Rather new on this list and new to rainbowfishes- it is time for a introduction.
My name is Hans Martin Hanslin and I live in Trondheim, Central Norway. Doing my PhD studies in plant ecology at the university here.
I have kept fishes for 15 years or so, most of the time breeding cichlids and occassional Corydoras, tetras and others. A few years ago I got more interested in aquatic plants, but finally I had to surrender. Algae "forced" the plants out of the water - I
now grow some Cryptocoryne and Anubias and some other species emerse with mixed success. As a botanist my main interest is with plants and especially carnivorous plants. I grow a number of them along with a range of orchids, ferns and myrmecophytic plant
s in small terraria.
Living in a small apartment with my wife and 19 month old son, strictly restricts the number and size of tanks on hand, resulting in a focus on small fishes: killies, livebearers, but most of all gobies (Brachygobius and whatever is available). My interes
t in rainbowfishes (or actually Pseudomugils) is of rather recent date. I got to know this list and ANGFA through Bruce H., and I spent some hours checking out the ANGFA Web site with links. After visiting Adrian T's home page, there was no way back! Sinc
e then I have been looking for Pseudomugil species here in Norway (No success yet). I have joined the British Rainbowfish and Goby Society and may join IRG and RSG, whenever I get the time to contact them. Hopefully, with a exchange of eggs and fish in th
e future.
At present I keep some West African cichlids (Nanochromis, Pelvicachromis), frogs (Hymenochirus) and bumblebee shrimps. Looking for eggs of Pseudomugil (esp. gertrudae).
Regards
Hans M