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davetherave Hobbyist Posts: 112 Kudos: 82 Votes: 1 Registered: 12-May-2004   | (Hope I have picked the right forum) Hi I love rainbow fish My LFS don't normally stock them But they had in some rainbows in - and I had not seen any of these anywhere before I purchased 6 last week end as they were cheap for rainbows They listed them as "Ellegant" or "Ellegance" - can anyone point me to a site where I can read up on them. Thanks Regards D the R |
 Posted 26-Jan-2006 11:22 |     |
ACIDRAIN     Moderator Posts: 3162 Kudos: 1381 Votes: 416 Registered: 14-Jan-2002   | I have never heard of any called by that name. You should ask where you got them, if they know the scientific name. As for a site, this is one of the better sites on Rainbows; http://members.optushome.com.au/chelmon/ And I moved this to the rainbowfish forum for you. There is always a bigger fish... |
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bettachris  Ultimate Fish Guru Posts: 3875 Kudos: 4173 Votes: 452 Registered: 13-Jun-2004 | a pic or disc |
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longhairedgit  Fish Guru Lord of the Beasts Posts: 2502 Kudos: 1778 Votes: 29 Registered: 21-Aug-2005 | The only elegant rainbowfish I know of is a marine species. Presumably its just another crap made up pet shop name. Send a piccy of it and we'll ID it for you. Probably a celebes rainbow or similar, there was a lot of taxonomic confusion about rainbows a decade back and some of the species common names in circulation got confusing, but there really shouldnt be any "elegant rainbows" except for marine species now that the taxonomy has been sorted out. |
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| davetherave Hobbyist Posts: 112 Kudos: 82 Votes: 1 Registered: 12-May-2004 | Sorry unable to send a pic But can descibe them as simular shape to a scissor tail (slightly broader)but the tail fin is stubbier, they are a shimmering silver with a black line from mid to tail, presume they are "babies" and at present are the same size as an adult scissor. They are swimming mid to surface, shoal and doscile Hope this helps you to help me Thanks (I'll see if I can post a photo) |
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| davetherave Hobbyist Posts: 112 Kudos: 82 Votes: 1 Registered: 12-May-2004 | In addition With regards to the "black line" when it ends by the tail it is finished of with a black spot |
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| ACIDRAIN Moderator Posts: 3162 Kudos: 1381 Votes: 416 Registered: 14-Jan-2002 | Does it look like any of those I listed in the link above? Many of the Rainbows have a black stripe on them. Many of them that have the black stripe, can make it fade away when fully colored up. This is why the black strip does not help much with the ID of this particular fish. A pic would be about the only way we could even try to ID the Rainbow you have. There is always a bigger fish... |
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| longhairedgit Fish Guru Lord of the Beasts Posts: 2502 Kudos: 1778 Votes: 29 Registered: 21-Aug-2005 | Actually dave, I just noticed that the UK has had a glut of Madagascan Rainbows in at the moment, I bought some just over a week ago, since theyre not too closely related to the other australian rainbow species a lot of people will have had problems identifying them. In retrospect your desc What shop was it dave? Last edited by longhairedgit at 29-Nov-2005 07:00 |
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| Wroberson Small Fry Posts: 2 Kudos: 0 Votes: 1 Registered: 27-Aug-2012  | Hello Dave, I am an active Rainbow Fish keeper. They are beautiful fish. I have just the link for you. Rainbow fish species. http://rainbowfish.angfaqld.org.au/Melano.htm |
| Posted 27-Aug-2012 08:42 | |
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