Longkang fish

[Gareth tan]

Forget Two bucks the east side lfs can get feeder guppies for one dollar only
And they are Super hardy


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Haha its not about the guppy, it the excitement of catching them that I'm looking 4


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[x353791]

just off venus road... at macritchie

[x353791]

anyway had set those free... cos i think the long nose is gar and those 2 are tetra which can grow big....

I still had some guppies keep in tank

[exotic_idiot]

cool... i would love to join in too..

[x353791]

little guilin got spot for guppies?

[exotic_idiot]

almost all ponds sure have guppies.

[tetrakid]

almost all ponds sure have guppies.

Usually it's hard to catch any fish in a pond as one is confined to the side of the pond. Wading in a big drain (longkang) is easier to do but by no means easier to net the fish, as one needs a fairly big net to have any success. But the fun factor is huge, though.

I remember we used to catch tadpoles in ponds and see them morp into tiny froglets in a few days. Very cute little creatures.

[x353791]

its been a week my guppies still very active


the other day I boil barley and had some barley pea which I mix with fish flakes and feed to them.... they seems okie with it

[x353791]

i got 3 male and 3 female plus 1 female fry

[cairocks]

Used to catch guppies in a longkang behind my school back in the 80's? Some years back, my uncle told me he saw some small fishes at the longkang (small roadside longkang and not those big ones) outside his house and thought of catching some to put inside his 'salted egg urn' converted pond in his lawn, basically to prevent mosquitoes from breeding. Tried for an hour or so and caught nothing. End up went to a fish shop buy some guppies to put in the pond. Don't know why last time can easily catch them during my school days.
P.S. Can forget about catching longkang fish there now as the longkang had beed converted to the cover up type since.

[Guppendler]

Even longkang guppy getting 'extinct'....sad

[tetrakid]

Even longkang guppy getting 'extinct'....sad

Ya, it's very pek chek. Before, we used to be able to easily find big red giant boons and collect them with a small net. One scoop usually yields a big blob of red succulent boons. Those days will never come back.

[jackychun]

I can still see guppies along the longkang near my house. Lots of it. So those birds also come and hunt them. Hehe.

I took a photo while crossing a longkang near Little India. Lots of fishes especially cat fish. So big!

The one I captured below was not catfish though.




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[tetrakid]

Whenever we see fish in rivers or streams (longkangs), they seem to be healthy and active. My guess is that it is due to the well-oxygenated shallow and moving water. I always make it a point to oxygenate my tanks well. Oxygen is what gives life to all living organisms, except anaerobic bacteria of course. A well-oxygenated tank smells clean and fresh.

[marshal99]

longkang water will not smell clean and fresh though. lol

[Trichopsis]

Two of my favourite longkang fishing spots:

The canal along Bedok Park Connector, good for guppies, as well as the upstream stretch of Sungei Tampines, below the TPE. Both are subject to tidal influence though, so the salinity probably varies quite a fair bit, and the water level too. Both are good for guppies, mollies, and tilapia.

There's also a stretch of Bukit Timah Canal between King Albert Park and the Botanic Gardens, which has thriving populations of these species. You can catch guppies, Indochinese spotted barb and pearl danio in some of the small drains and streams along Mandai Road.

I'm wondering what sort of fish species might live in the streams in the Tengah area. I went into the Lentor Forest area last year and it was full of guppies and Indochinese spotted barb. I regret not catching some of those before the place was cleared. It might be worth going in to take a look at Tengah to salvage some of the fish species found there, especially if they turn out to be natives.

[Trichopsis]

caught these in longkang... can anyone help to identify the type... I only want to keep small fish

1. Indochinese Spotted Barb (Barbodes rhombeus) - non-native. You'll see schools of them in the streams at Windsor Nature Park. They look quite similar to the native Saddle Barb (Barbodes banksi), which is mostly found deeper in the streams and swamps of the Central Catchment Nature Reserve.

2. Two-spot Rasbora (Rasbora elegans) - native. Common in most forest streams in the Central Catchment Nature Reserve.

3. Malayan Pygmy Halfbeak (Dermogenys collettei) - native. Common in many rural streams, but also found in some coastal areas in areas with tidal influence.

I hope these were caught outside the park or nature reserve boundaries. These species are common, but catching them within the park or nature reserve would be considered poaching.