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Aqualife Leyland (one of the best fish shops in the North West of the UK) has had a recent shipment which is claimed to include a batch of P. ornaticauda:
http://www.aqualifeleyland.co.uk/I hope to visit the shop in the next few days, and have a look.
Regards,
PaulHaving seen the fish in the flesh, I’m pretty sure they’re not ornaticauda. I was unable to identify which species they are, as they were not in great condition from import.
Sorry for the terrible pics.Hi Paul.
Welcome to the project, and welcome to a new UK member.
Steve at Aqualife has imported P. ornaticauda for a couple of members of the project here in the UK before, he generally knows what he’s doing. As with most people, we had limited success with them.The fish in the pictures do look like extremely stressed P. ornaticauda though. They have a different body shape to most other species of Parosphromenus. Much more cylindrical, the same as their close relative, P.parvulus.
Russ
Thanks Russ. I must have been misled by the colouring so I’m grateful for your experience with these.
I’d hoped to chat with Steve when I visited the shop, but unfortunately he was out and I missed him.I succumbed to the ‘dark side’ and bought a group of Poecilocharax weitzmani instead; they also looked a bit poorly in the shop but are doing very well now. They’re similar to Paros in their requirements for water, food and environment, and in the difficulty of breeding them!
Regards,
PaulRuss ist right. Although the pictures are terribly bad indeed, there is a possibility of the fishes being ornaticauda. If they are in bad shape after enduring bad weeks of bad or no food, bad water and missing quietude (and often they are, specifically this species) their normal colouring is just like or similar to other Parosphromenus. Then, the slim structure of the body is nearly the only indication of the species. P. ornaticauda is extremely sensitive to Oodinium, and often the indications of this are hardly or not to be seen at all. If this is not treated early by efficient medicine, they will not survive. If it is, they can be cured completely.
They are a beautiful little fish, good luck with them.
Do you have any Parosphromenus at the moment?
I presume you are based in the north west if you visit Aqualife. Do you know John Walsh? He is a member of this project, and a member of Preston aquarists. I know he has given them a presentation on Parosphromenus , which went very wellRuss
Sorry for the delay in responding, I’ve been away on holiday, isolated from the internet. Thanks for your message.
I’ve spoken to John Walsh and been to a couple of the Preston Aquarists events. I’m based in Urmston near Manchester.
I bought a pair of a P.bintan-like species a couple of months back; initially both did well but unfortunately I have since lost the female without trace. I now wish I had bought more than two!
I’m well equipped for meeting their water and food requirements and have experience of breeding and raising fry of various fish (dwarf cichlids, tetras, corydoras and loricariidae, pangio loaches). Hopefully I can find some more Paros and try again at some stage.
Cheers,
PaulThe topic is not very up-to-date anymore, but I would like to know what has become of the ornaticauda. A similar delivery was made at the end of last year in Germany. It was also that the animals were probably not healthy. but with me everything went well and I have offspring swim.
Greetings Bernd Bussler
Congratulations Bernd, you appear to be the only person who can reliability breed ornaticauda.
I don’t know what happened to the fish that came to the UK. Neither John Walsh or myself bought any of these. We have both struggled in the past to keep them for any length of time, and so decided they weren’t worth the risk. Perhaps if aquarium bred ones become more available, we will try again.
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