Peat Swamp Trip in Johor

[reiner09]

woa bros.. you guys went all the way to pontian? that is quite far..will be looking forward to what you guys document..very interesting to see such places and its' faunas

[Yany]

Hey leefhker! This place is Parit Panjang in Pontian, Johor. Bro blurless and I went over there this afternoon to document some species. I will leave it to him to reveal the rest of our findings.

Can't wait

not sure if it's still there... Got HDB nearby and the path into that stream/pond don't know where liao...

Should be still there. Check out this link..http://wikimapia.org/56019/Bukit-Gombak-Sports-Complex
If you can see Little Guillin Lake.... move further up.

[blurless]

Here they are:

This is the location on Google Map:


One of the streams in the oil palm plantation:


I think this is an aquatic plant, is this a species of Pelia? Will be good if someone can ID this:


A floating plant, peat moss? Anyone can ID this too:


Climbing Perch:


Common snakehead:


And this is what royss78 is looking for:

[reiner09]

I am not able to see the pictures..is it just me or..

[roychan69]

Nice photos.

[reiner09]

aha i manage to see the pictures using an rather ingenious way...nice pictures! hope to see more documentations coming..!

[Yany]

Awesome pictures! So, did you collect any plants back? The 3rd picture does look like pelia but I think its a kind of moss. Was it growing underwater or just at the edge?
You caught a wild betta? Nice!!!

[royss78]

Here they are:

This is the location on Google Map:


One of the streams in the oil palm plantation:


I think this is an aquatic plant, is this a species of Pelia? Will be good if someone can ID this:


A floating plant, peat moss? Anyone can ID this too:


Climbing Perch:


Common snakehead:


And this is what royss78 is looking for:

I can't view the pictures bro... bro leefker can you tell me how I can view it?

[reiner09]

oh..it is quite easy actually..you click 'reply with quote' then under the quote you will see the links..just copy and paste the links onto a new tab (the white area on top i don't know what is it called) then enter..

[royss78]

Thanks bro! Managed to view it.

[reiner09]

Here they are:

This is the location on Google Map:
http://blurless.randchar.com/wp-cont...0/IMG_1484.png

One of the streams in the oil palm plantation:
http://blurless.randchar.com/wp-cont...1-768x1024.jpg

I think this is an aquatic plant, is this a species of Pelia? Will be good if someone can ID this:
http://blurless.randchar.com/wp-cont...3-768x1024.jpg

A floating plant, peat moss? Anyone can ID this too:
http://blurless.randchar.com/wp-cont...8-768x1024.jpg

Climbing Perch:
http://blurless.randchar.com/wp-cont...3-768x1024.jpg

Common snakehead:
http://blurless.randchar.com/wp-cont...4-1024x768.jpg

And this is what royss78 is looking for:
http://blurless.randchar.com/wp-cont...0-1024x768.jpg

a repost on the links but do not know why some didn't work already..

[royss78]

Awesome pictures! So, did you collect any plants back? The 3rd picture does look like pelia but I think its a kind of moss. Was it growing underwater or just at the edge?
You caught a wild betta? Nice!!!

Hey Yany! Yeah, bro blurless was more into the plants than me. We caught the rest of the fish except the wild betta. We found this fish in a roadside fish stall. I was told by the malay lady owner of the stall that they used wild bettas and croaking gouramis as bait for fishing snakeheads.... I told them to try and gather some more wild bettas for me since they frequent this places more often to fish. The wild betta in the picture is a betta pulchra which is found only in Pontian. If I remember correctly, records do not show that this betta exist anywhere else in Malaysia except in the district of Pontian in Johor state.

[royss78]

Today I'm going to try and document some fishes in another palm oil estate in Kampung Pasir Salam in Ulu Tiram. I've been very curious because this estate is directly next to the river and when the river overflows during rainy seasons, fishes are trapped in the estate. Will document them and take some pictures if the weather is ok later.

[reiner09]

Today I'm going to try and document some fishes in another palm oil estate in Kampung Pasir Salam in Ulu Tiram. I've been very curious because this estate is directly next to the river and when the river overflows during rainy seasons, fishes are trapped in the estate. Will document them and take some pictures if the weather is ok later.

wow please do..am looking forward to it..

[Yany]

Hey Yany! Yeah, bro blurless was more into the plants than me. We caught the rest of the fish except the wild betta. We found this fish in a roadside fish stall. I was told by the malay lady owner of the stall that they used wild bettas and croaking gouramis as bait for fishing snakeheads.... I told them to try and gather some more wild bettas for me since they frequent this places more often to fish. The wild betta in the picture is a betta pulchra which is found only in Pontian. If I remember correctly, records do not show that this betta exist anywhere else in Malaysia except in the district of Pontian in Johor state.

You should buy all the bettas and supply to the LFS here in Singapore. I think you would make some $$$

[royss78]

You should buy all the bettas and supply to the LFS here in Singapore. I think you would make some $$$

hahaha... yeah! but no need to buy because they are quite plentiful here in the wild but I'll rather they are left undisturbed in the wild. Maybe I will breed them and sell them to Singapore instead. Is interesting to know that they are sought after by people in Singapore and worldwide but over here they are not appreciated much.

[royss78]

wow please do..am looking forward to it..

sure mate! will do my best.

[blurless]

Ok relax guys...once I get home I'll get the pictures fixed!

[blurless]

I think I fixed it! Can you guys see the photos?

The stall where royss78 gotten his fish... =P

[blurless]

Awesome pictures! So, did you collect any plants back? The 3rd picture does look like pelia but I think its a kind of moss. Was it growing underwater or just at the edge?
You caught a wild betta? Nice!!!

I got this on the edge and there are some underwater. The water was too dark to see if there is any plants growing proper underneath it (I doubt plants can survive in such dark waters anyway, there is barely any sunlight hitting the soil.)