OK, I have been too harsh with my comments, I see this. But, please note
-that your mailing did not contain the information that this is not the ordinary, not to say normal food, but an occasionally given additional one; I think this information (which you gave us now) is an important addition;
– that the picture of one of my tanks does not show such a “horticultural milieu” (my words) but a lot of open space usable for the fish for displaying. As I saw in Western Malaysia myself Paros in nature live in thickets of riparian grasses and wood, but need and use little spaces within for their courtship behaviour;
– that there are certainly several different methods for breeding these fish, between with quite many plants and without any plants, but I should not be an advocate for “any ideas” that lead towards that goal. There are better ones and lesser good ones, and there is a guide-line: the milieu conditions they find in unspoiled nature. And feeding on collemboles is not within this range, although they occasionally feed on an item which has fallen on the surface, too.
But you are right in correcting me. If you accept this correction of mine, we can go on.
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