Thanks for the welcome, Helene and Russ.
I had a good think about it last night and this morning and have decided to try the fish from the pet shop. Although it’s not local. I will need to sweet-talk my wife into driving me there (I’m disabled and unable to drive) and try and fit it in with her work days. The Alternative would be to get them to overnight them to me.
I must confess that my reluctance is down to a bit of OCD; Obsessive compulsive 😆 if it’s not named and in it’s proper place then it’s not going to be here. So, I’m going to break the habit and buy a few, they are only €5.99 each. The photos on their site seem to be P. deissneri, but that doesn’t mean a lot. They have borrowed the photos from JJphotos.dk which are probably correct, but I’ll be very, very surprised if the fish in the shop are correct.
Russ, I don’t get back to Scotland these days, but we have family come over a couple of times a year. Perhaps next time some of them come over we could organise over-nighting them to Edinburgh and they can bring them over on the ferry with them?
I am full of confidence that one day I will introduce these little gems to Ireland 🙂 (with accurate names) 😆
Bill