Although the efforts of other dedicated hobbyist-conservationists have greatly expanded the captive propagation of these endangered fish throughout Europe and Asia, the United States has so far fallen behind in the conservation efforts focused on this genus.

We hope to support the conservation work in this country, and hopefully encourage as many like-minded aquarium keepers in this country as possible to consider joining the international, hobbyist-led effort, to preserve a stable, diverse genetic resource of these fish, who's habitats are so quickly disappearing from the former lowland rainforests of southeast asia.