mooresville, IN
On 1/6/06, Todd D. Crail <tcrail-in-utnet.utoledo.edu> wrote:
>
> I moved the 40 tall SE native tank last night into what I hope is a
> permenant location in a 75 gallon in the ladyfriend's metal house. As I
> was
> netting the fish back out of the coolers to place them into their new
> home,
> I started seeing flashes of MAGENTA. Like, capitalizing it doesn't even
> make it prominent enough to be descriptive... Fortunately, I have a camera
> ;)
>
> http://www.farmertodd.com/nanfa/rainbowshiner/
>
> You can see how the water is still cloudy lol. They were all into it this
> morning, but I made a mistake, freaked them out turning on the lights...
> Should have just used the flash since I had enough ambient to get the
> focus.
> They were all immaculate, as opposed to the two you'll see fired up in
> these
> photos.
>
> I have seen a lot of fish from a lot of places in my days... This is the
> first I've ever seen of these red-purples. I'm thinking some Halichores
> wrasses *might* come close... It seems only inverts produce these vivid
> hues
> of those colors. It's truly incredible.
>
> So... I guess the secret to spawning is to get them into condition, and
> then
> put them in a dark box with each other for an hour.
>
> Todd
> The "Burning My Eyes Out" Madness, Toledo, OH
> It's never too late to have a happy childhood.
> http://www.farmertodd.com
> /-----------------------------------------------------------------------
> / This is the discussion list of the North American Native Fishes
> / Association (NANFA). Comments made on this list do not necessarily
> / reflect the beliefs or goals of NANFA. For more information about NANFA,
> / visit http://www.nanfa.org Please make sure all posts to nanfa-l are
> / consistent with the guidelines as per
> / http://www.nanfa.org/guidelines.shtml To subscribe, unsubscribe, or get
> / help, visit the NANFA email list home page and archive at
> / http://www.nanfa.org/email.shtml
>
>
-- Bill Flowers The Fish Addict /----------------------------------------------------------------------- / This is the discussion list of the North American Native Fishes / Association (NANFA). Comments made on this list do not necessarily / reflect the beliefs or goals of NANFA. For more information about NANFA, / visit http://www.nanfa.org Please make sure all posts to nanfa-l are / consistent with the guidelines as per / http://www.nanfa.org/guidelines.shtml To subscribe, unsubscribe, or get / help, visit the NANFA email list home page and archive at / http://www.nanfa.org/email.shtml