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Thanks Helene,
You are right about Allan, even though I only spent about an hour with him I learned an awful lot.
For now I am adding paramecium to their tank. The day before the fry went in there I squeezed a sponge filter out into the tank to give some other natural organisms.
Their tank is currently only 2 litres, it has old oak leaves, java fern and java moss in there. I have not seen them since I released them in there – not sure whether they are still ok, but I have heard from lots of people that they disappear for a while – so fingers crossed.
I hatch live BBS twice a day as I have 30+ tanks with mostly smaller fish and lots of fry to rear. However, even the bigger fish seem to enjoy live BBS.
Hi Helene,
Yes, they are very tiny. At the time I took the photo (yesterday) they were still with the parents.
However, following advice from Allan Brown at the AAGB meeting last Saturday I have today moved them into a small tank with water from the adults tank. I moved them as they had started to dart about a lot, which according to Allan is the time when the male will cease to look after them.
I have paramecium ready for the fry, and have put a small amount into their tank already, I am guessing this should be fine as the paramecium will live in the tank with them until they eat it. I also have micro worm available for when they are a suitable size. I hatch live BBS twice a day for all of the fish in my fish house every day so they will also get this when they get big enough to take it.
What is your advice with regard to food?
Regards
Paul
Vale!,
Have you tried:
or
http://www.tropicalaquatica.co.uk/livefood.htm
or
AQUATIC LIVE FOODS
2 ALBONE WAY
SG18 8BN BIGGLESWADE, BEDFORDSHIREPhone: 01767 319087
Fax: 01274 690729I dont know that any of them definitely do Moina, but they will be worth trying.
Regards
Paul
Generally speaking: There was no problem in Britain as Paro’s are concerned as long as Allan Brown was active as one of the best breeders of these fish ever. Every year he bred many species and variants with great success and brought all of them to the continent. But about three years ago he quit all his fishkeeping, and now Britain is a “distressed area” in this respect. It’s a pity!
Its such a shame that myself and Andy (and no doubt others) have missed Allan and his Paro’s, it sounds like he really was someone I would love to meet and hear about his experiences with Paro’s and learn some of the “tricks of the trade” that obviously made him so successful, there is no doubt that an awful lot of hard work went into his endeavours.
But let me remind you of an important date: next autumn, 2013 (!), 28./29th September, we will organize in Hamburg the first international meeting of the Parosphromenus-Project (with lectures by M. Hallmann, H. Linke and others, simultaneously translated). Maybe, some American or Asian visitors will come, too; I shall ask Olivier Perrin from Paris to talk to us and so on. And there will be at least ten species available in greater numbers (among them two forms of nagyi, of linkei, filamentosus, quindecim, spec. Langgam, harvey, possibly parvulus, ornaticauda, and others). We would be very glad if some visitors from Britain would come and take many of these fish back home for their friends.
That is quite some time away but is something I would really like to attend if funds and work commitments permit, particularly if some other UK people would accompany me.
Regards
Paul
Hi Andy,
I didn’t get your email, but following your post I checked in my spam folder and found it, thank you for replying and apologies for not seeing it. I will reply tonight and include Colin’s email address for you.
It seems like you have done an awful lot of hard work so far to try and work out how to get Paro’s to the UK. I am positive you will get some Paro’s if you get in touch with Colin, but it would also be good to get some from further afield.
I am also in the process of trying to get some German friends to agree to bring some fish to the UK in March 2013, Peter Finke has agreed to help try and source some fish if I can make some arrangements with my friends.
Regards
Paul
Andy (Vale) I am also a new starter to Paro’s, although I have kept and bred fish for 35+ years. I currently have 2 pairs of P filamentosa.
I have 10 P bintan coming on Tuesday, really looking forward to it.
I would be prepared to assist in keeping/distributing these fish too, but I doubt it will be possible to get them to the UK.
You should get in touch with Colin Dunlop of the Fish Hut (Scotland) he has Paro’s and will post them. You can find him on Facebook, or I can let you have his email address.
