Article of the Month AUGUST 2015 : Aqua artist in Kon Tum, Central Highlands

by **Biulu** on Tue Aug 25, 2015 7:53 am

Article of the Month AUGUST 2015 : Aqua artist in Kon Tum, Central Highlands

I am currently in a small provincial capital in the central highlands of Vietnam. A poor province with a large ethnic population (mostly Bana people) and guess who I found?!

Hoang Duy, a guy with talent and drive. He gets his supplies from the much richer southern coastal provinces around Ho Chi Minh City (former Saigon) and these include rili shrimp, blue crayfish (he feeds them gold fish), bucephalandra and a whole gamma of mosses.

I wonder how he is able to make a living of this in such a town

The tree-like driftwood he makes from a Chamaecyparis wood (a kind of cypress tree).

Enjoy!

DSC03088 by Biulu, on Flickr

DSC03092 by Biulu, on Flickr

DSC03099 by Biulu, on Flickr

The artist and his work:

DSC03097 by Biulu, on Flickr

DSC03098 by Biulu, on Flickr

His store on the outside:

DSC03101 by Biulu, on Flickr

You can follow him on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/pages/Th%E1%BB%A7y-sinh-Ho%C3%A0ng-Duy-KonTum/102490260093001

by FishHobby on Tue Aug 25, 2015 2:11 pm

Totally loving the scape! What kind of moss is it on the tree? Also the rock scape what kind of moss is that? And that driftwood its amazing! Wow...everything is coool Smile

by fish lady on Tue Aug 25, 2015 5:05 pm

Wow just wow

by **guppyguy** on Tue Aug 25, 2015 6:20 pm

Very nice and loving the tree.

by **Biulu** on Wed Aug 26, 2015 8:40 am

@FishHobby wrote:Totally loving the scape! What kind of moss is it on the tree? Also the rock scape what kind of moss is that? And that driftwood its amazing! Wow...everything is coool

He is using several types of moss, ranging from Taiwanese to Christmas moss. I cannot remember which type he puts on the tree.

by Fores41 on Wed Aug 26, 2015 11:16 am

Wow!! Can we get him to come and start a store here in Canada.

by GaryE on Fri Aug 28, 2015 2:59 pm

He does superb work!

by **CAAIndie** on Fri Aug 28, 2015 10:06 pm

What a talent. That piece of wood is remarkable too. Really really nice. I'd love to have that in a tank for sure. It would be such a highlight.

by alexmtl on Sat Aug 29, 2015 12:23 pm

What a nice find ! This man has talent. That tree is "to die for". Did you buy it ?

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Article of the Month AUGUST 2015 : Aqua artist in Kon Tum, Central Highlands

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