Taiwan 2011

ok, so im in Taiwan ATM

here are some pics of the fish that i caught just with a net on the side of the bank of the dam by my uncs farm. i wasnt there for long so this is all i mannaged to catch in 10 mins..

any idea what this is?




is this a pleco or a otto?






think this plant is aquatic?


just a pic of one of their display tanks in the LFS:


more to come!

 

Looks like Tilapia and Oto to me...not sure which species. Nice catch

 

The first one looks a little like a Central American cichlid to me, either young a Petenia or a young Parachromis. Second looks like a baby pleco, maybe an oto...

 

this one was for a customer:












the guy showed me this tank which uses "normal" cheap plant substrate - looks like ADA


But compared to the ADA here - Huge difference! u guys probably cannot see the diff here but the non ada substrate had mg and k problems..


check this plant out! i asked them what their most expensive plant was and they named this one..echinodocus Sata 2003 Ibirapuita - cant find it on the net.. i asked whats the diff with an amazon sword and they said that its a very dark green.. they showed me a normal amazon and it does look diff..

BUT, i wouldn pay $9000 (taiwanese dollars) = R2000!!!!!!!!!!! OMG

 

Some stunning tanks there

 

Geez it's such a pity we can't get plants like that!!!

 

Those tanks look amazing! What were the prices like of fish there?

 

Aaaaaaaaaaah come on...................................................(Jealous)

 

Wow now THAT is a display tank! SA lfs seem stuck in this rut that only marine tanks can look good and freshwater is made up of a couple of different fish chucked into some holding tanks. I can think of 3 stores with vaguely decent freshwater displays. Can you imagine how much more interest there would be in planted tanks if you walked into a shop and saw one of those tanks

 

Yor........ Madness I tell totally AWESOME layouts what I wouldn't do for a tank like those

 

for all u bonsai freaks!






this is the view of the garden shop:






they plant big ones foor parks and large buildings:


this is some of my dads bonsais

 

Last snaps of a pet store i went to in taipei..

 

@Firefly if i told you the prices you'd want to cry! just to give u a bit of a scale to compare: cardinals are under R5 EACH!! neons are like R0.5!! yes fifty flippin cents!!

 

Damn @shihr, guess you must be lucky we can't ask you to bring fish back

 

haha.. ya.. i still get shocked when i see these prices! and also for the more rare plants they charge per cutting! hectic hey!

 

Wow....AWesome Tanks there!!!!! No space in your Bags for one? lol....

 

OMW! Thats crazy awesome!

 

Wow @shihr

You are really lucky to have the opportunity to witness those tanks, they are really impressive.

Do you perhaps have pics of some of the LFS large non-planted display tanks ?

 

LOVE the tank in the second pic! adding something else to do on my bucket list, go see thai pet stores and nurseries. i agree if we could only raise awareness on planted tanks the hobby could pick up. pity none of the sponsors are exhibiting at the dog and cat show at the dome, i'd be prepared to bring my lil tank with Apsolem and we could all donate pics of our tanks, theres never very much fish related stuff there.

 

dude.. Thai(Thailand) and Taiwan are 2very very different countries.. Just lettin u kno..

Yep i agree.. If a lfs had any one of those tanks on display i think that it'll defn spark huge interest and thus get ppl buyin substrates, co2, ferts, etc..

Fresh water can b just as interestin as salt water..