On Mon, 08 Mar 2004 23:22:24 +0000, steve wrote:

I bought five wild J.ornatus in the mid seventies but have not seen
any since. A few of the other Julidochromis have been imported but
ornatus seem to be very rare.

hm, are you from the UK? (judging from the time zone). I'll do some
investigation concerning ornatus in shops, regani or marlieri are not done
in this tiny tank, but transcriptus or dickfeldi perhaps...?

anyways, I'll try to get some fine ornatus, the book I mentioned earlier
said that inbred specimens are recognizable by the fact their bands aren't
smooth bands anymore.