FAQ´s:

Who can be member?

Private persons as well as organisations, e.g. clubs, associations, scientific institutions (university departments, zoos, public aquariums….)

How can I become a member?

Send us your personal/institutional/organisational information, including the whole list of relevant species you are keeping and/or breeding. If you are only keeping fish, but not breeding – you only can become a candidate for membership. If you have no fish, you can become a sponsor, fellow or supporter, however regular membership is reserved for hobbyists who are actually breeding the species in their care.

For the time-being, membership is free. Should the programm grow and need more resources due to actual costs, it may be needed to request a small annual fee to sustain the operations.

Who defines whether a species is facing a conservation threat, and/or whether it should be regimented for export and trade?

The IUCN Red List, CITES Regulations, national governments. Additionally, the ACP will monitor the developments that it is aware of and will endeavour to foresee both positive and negative developments in this area.

Who defines regularly bred/rarely bred/never bred?

The information we get from the members forms the basis for this assessment. A species bred by a minimum of 10 persons/organisations per country – if bred in one or two countries only) or by a minimum of 5 persons/organisations per country if the species is bred in 3 or more countries is regularly bred, as this allows to have good distribution as well as good gene pools. A species which is bred by lesser persons/institutions is bred rarely. Not bred means, we have no information about this, but we know the species is kept by several persons.

Are addresses of persons(organisations) made public?

No. If one joins/supports the programm, he/she will get a registration number. Only this registration number and the country of origin of the member is published on the web. Personal names and adresses are not made public, except when we have an explicit legitimisation for this.

How can I contact other breeders/keepers?

If you want to get in touch with a breeder of a particular species, contact an administrator and inform him/her about this wish. After agreement by the breeder in question, you will be contacted by him/her independently. Contacts are arranged only between registered members, never to non-registered persons.

Which species should I register?

All wild-type species that you have and breed on a more or less regular basis. Sports or hybrids that have been created through selective breeding will not be registered. For example, you could register a specific wild population of guppy, but not a human-selected triangle form, etc. No one knows which species will be limited in availability tomorrow, and why it will be limited. Therefore it will be necessary to have an overview about all species, and not only about species recently protected/endangered or so on. So every information is valuable, even when not for the moment, but maybe for tomorrow.

Tell to us all you know about your fish and send us a picture if possible. We will try to help the best we can.