I can confirm Chilatherina axelrodi is in Europe, swimming in my fishroo= m. It was a big effort to import them from Australia, but it was worth it. = It=B4s a beauty.
But breeding is more than difficult. From 50 eggs on= e is hatching. Compared with G. maculosus, the mac is easy-to-breed. That i= s the reason why swapping eggs could be problematic. I am building up a bre= eding stock at the moment. If the quantity is enough, it would be&nbs= p;possible to send young fish to the US. But this will take some time. = ;
Johannes
r_m_l at yahoogroups.com schr=
ieb am 12.04.05 16:28:54:
There is a new strain of C. axelrodi in Europe=
, but it seems it will take a while before there are enough fish to distrib=
ute. Gl. maculosus are more or less regularly available within the IRG, aft=
er they had nearly disappeared. Why not trying to swap eggs across the Atla=
ntic? Harro, do you think this could work? Christophe