Dear Lawrence, some years ago I had fantastically strong true allani that were caught by Horst Linke and Michael Lo. Still formerly, there were fish here in Europe caught by Allan and Barbara Brown. But both are lost in the meantime.
I thought that the fish of Hallmann and Bussler be Lundu or Sungai Stunggang, but reading your story this will be wrong.
And yes: We plan the second meeting in Hamburg 22-24. September. It would be great if you could participate! Really! A Chinese named Wentian Shi will do so equally, who will visit Bangka probably twice this year (after having done so last year) in search of the last true deissneri. All “classical” locations of the species are destroyed.
Please come to Hamburg! Write to me personally if you need more information (peter.finke(at)t-online.de)
Peter