Parosphromenus (gold dust)

[EnderUK]

Could anyone point me in the direction of where to get these. None of my local store have any of them in stock so it will probably be mail order. All the places I have looked don't seem to have them in stock. So where are people getting these fish from?

 

[darren636]

they are rare for a reason. Very specialist. Do you commit yourself to this programme?

 

[EnderUK]

At the minute it is just inquiring, it would be 6 to 12 months before I have a tank even ready for them. It would be a project once my current main tank and shrimp tank are complete. But before I planned for it I'd like to know it was possible to get hold of them. My thinking is if I know I can get a certain paro I could determine what exactly I would require for a suitable aquarium.

I was looking at either paros or dwarf puffer fish for the next tank but I would need to do more research on both before acquiring them.

 

[BigTom]

Maidenhead Aquatics occasionally have some in stock (sometimes even with the right species name!). Otherwise Colin Dunlop over at The Fish Hut gets them in occasionally, although it depends heavily on demand. They crop up now and again at decent LFS. Certainly not impossible and you've plenty of time to track some down; the trickiest thing is getting some with an accurate species ID. Try not to buy unspecified ones (or anything labled as P. deissneri).

Parosphromeus Project has lots of very good husbandry information and may also be able to put you in touch with any breeders in your area, although this is pretty hit and miss in the UK.

 

[darren636]

Is Colin still taking a break?

 

[dw1305]

Hi all,
I had a look the other day at the Fish Hut site (after looking at about 500 Dario dario that were all male) and he hasn't posted anything new since 01-12-2013, but I haven't looked on Facebook

I’m taking a break from importing fish just now while I take care of a few things… I am currently renovating The Fish Hut and have spent the last few months concentrating on a poison dart frog project, so many of my tanks have been turned over to vivariums for the time being.

In late January or early February I will check out the fish lists and see if there are any new fish on the go, and see what interest there is for them.

In the meantime check out The Fish Hut on Facebook!

cheers Darrel

 

[BigTom]

Yeah as above; Colin had a bit of a break over the winter while he's been working on a big dartfrog project. He's looking at getting a new fish order in soonish when he's got some time though.

 

[EnderUK]

I'll keep an eye on the fish hut then, but we might go with something a little easier to source, I had stumbled across the Parosphromeus Project so if we did decide on paro then that would be our first stop thanks.