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Hi Peter, It’s not too bad for time. First class post to Antrim for 4 Betta cost £8.55. they were posted in Scotland lunch time on Monday, they arrived in Antrim hub that evening then into his Parcel Motel Locker at 5.30am this morning. So, less than 48hrs really. Normal post in Ireland takes two days :dry:
I’ve heard he has wild Trichopodus trichopterus for sale at £3.50 each so I’m going to grab some before they are gone. He has been questioned about getting Paros but he says he’s not keen to do that because the fish are usually wrongly named, although he some P. sumatranus in stock.
So I’m off to get my order in.
BillHi Peter,
I’m not so sure that the JJphoto.dk is accurate either, the photos appear to be of different fish. On his “Gourami” section, P. deissneri photos are on the very bottom of page one and continue on page two. But, here is a link to the Paros that are for sale in the shop in Ireland: http://wtfthis.me/2anbB7X
They claim the source of these fish are Malaysia, Singapore.
My wife has agreed to take me down to the shop next week so I will probably return with a few and am expecting them to be totally different from the photographs and especially different from P. deissneri.
Anyway, I will keep you updated when I get some.
BillThanks, Russ. I think my sister is coming over in October so I will get in touch with you just before then.
I’m already hooked just reading about them on here 😆
Bill
Meant to say, Helene, no problem with the delay of my initial post, I understand people are busy with other things. I had a look through your website, it’s very nice 🙂
Bill
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
