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Thanks for everyones help with this. If I do manage to breed from my stock, what should I call the resulting fry? Would it be correct to say P. nagyi ‘Kuantan’ or P. nagyi aff. ‘Kuantan’ ?
Thanks
Rod
Thanks, some of them do look a bit scary and big, but my nagyi soon gobbled them up! I wasn’t sure what mayfly larvae eat, because they look so similar to damselfly larvae, but it seems they eat decaying plant matter, so unlikely to be harmful to even small fish.
Rod
I must admit I never saw the appeal of keeping shrimp until you appreciate how much difference they can make in keeping an aquarium clean. I also would not be without them now. I only keep ordinary cherry shrimps though, and they are breeding and growing happily at pH 6 100-150 TDS.
I never thought of using the Lomariopsis Stefanie, that’s a great tip. I think we refer to it as Pellia orLiverwort in English.
RegardsThank you for the photos Stefanie. That does indeed look very similar to the caudal band on my fish.
I think we have a winner!
Hi Helene
I have looked through all my photos and I think you are right, there is a very faint bluish caudal band in photo below, so hopefully this will develop with time.
Thanks..
The caudal band actually looks orange/white depending on light rather than just white. Glad to have confirmation they are nagyi.
My fish are growing nicely and are starting to show like true nagyi, or at least I think so. Would still like to know which type you might think it is, if it is indeed nagyi?
Thanks
Rod
Hi Helene
The unpaired fins have a bright blue edge, then a small black band then a blue band, then solid red. The caudal fin does have a black band but as you say it doesn’t show very well. Ventral fins seem to be blue with pale blue filament.
I will try to get better photos tomorrow, but excited with my new fish so just wanted to try to ID.
Can I rule out bintan do you think?Hi Stephan,
Yes it is very difficult to ID Paros, it can be frustrating when exporters rarely identify the fish correctly.
I have spent a few hours looking at numerous papers and images on the internet and have come no closer to an ID. I have found some similar species and was looking at the similarities between my fish and P. tweedei, alfredi and phoenicurus. I almost thought they might be phoenicurus, but not sure how the caudal fin differs on younger fish? Also the Raffles biology paper says phoenicurus should have a black filament on ventral fins, whereas mine are blueish.
I think the blue in the fins also rules out tweedei, but not 100% sure of this. It most looks like some images of alfredi that are on the seriouslyfish website, but I was led to believe by importer that mine came from Sumatra, so that also seems unlikely.Rod
CO2 levels can be a problem. The problem is most plants are grown emersed by suppliers, so adapting them to a submersed environment, needs to be done slowly. I was advised that I should always float my plants for a couple of weeks before planting them.
I have numerous Cryptocoryne species from Malaysia and Indonesia in my aquariums, all doing very well. i also have a few types of Bucephalandra, Hygrophila corymbosa that all grows well, as does Limnophila aromatica. I have just bought some Ceratoperis and it is currently floating for a few weeks to acclimatise it. Salvinia natans grows too quickly for me so looking for a floting plant that might grow a little slower
I just fed my “nagyi” with mosquito larvae for the first time, and they went crazy for them. I’ve never seen them move so fast, no other food I feed elicits such a dramatic response. Thankfully they came from reasonably clean water from my greenhouse, and I rinsed them in tank water before feeding so I hope they stay healthy.
