Easy catching, attractive appearance, small size and attractive behavior make the fish very popular

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The year is 1920 ... During the next expedition to the island of Celebes (now called the island of Sumatra), the attention of the Swedish zoologist Walter Cowdery has drawn an interesting little fish ... Walter Cowdery
In the waters of the small archipelago Banga he finds very attractive fish-Cardinal, which a few years later in honor of its discoverer is described as Pterapogon kauderni. For many years the fish remained in complete obscurity until the mid-90s of last century, Gerald Allen did not popularize minnow trap it among aquaristically circles in the U.S., which proved fatal to the wild population of the species and leads to the "beginning of the end" This exceptional in appearance and behavior fish. Its fate in the coming years is yet another proof of reckless human predation in the lowest form ... or any other epithets decide that you fit in the case ... relatively limited distribution (only about 32 square kilometers in the region of 33 islets Bangayskiya archipelago) ... habitats in sheltered bays, shallow reefs and seagrass fields ... for groups up to 50-60 copies - this is one of the smallest "living space" inhabited by marine species.
Easy catching, attractive appearance, small size and attractive behavior make the fish very popular in marine hobby for a few years. All this in the late '90s led to a catastrophic reduction in population. More than 700 000 individuals have been exported to Sulawesi and Bali. According to Alessandro Barex (a marine biologist who has worked for more than a decade with this fish) at the beginning of 2007, the approximate amount of individuals are about 2.5 million, this year alone are exported nearly 1 million According to his report in the three main centers collection in Bangayskiya archipelago, enter a monthly average of 100,000 fish! The picture is shocking and the fact that only 30-45% of incoming fish survive the first 24 hours or rejected (literally minnow trap "thrown") because of their poor condition ... The dramatic consequences of overfishing of fish are obvious ... some local populations have been destroyed completely, and the other in a few years has dropped from several thousand ... to single individuals at once. In 2007, starting from this worrying development, zoologists attempt to put bangayskiya Cardinal in CITES Convention through its inclusion in the Endangered Species Act. However, this failed, mainly due to opposition from Indonesia, which in turn highlights the economic importance of the protection of the fish population in the area. According Barex However, based on their research in the area of about 160 thousand inhabitants of the archipelago only a minor part of their livelihood mainly catch this fish (in memory I mentioned that about 80 people). Subsequently, the inclusion of the species in the Red List of endangered species is only symbolic and has no effect on trade. Currently the only (and indirect) protection purchased from hobbyists only artificially bred fish! If you decide to own these unique fish, please buy only artificially bred! A little more than two years, prompted by the numerous publications on the Internet for successful efforts in breeding more difficult marine fish and shellfish, I decided it was time and I was brave ... and try to breed this fish a and shrimp ... Of course it was initially associated mainly with reading ... and reading ... and reading again. Creating conditions for breeding pairs is possible the easiest thing in successful breeding. The greater difficulty is the food base to feed the larvae and young animals. In view of this, for myself I decided minnow trap that before I started banging minnow trap my head against the wall will need to gain some experience in this particular field. After almost two years of sampling, success minnow trap and of course a lot of failed crops almost year round now successfully supports several types of phytoplankton and zooplankton species one. And naturally, last summer I decided to take the next step. I planned everything for the autumn-winter period minnow trap (for various reasons), and I was focused on two main types: Amphiprion ocellaris and Thor amboinensis. The first type is probably the most widely grown worldwide, minnow trap there are loads of relevant information and, not least, a lot of people experience that sooner minnow trap or later you have to look for advice. The second type just is very nice, and besides, it uses a completely different approach ... and when I looked forward to the end of the summer to start another challenge, as usually occurs in life ... things slightly went out of sequence ... The reason was