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Arno — that’s great you have a source of these plants. They are almost impossible to acquire in this country. I found a young man who is attempting to cultivated these species and he lives relatively close to my home. He has someone on Borneo that will send him plants to sell and raise. Does your friend have photographs of his plants that he would share?
BillI have used some of the house plants in my wild betta tanks with success. They actually will extend out of the tanks and up the walls close to my windows. I have not used them in any of the Paro tanks as I keep them away from the windows because of excessive light. In the Paro tanks I have stayed with Java fern, Java Moss and a few Crypts. Recently I have been investigating Bucephalandra for use in these tanks. These plants are not readily available in the trade however. They come from the island of Borneo only and are found in the waters along with Paros and wild bettas. They grow in low light and in blackwater I an told (we will see over time). Presently they are expensive to purchase but beautiful. There is some discussion going on that they have been tissue cultured and if that is the case, availability will increase and prices will come down appropriately as they will not have to be collected from the forests of Borneo.
Thank you to Rafael for the photographs and to Helene for posting them. It was a wonderful opportunity to meet many members of the PP, to make friends and to put faces with names from the forum. Are there additional photos out there to be shared?
I don’t think we know the answer to that question. The blog is in Japanese and I attempted to run the translator but had little to no success with translation. My guess would be he has no English. I think looking back on the previous research I did there was at least one comment that linked Michael Lo with Team Borneo.
Peter — one of the questions I wished to present at the international meeting was for someone (perhaps Horst Linke) to describe “Team Borneo or Borneo Team” as it is sometimes listed and Mr. H. Kishi. We see little pieces of information about them and some of the excellent discoveries they have been involved with over the years, but virtually nothing about their operation appears to be available. I have even gone back to old contacts from my time living in Japan and asked if perhaps they could “google search” in Japanese – virtually nothing comes up.
The reason for my comment is it appears the organization has “boots on the ground” regularly in our area of interest. Their results and discoveries must be documented and recorded somewhere and my thought is perhaps their information is not being shared because of a language barrier. Their information translated and posted to the forum would be of great interest and benefit to all readers and would add an additional and perhaps unique perspective on various Paro species.During the conference in Hamburg earlier this month there was a brief discussion about a project being conducted with Chester Zoo in the UK. I don’t know if these fish are publicly displayed but perhaps one of our friends from the UK has additional information.
As I travel around and talk to local fish clubs about Paros and their breeding habits I tell them about using the film canisters for breeding caves. Within a few says I will get telephone calls from people offering me free canisters. I have also gone to camera clubs in my local towns and asked about canisters and have found those people willing to give me their old canisters. Ask around and they will become available.
Hello all, I am a little slow to respond, but I had the longest commute home from the conference. I think I covered 10K miles on this trip…
I would just like to echo, echo, echo all the previous comments. There were almost two full days of discussion and presentations. I was most impressed with the presentations by Horst Linke and Martin Hallmann. While both presentations were accomplished in German, a wonderful translation system was provided for us who are illiterate in German. While Helene and Peter talked into a microphone we heard the lecture in our headphones. It was a highlight of the weekend.
With the great generosity from Bernd I was able to return with to the U.S. with a number of species that have never been seen in this country. It was great to sit in this conference with participants from many countries, all with the common goals and interests – preservation and propagation of the Parosphromenus species. To all my newly found friends it was a pleasure to meet you and to share common interests. Now there is a whole new atmosphere talking with you after we have met face to face.Interesting … P. anjunganensis showed up in the listing from the American importer this week also. It has been almost 2 years since I last saw them offered. I got 6 the last time and all turned out to be females. What are the odds??
That appears to be the case … he quotes shipping costs to the U.S. but it appears he is willing to ship anywhere. He offers no guarantees however and takes no responsibility for customs. Bringing in wild bettas to the U.S. we traditionally use a trans-shipper who handles the license and customs documents. It is an additional expense but all the paperwork is handled for the individual receiving the fish.
I saw the post a couple of days ago also. The photo is not of sufficient quality to make it possible to attempt an identification.
Good morning all – I too was able to book a reservation this morning at the hotel. I am looking forward to meeting you all also. See you in September
David — again another wonderful set of photos. I wish you success with this spawn and hope to see some fry in the coming weeks. It’s interesting the most recent weekly listing from WetSpot (Friday) showed no “Paros” on the list. Keep all of us posted
In Horst Linke’s book Labyrinth Fish World the species is described as a nest builder. So, that conforms with what you have discovered.
