Two German Parosphromenus-enthusiasts and specialists are determined to fly to Malaysia and perhaps Indonesia next year. Among their aims, they are clearly determined to bring some of the shrimps back home that live in the Paro-habitats.
The shrimp C. parvidentata that has been mentioned by 7 Zwerge has been detected by member of the steering comittee Benjamin Wilden as being tolerant of typical Paro water and nevertheless produces offspring in this milieu. He experimented with quite a few species, but not systematically and with intention of completeness, and found parvidentata the only species suited for the purposes of the Paro aquarium.
It is hard to get hold of it because it is small and not colourful and popular as many other species. It is unclear indeed what the notes on its preferences to be found in the literature (which tell us much higher values of pH and water hardness) are based upon; it is not at all clear that they are sound and based on reliable proof. But meanwhile it is proved by several successfull experiments that the species is suited – at least in sufficient an aspect – to our needs.
Let us hope that next year we learn more in this respect.