last year when i was wandering mid tn after the convention i came into a
swarming frenzy of tn shiners... hot as any rainbows ive seen. euforic. rabidly
intense.
my first experience w/ a rainbow was years ago before the 98 convention. i
knew very little about fish but one near dusk evening i was walking along a tiny
spring trib to the conasauga river. in the water i could see a fish w/ a
purple glow line on it. when i would catch it in my net it would instantly lose
the glow. i repeated this several times thinking i was missing the targeted
fish. finally i lowered a caught rainbow slowly into the water and it lite up.
wow. david etnier said they have batteries. i truely wonder if they at all
possible glow in the dark but i doubt it. did you take a peek? if not it is an
extremely amazing reflectory iridescense something!
try to raise them babies... i bet several including me would like some 1"ers.
during one of the past couple years i brought back 3 or 4 hot rainbows to
study them in an indoor planted 55. they lost there color by the time i got
home... just hours later and never regained it. nature is such a perfectionist. im
happy that you are achieving a success in this!
casper
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