Microrasbora

[richchappy]

It is with horror that practical fishkeeping magazine has to report that the stunning Microrasbora Sp "Galaxy" has been heavily over fished and stock in the wild are decimated due to massive consumer demands.

As such we are asking any fish keepers with this fish in there tanks attempt to breed them to satisfy local demand in there areas.

This fish was only discovered last August and the fish stocks have been decimated by fish dealers.

If you want to buy this fish please, please, please make sure that they are captive bred NOT wild caught.

So keep us updated and good luck



*Borrowed from another forum

 

[*Fishkies*]

oh wow that's really interesting and kind of disturbing at the same time!!!

 

[iairj84]

That's horrible, I wish they would've made their way to my neck of the woods... But now I'm hoping they just make it period.

 

[Dave1]

yeah i've seen these at my LFS and they have a tank full of fry, so thats good, i was thinking about getting some, but they are rather expensive.

 

[The-Wolf]

fear not people,
Tin Win, one of the worlds formost danio experts, has discovered a vast swamp area with
even more of these loverly fish in it.
the fish are now found in(near) Hopong pass in the Shan State or Myanmar.

 

[annka5]

Surely it's better to leave them in the wild, without destroying their habitat, where they've coped just fine for so long, than to further endanger them so that we can keep them in tanks?
I agree, if you have them, breed them, but if you don't, then stop buying them unless you are SURE they are not wil-caught stocks - if there was no demand for wild caught then they'd no longer be imported.

 

[puppyduck]

Thats what I thought.


Everyone seems to discover a new species and either kill it, make it extinct by eating it or scaringthe bejeezus out of it, hunt it for its skin, or put it in a cage and call it a pet.

Whats wrong with saving up and travelling to its native habitat and watching it there?

 

[Miss Wiggle]

fear not people,
Tin Win, one of the worlds formost danio experts, has discovered a vast swamp area with
even more of these loverly fish in it.
the fish are now found in(near) Hopong pass in the Shan State or Myanmar.

that's good to know

now lets hope no-one overfishes that place too!

 

[andywg]

Whats wrong with saving up and travelling to its native habitat and watching it there?

Imagine the added pollution if we all jetted off to the Amazon every time we wanted to see a neon

 

[The-Wolf]

lets hope no-one overfishes that place too!

I hope so too, so far the gov of Myanmar has not issued any restrictions of danioin exports
although I understand the issue is being reviewed atm.

 

[Miss Wiggle]

well there's been so much publicity in fishkeeping circles abiout the overfishing i can only hope that demand for wild caughts will be significantly less now and that people will be responsible and not buy the wild caughts. if the demand drops the overfishing will stop.

 

[vinylman]

fear not people,
Tin Win, one of the worlds formost danio experts, has discovered a vast swamp area with
even more of these loverly fish in it.
the fish are now found in(near) Hopong pass in the Shan State or Myanmar.

But perhaps not the greatest idea for him to tell everyone about it......................

 

[puppyduck]

Whats wrong with saving up and travelling to its native habitat and watching it there?

Imagine the added pollution if we all jetted off to the Amazon every time we wanted to see a neon

LOL yes you've got a point!

I meant these new endangered species. If there's not many of them, why do we have to take them away and sell them?

 

[joeyoii]

Oops...too late..
i got 10 of them last decenber for a two feet tank but nvm.. i'll make sure i'll give at least 75% of my over 100 babies to the three lfses nearby my shop to sell..when the babies start showing their true colours..

 

[Darkstar]

I know of at least two people who have themselves over a hundred of these each and are working with a local zoo to help breed them....so there are already breeding programs in action.