Aquaria China 2004 in Guangzhou (Pix intensive)

[benny]

We were impressed with one particular aquarium decoration.



The betta specialist confirmed that it's Betta macrostoma. Now if only they have a female one as well.

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[benny]

Another semi planted tank that we saw. These are obviously instant setups.

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[benny]

China's own version of the biOrb. You can see the original one at www.reef-one.com. For a nation obsessed with goldfishes, these bowl type displays are popular.

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[benny]

In terms of literature and publications, the Taiwanese, being leader in Chinese aquatic publications, are there as usual.



I managed to get the Aquarium Atlas 2300 Vol 1 and 2 for only 400 RMB. As for new publications, there were none. Most of the interesting publications display were either out of print, going to be out of print translations from Japan.

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[benny]

Posters and back issues were available to the public at discounted prices.

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[benny]

An interesting thing to note is that the full range of the famed Japanese Pisces aquarium publications were available at this show.

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[benny]

As with Aquarama, Aquaria 2004 has an international fish competition, albeit at a much smaller scale.



The entries included arowana, Luo Han, Discus, Betta and guppies only. No corydoras, plecos and other exotic fishes.

By the second day of the show, a lot of the tanks were empty. And you can see that the fishes in the other show tanks were struggling to stay alive.

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[benny]

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[benny]

Ok guys,

End of field report. My personal opinion is that this show will probably mature in 5 to 10 years. Until then, there are better ways to spend you time in China. Better shows in the region are from Japan, Taiwan and Aquarama if you can't make it for Germany's Interzoo.

If you are in Guangzhou for example, there's a pet market there as well as an old fish street. That's another photo journey altogether. If you guys are interested, I might just do up the photos and post them up later.

Hope you enjoyed the virtual tour of Aquaria 2004!

Cheers,

[kuching]

The show is not bad....better than that pet expo at Mid valley of KL last time....

The thing I hate to see...is the dyed frog & fish.....why people want to "torture" those kind little creature???

Oh,I should come to catch Betta macrostoma in China....with Mr tree,ha!ha!

[theodore]

I flew back from GZ on the 7th and missed the event ... ... The venue was opposite the hotel (China Hotel) I was staying in somemore ...

[Robert]

Hi,
I can't see any of the pictures. What happened to them? If I try to see them in an extra window (I copied the picture-address in the address-bar of an extra window), I always see this:

The page cannot be found
The page you are looking for might have been removed, had its name changed, or is temporarily unavailable.

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Please try the following:

If you typed the page address in the Address bar, make sure that it is spelled correctly.

Open the img.photobucket.com home page, and then look for links to the information you want.
Click the Back button to try another link.
Click Search to look for information on the Internet.



HTTP 404 - File not found
Internet Explorer

Hopefully someone could help me.

regards

Robert

[benny]

Hi Robert,

I think the image server is down. Try again at a later time and it might be up again.

Thanks for the feedback.

Cheers,

[MrTree]

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He was disappointed that not many oversea visitors! In front of his shops here, got put pictures of him and some big government people.


I sapu the few interesting book except the 2100 species(taken before me), but the rest I think quite hopeless.

Errr..heard it's still the best show so far held in China.

Cheers,