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Although the article is about Betta it gives interesting notes about fish- keeping those days. For the international readers I try to give a little summary of some parts: The author gives an explanation why he prefers labyrinth fish. The reason is that the aquatic plants only in summer grow well and because of this reason in winter a lot of fish died in his small aquarium. The technology for oxygen ventilation was not invented or to expensive he says. Heating with a lamp reduces more oxygen and only labyrinth fish and those with intestine breathing survive. He wishes that imports of labyrith fish will increase in different shape and colour. He says that it is a pity that only a few Labyrinth fish that are nice looking, different or with new interesting brood care are imported. He says that he do not believe to get better looking Betta than Betta pugnax which he described as the colibri among the betta. Some would prefer Betta rubra that he calls a variety of B. pugnax.
This article shows, if he speaks for a big group of aquarists of the time, that the desire for new colourful and interesting labyrinth fish was immensely. On the next page he describes the visit of a commercial ornamental fish breeder and a new unknown betta. The way he describes the new imported fish makes me sure he would have loved Parosphromenus. 🙂 If this attitude was common it can explain the advertisement I posted on the first page.
FelixAngelfish were new in 1912. In the “Vereinschronik of Triton 1888 – 2008” its written that on the “Jubiläumsausstellung 1913” (25 anniversary) Pterophyllum scalare new imported from Brasil was the center of the exhibition. On the pictures below you can find a photo of the anniversary and the exhibition catalog.
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There are no pictures of Parosphromenus in the few magazines i own. What pictures looked like you can see in the scan of the Betta article.Thank you very much dear Peter Finke for answering some of my questions. I changed my first post to present the whole site of the magazine. I hope its still possible to read it in this worse quality. The magazine is dated August 1912 as you can see in the second scan that shows the headline of the frontpage. Where from you got the Information about commercially imported Parosphromenus in the thirties if i may ask? Would be nice to collect such dates or texts just for the fun of it. I like those old Aquarium Magazines (that includes the DATZ from the 50s) not only because of the “style” presented in it (as you can see in the scans number 3 and 4) but also because of a different way to deal with the fishkeeping hobby. In my opinion back in the days there was more attention and enthusiasm for the little details. It was possible to write about mistakes and to integrate sketches of diy.
Back to topic. I want to know which ichthyological reference works were common at these days. If anybody out there has an idea or wants to scan the labyrinth fish or maybe Parosphromenus section this thread could evolve nicely. Although there is no specific book on Parosphromenus the addressee of the advertisement had an idea to have what this fish is. Qustion is: Where from the hobbyist gets this knowledge in 1912? _______The “Back in the days” thread is officially opened !;-)
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These illustration give an idea about how aquariums looked like at the beginning of the 20th century. They are from the Book Das “Leben im Wasser und das Aquarium”.Jaeger.ca.1920
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If the authors are pleased with the result it could not be too bad 😉 Did they only shortened your part of the texts?
For me as a beginner not only in Parosphromenus but Freshwater Fish in general it will be interesting to read the articles. Maybe more interesting than the text it will be to watch the photos printed on paper. Until now i have only seen photos of Licorice gouramis on the Internet. I hope the photos are in good quality and show a lot of different species. For me as a beginner different species presented together would be nice. I know the magazines and there is not much hope to see all species printed in something like a little Lexika. I could not remember to see this in a german fish magazine ever.
Of course it will be great in the end with all those experts involved.
Will be interesting to watch the increasing of Hits on the website after the publishing of the issue.Felix from Oberhausen (Germany)
I have heard the Parosphromenus issue will be released next month. Because of this reson i took a look on their website and found the Information: “Die nächste Ausgabe erscheint am 24. Februar 2012 /Titelthema: Pracht-Guramis
Kennen Sie die Labyrinthfischgattung Parosphromenus? Wissen Sie, wie hübsch, spannend und interessant diese Zwerge sein können? Diese und noch viele andere Fragen können wir Ihnen in unserer nächsten Ausgabe beantworten.”
