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Most of us in the U.S. are aware of this source and several have purchased stock from them on occasions.
Helene — what a wonderful project and opportunity to show the hobbyists of Denmark what it is like to keep the various species of Paros. The photos taken by Johnny Jensen are also magnificent and it was marvelous that he permitted you to share the images with the membership from around the world! I suspect your three speaking engagements at the aquarium clubs will encourage other hobbyist to consider maintaining these wonderful creatures also. I also suspect those presentations will result in you being asked to speak at other clubs. I did my first presentation last month for a club here in Florida. It was well received and I will do it again in February for my home club here in Tampa which is considerable larger than the initial group. People are very interested in the Parosphromenus species once you begin to tell their story. Congratulations on your success.
I’m sorry I thought I had posted that link previously. The Aquaculture Laboratory is close to where I reside and Craig Watson, the director, and the staff members such as Scott and Robert are very supportive of the local aquarium society for which I am a member and current president. The real purpose of the laboratory however is to support the numerous ornamental fish farms that are located in the area and throughout the state of Florida. Periodically, we have the wonderful opportunity to hold a club meeting in the facility and on occasion we have the opportunity to tour the facility and view the various projects and experiments being conducted. It is a valuable resource to the local hobbyist but more importantly to the ornamental fish farming industry here is the U.S.
Carolina Biological is company that provides scientific materials for schools mainly for biology, Chemistry and physics classrooms. Individuals can order items of interest also. See the link below.
http://www.carolina.com/product/moina+culture+kit.do?keyword=moina+cultures&sortby=bestMatches I don’t know if they will ship internationally.
Vale! – I did not have an opportunity to see any of the fish farmers this past week, but I should see them later this week. I will run the question by them when we get together.There are places here in the U.S. that you can purchase small quantities of Moina. Actually I think I can go out to the fish farms and purchase a bottle right out of the feeding vats. However, that will not do you any good living in the UK. Even if I were able to aquire cysts I not sure I could get them through customs or the mail system to you.
Bravo Peter – some excellent ideas for Mike and others to follow up on. I’m sure fish stores vary greatly from country to country. It’s a great idea for members to describe what shopping for fish is like in their country or even region. Years ago I spent time in Japan and a year up country in Thailand. There were great differences between fish shops in those countries and vastly different from shops in the U.S. at that time. Indeed, today in the U.S. there are significant differences in different locations in this country. I look forward to Mike’s comments as well as others that might wish to contribute to the dialogue. One more thing, I will echo the request by our webmaster previously. It would be very helpful for ALL members to complete their profile on the site. That gives others of us that are following comments by a writer of where they are located around this wide world. By providing a city and country (not an actual address) we can post to the map – giving all of us a picture of where we all live. I look forward to opening up this discussion among our members.
Good to see them out of the collection bottle. It appears photo #2 is considerably different from the three remaining photos. Is it just lighting? Do these fish match up with either of the other two variations previously collected or do we now have a third variation?
Sylvia — am I to understand you have two caves with fry in both caves at the same time? What are the caves made of? Are they the size of the film canisters that Peter has described in previous posts? Are they laying on the floor of the tank?
[size=5]Jacob – they are a beautiful species and I would join you in wishing to have them in one of my tanks. However, I have not seen them offered either privately or through an importer anywhere here in North America since I began watching the “Paros”. The last Paro census showed a few being maintained in Europe and one breeder in Thailand I believe.
Barbara and Allan Brown, in the UK, had some of them in the late 80’s and another group was available in the late 90’s. That group was attributed to David Armitage in the UK and someone by the name of Pinto. Perhaps that is Tony Pinto (I can’t confirm that however). I believe he is up in your area of the country. If you know him through the local club, you might check with him. If you find some please let me know. I would love to have a couple pair.[/size]I would have suggested Parosphromenus harveyi also. If you go to the species page and compare your photo with the one on that page they look like a match. I wish you luck with your breeding efforts. Please go to the profile page and indicate where you are from. Welcome.
Tom – Paros or no Paros that tank is truly magnificent. I can’t believe this is a photo of the tank after you broke it down and replanted lt.
