[Peter Finke]

Hi Mike, it would be very nice if you could describe such local shops in your country, or just the one you vivited. Mind that many paople from all over the world visit our site, and the pet-shops look very different in different countries. What fish are they selling mainly? In what situation did you find the licorice gouramis? Why was it a situation to “rescue” them? Is there a lot of nonsense-plastic material be sold in that shops? What about the plants: Are that real plants or plastic? What about the water they use? What about the food they use? How often did you see licorice gouramis?
And so on. Many people would be interested to read such a short report. And you should say which country itis.
And another question: Do you have local friends who keep or breed fish? Which they prefer? How many aquaria do they care for? How big or small are they? Are they highly technizied or not? And so on.
You should always mind: This forum is not for Asia alone. We would like to instigate the keeping and breeding of licorice gouramis and the intensive talk about their problems in Asia; the internal communication in the home-lands of these fish on land-change, on the logging of rainforests, on the destruction of biodiversity should be intensified. But many people from other countries and continents read this too. There is a great number of aquarists who never kept Parosphromenus fish themselves, but are keen to read about them, about their home, their problems, about the situation in Asia.
Best wishes!