I am very sorry to hear that, – and hope of course that you will indeed stay on.
It is to me a complicated question and although I do understand and share the thoughts written above by Peter, I do not see things completely the same way. Understanding the situation regarding Parosphromenus and the threathened status is of course very important, – and I am sure all who have got a deeper interest in these fish are aware of this.
I am sure that is how you came to find your way to this homepage in the first place. 🙂
And we all try to breed for sure. But we still have fish that are either surplus, or bought in shops with all same sex or something, – and f.inst. in Denmark sometimes in the shops we even get Parosphromenus which are breed in captivity and sold. This is a fact.
And I think that we need to also discuss how to best keep these fish. For me is it also a matter of loving these tiny fishes. I will breed them if possible, but I will also ‘keep’ those that I have then bred in the best possible setup.
Perhaps you could think of other companions than coryes 🙂 I agree to that, but I am sure you might have been aware of that too. Sometimes things are just not possible in the ideal way.
For myself I have learned over the years, that one way I thought was right, now seems less right, – I find actually that my paros thrive in conditions that I have previously not thought would be good, – such as f.example a little bit of current seems to do them good, as well as small companion fish.
Of course we should keep focus on the important things, but I personally also hope that we can continue to learn from different questions and discussions and be open to this.