01-08-10

Pterobrycon myrnae, the Semaphore tetra New stock arrived for first calendar week 2010! And the good news is: the are considerably more favourable than last year! Here the story of the fish, told by our breeders: It was only twice, 1998 and 2008, that we received the Semaphore Tetra by Thomas Schulz. This fish is restricted to fast running brooks in Costa Rica. It is a spectacular tetra and luckily absolute unproblematic and peaceful. It has an internal fertalization and the female is able to store the sperms over a long period. The fish has an extreme sexual dimorphism. Females are plain blue-grey, whereas the males are particulary colorful. Only the males develope the semaphore-like long scales which are responsible for the common name. Moreover the males have longer anal and ventral fins. The females become slightly bigger (up to 55 mm total length) than the males, which stay 10-15 mm smaller. The mating rituals are very interesting to observe. During this the male presents the „semaphore scales“ widely spread. We were able to produce a little offspring from the wild collected fish which will be offered by Aquarium Glaser in very near future. The eggs are attached on substrates by the female. The sexes are distinguishable as late as when the fish are six months old. We hope that this interesting tetra will become established in the aquarium hobby now. We currently work on the F1 generation. Text: Peter and Martin Hoffmann Photos: Peter Hoffmann Betta splendens Crowntail Black Crowntail bettas become more and more popular. Although they exist probably since they 1960ies and although the gene for “crowntail” is dominant, these fishes became popular in Europe and the US only in the beginning of this millenium.The exact origin of this cultivated form is not documented in literature. The first citable appearance we know of is in Jörg Vierke ´s book on anabantoids dating from 1978, when crowntails already existed. We have right now wonderful black specimens from a breeder in Thailand in stock. Black bettas are not easy to breed at all, because the gene for this colour is a double recessive one (which means that it is “hidden”), and so this colour variety always was rare. Breeding black bettas is a topic only for experienced and smart breeders. However, keeping black bettas is the same as keeping other cultivated varieties of Betta splendens. This means that only one male per tank must be kept. It is also necessary to take care that tankmates are not too hasty and that they do not nibble at the long finnage. Also one should avoid to keep fantail guppys along with bettas, because the guppys are often taken for error as rivals and have not the slightest chance against the fighters. For our customers: Black Crowntail Bettas have code 390543 on our stocklist. Please note that we exclusively supply the wholesale market. Text & Photo: Frank Schäfer Neocaridina heteropoda BLOOD RED There are always new cultivated varieties of freshwater dwarf shrimp appearing in the market. It is already difficult to determine the exact scientific identity of wild shrimps, it is almost impossible to do so in cultivated ones. The animals imported under the name Neocaridina heteropoda BLOOD RED from Taiwan are a real alternative to the difficult to keep Sulawesi Cardinal Dwarf Shrimp. The currently arrived shrimps are of an intensive coloration. For our customers: the shrimps have code 485222 on our stocklist. Please note that we exclusively supply the wholesale market. Text & photos: Frank Schäfer Neocaridina RED-BEE-SNOW-WHITE-SHRIMP We already introduced this beautiful animal to you: http://www.aquariumglaser.de/en/neocaridina-red-bee-snow-white-shrimp_en_1081.html. Now we have it again in stock, once more the beauties come from Taiwan. For our customers: the shrimps have code 485340 on our stocklist. Please note that we exclusively supply the wholesale market. Text & photos: Frank Schäfer Just in: Bred L399   Hypancistrus sp. L399 is one of the smaller species of the genus. The maximum length reported is approx. 8 cm. Like so many of its congeneers this fish is highly variable regarding the pattern. We have received right now a few specimens of this rare beauty from a German breeder, which are currently 4-5 cm long. The photos depict one of the parent fish.   For our customers: the fish have code 26480-L399x-2 on our stocklist. Please note that we exclusively supply the wholesale market.   Text & photos: Frank Schäfer …and please do not forget to visit our homepage to get weekly updates !

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