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A fishy Sunday in Saigon

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Post by Biulu Sun Nov 06, 2016 6:00 am

Most of you know that I travel for work and most of you also know that I am very much into labyrinth fish. Now my travel brings me regularly to Asia and this also happens to be the region where my labyrinth fish come from AND where they are popular with other hobbyists.

Last year around this time I fell for Facebook and I have joined several labyrinth fish related pages. This resulted today in visiting several hobbyists in Saigon or Ho Chi Minh Cith as it is called officially. I had a great time and I will be bringing back the following:
Macropodus spechti
Macropodus opercularis
Trichopsis vittatus (almost 2x as big as the commercial fish!)
Betta smaragdina
Betta imbellis
Betta mahachai
Betta siamorientalis

Here come some pictures of set-ups and fish. We are lucky in Canada to have all the equipment we need....
And guess what they feed here?! Juvenile boraras (mosquito fish)! A bag full costs the equivalent of 10 cents....

Male opercularis
A fishy Sunday in Saigon 30724504141_c61595ddb9_cDSC06012 by Biulu, on Flickr

Male spechti
A fishy Sunday in Saigon 30812743885_871740b360_cDSC06036 by Biulu, on Flickr

Don't get yourself a beer belly!
A fishy Sunday in Saigon 30812748595_8d0661d243_cDSC05991 by Biulu, on Flickr

A fishy Sunday in Saigon 30177699733_a05e36f9dc_cDSC05992 by Biulu, on Flickr

Creative solutions
A fishy Sunday in Saigon 30812747295_b249d4b386_cDSC06001 by Biulu, on Flickr

A fishy Sunday in Saigon 30511951680_c254d4ecc5_cDSC06017 by Biulu, on Flickr

the plank is used to stand on to reach the tanks in the back....
A fishy Sunday in Saigon 30812742525_9cc26aa265_cDSC06039 by Biulu, on Flickr


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Post by GaryE Sun Nov 06, 2016 6:30 am

Very very interesting.

But Bororas as feeders??? Such wonderful, hard to get fish here!

I think a tall guy like me would have some trouble with those bottom tanks.
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Post by Biulu Sun Nov 06, 2016 6:58 am

GaryE wrote:Very very interesting.

But Bororas as feeders??? Such wonderful, hard to get fish here!

I think a tall guy like me would have some trouble with those bottom tanks.

I know! I am thinking of bringing some for @Charlie1
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Post by charlie1 Sun Nov 06, 2016 11:19 am

Biulu wrote:
GaryE wrote:Very very interesting.

But Bororas as feeders??? Such wonderful, hard to get fish here!

I think a tall guy like me would have some trouble with those bottom tanks.

I know! I am thinking of bringing some for @Charlie1
Very Happy ,
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Post by Fores41 Sun Nov 06, 2016 12:38 pm

I'm with you on the bottom tanks Gary and my last 25 lbs does not help either ha ha fat old guy that I am.
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Post by Biulu Tue Nov 08, 2016 3:52 pm

I managed to bring back a bag of borara feeder fish. At least 30 survived the trip.

@Charlie1 if you are coming to the auction in Mtl this Sunday, I'll gladly bring them for you. Or alternatively I can give them to another OVAS member if you can't make it. Just let me know....
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Post by charlie1 Wed Nov 09, 2016 5:29 am

Biulu wrote:I managed to bring back a bag of borara feeder fish. At least 30 survived the trip.

@Charlie1 if you are coming to the auction in Mtl this Sunday, I'll gladly bring them for you. Or alternatively I can give them to another OVAS member if you can't make it. Just let me know....
Wow , thank you!
I intend to be there, if i can`t Jody will be there for sure.
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Post by Biulu Wed Nov 09, 2016 8:40 pm

Here is a picture of the feeder fish

A fishy Sunday in Saigon 30588071150_9ab612da48_cDSC06101 by Biulu, on Flickr
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Post by GaryE Thu Nov 10, 2016 5:21 am

Very nice.
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Post by l_l_l Thu Nov 10, 2016 12:00 pm

Sounds very nice! I love to see how they do their set ups..
I wish I had seen this topic earlier, I have a mosquito rasbora colony that needs more numbers! :O

Cant wait to see more of your trips Smile
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Post by Biulu Fri Nov 11, 2016 8:02 am

l_l_l wrote:Sounds very nice! I love to see how they do their set ups..
I wish I had seen this topic earlier, I have a mosquito rasbora colony that needs more numbers! :O

Maybe next year... Although I haven't seen these feeder fish in the north....
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Post by charlie1 Sun Nov 13, 2016 8:07 pm

Biulu wrote:Here is a picture of the feeder fish

A fishy Sunday in Saigon 30588071150_9ab612da48_cDSC06101 by Biulu, on Flickr
Words cannot express the deep appreciation the thoughtful & much appreciated gesture by Biulu for donating these fish to me , Thank you again
It was a great to meet up with some of the Canadaquaria members at the Montreal Aquarium Society auction today, awesome day.
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Post by Biulu Mon Nov 14, 2016 7:02 am

You're welcome! I am glad I could up your numbers after several of the brigittae died back in springtime.

They will need some fattening up but they seem healthy.
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