3rd Dec 2005 AQ Round Island Excursion Details (Pix intensive)

**michael lai** · 5th Dec 2005, 09:09

Originally Posted by hwchoy

you're not supposed to sleep, you're an algae eater remember?

When did I become an 'helicopter' or worst

an britlenose, Mr Choy. Hahaha......

**stormhawk** · 5th Dec 2005, 10:17

Originally Posted by benny

First teaser...

This was the fish that Choy was interested in.... picture was taken in Qian Hu Fish Farm...

The tank was labelled Acestrorhynchus isalinae. I did some checks on Google and it looks like the ID is correct. However it is best to let Choy ask HH what exactly it is, just to confirm the ID.

**avant** · 5th Dec 2005, 11:42

might be bit off topic but whats the difference between the sawbwa and the normal rummynose? i saw the two types side by side at Ben's. the latter one have a redder nose and bigger body.

**Simon** · 5th Dec 2005, 11:45

sawbwa is rasbora, rummy nose is tetra :P

**avant** · 5th Dec 2005, 11:54

ah... okok.. thanks!! haa..
so one is sawbwa resplendens.. i realised rummynose is known as Hemigrammus bleheri
they do look alike...

**Fei Miao** · 5th Dec 2005, 12:00

Looks like you guys had Fun!

More pics please!

**XnSdVd** · 5th Dec 2005, 12:24

Yes, more pics. Wish I had my lens that day =(

**stormhawk** · 5th Dec 2005, 12:26

I had my camera with me but I didn't use it. Spent too much ogling at the fishes.

I did get some shots of flowering aquatic plants over at Teo's. Need to check the handphone.

**ranmasatome** · 5th Dec 2005, 12:33

Originally Posted by avant

ah... okok.. thanks!! haa..
so one is sawbwa resplendens.. i realised rummynose is known as Hemigrammus bleheri
they do look alike...

Alike??? besides the red dot on the front...they look nothing alike...

silver body : bluish body
black and white lines on tail : 2 red dots on tips of tails
More rounded head : sharp head
red dot usualy covers eyes and head : red dot only on tip of head

**ranmasatome** · 5th Dec 2005, 12:36

Originally Posted by stormhawk

Ah no wonder you didn't notice that I bought the Sawbwa. Anyway I lost all of the maculata

, no worries there's always next time.

The checkerboards from Gan's are simply gorgeous. Still in QT and gorging themselves silly on live tubifex, as are the Sawbwa.

HAR!! ALL of them died??? aiyo.. sorry man bro..
So weird with so much difference..we got them all from the same tank..
must be the stress from the entires day travelling...

**stormhawk** · 5th Dec 2005, 12:38

Originally Posted by avant

ah... okok.. thanks!! haa..
so one is sawbwa resplendens.. i realised rummynose is known as Hemigrammus bleheri
they do look alike...

There's actually 3 fishes commonly called the rummynose. Hemigrammus bleheri, Hemigrammus rhodostomus, and Petitella georgiae. Of these 3, the true rummynose is Hemigrammus rhodostomus, but the one commonly seen for sale is bleheri, because this is the species with the largest amount of red on the head region. Petitella georgiae is called the False Rummynose and occasionally offered for sale.

A very good article on how to tell them apart, as written by Randy Carey:
http://www.characin.com/carey/articl...rummynose.html

Sawbwa resplendens is commonly called the Asian Rummynose but it is quite different from the South American rummynoses. Sawbwa males have red tips to the dorsal, anal and each lobe of their forked tails, plus a red nose. They do not have stripes in the tail unlike the South American rummynose tetras.

Sawbwa hail from Myanmar, in particular, Lake Inle I think. Probably Choy might know more.

**stormhawk** · 5th Dec 2005, 12:41

Originally Posted by ranmasatome

HAR!! ALL of them died??? aiyo.. sorry man bro..
So weird with so much difference..we got them all from the same tank..
must be the stress from the entires day travelling...

Yes it must have been the stress. I did not lose any of the checkerboards or Sawbwa though. Oh well, luckily the maculata was bought at a low price, otherwise I will feel a big hole in my pocket.

That said, I am still trying to figure out if I have a female amongst the Dicrossus that I brought home.

**Justikanz** · 5th Dec 2005, 13:35

Originally Posted by XnSdVd

Yes, more pics. Wish I had my lens that day =(

I am just done with process of downsizing my pics... And in the process of downloading my pics had my CF card 'destroyed'...

Luckily I had the excursion pics downloaded liao... Now waiting for the 'free time' to upload onto either Photobucket or the AQ Gallery...

**benny** · 5th Dec 2005, 14:07

Originally Posted by Fei Miao

Looks like you guys had Fun!

More pics please!

Hi guys,

I must admit that I enjoyed it very much too, despite having been to most of these places before. The enthusiam of the group is certainly infectious.

The pictures are still being processed. As they are shot in RAW mode, I have to convert them to JPEG and resize them before I can upload to the gallery. I am also labelling the pictures with the respective names of the farms/shops.

The pictures will be divided to accordingly to East, North, West and Central part of the tour, as per our itinerary. They will be uploaded progressively over these few days.

Watch for it!

Cheers,

**avant** · 5th Dec 2005, 14:26

Originally Posted by stormhawk

There's actually 3 fishes commonly called the rummynose. Hemigrammus bleheri, Hemigrammus rhodostomus, and Petitella georgiae. Of these 3, the true rummynose is Hemigrammus rhodostomus, but the one commonly seen for sale is bleheri, because this is the species with the largest amount of red on the head region. Petitella georgiae is called the False Rummynose and occasionally offered for sale.

A very good article on how to tell them apart, as written by Randy Carey:
http://www.characin.com/carey/articl...rummynose.html

Sawbwa resplendens is commonly called the Asian Rummynose but it is quite different from the South American rummynoses. Sawbwa males have red tips to the dorsal, anal and each lobe of their forked tails, plus a red nose. They do not have stripes in the tail unlike the South American rummynose tetras.

Sawbwa hail from Myanmar, in particular, Lake Inle I think. Probably Choy might know more.

ah...very very very enlightening! thanks for the information!

clears things up a lot.

**celticfish** · 5th Dec 2005, 18:29

although i joined only in the evening... it was very nice to meet the other AQ members. now i can put a coupla more faces to the nicks!

benny, thanks for the yummy dinner and organizing the outing.

drivers, you know who you are, without you guys the number of stops would certainly have been much less!

**barmby** · 5th Dec 2005, 18:43

Originally Posted by semota

It was more than fine man!! Guys, I got my new nick already

Thanks to Michael for the ride, Benny for being such a great host and also for the ride, Choy for the ride as well as a great conversationalist and also to Colin who helped me so much with my tanks!! Thanks guys.

More outings!! I have TWO empty tanks to fill!!

Semota. Ok, no problem.

Benny. Thanks for everything that happened in this trip. People like you make AQ an excellent community for like minded hobbyists..

**barmby** · 5th Dec 2005, 18:46

Originally Posted by lorba

havent been to teo for some time already. Seems like already customized liao.

hi lorba, yes. they did alot of things to balance the tank. Teo is not used to Green Chapter setup. Teo told me that algae were rampant after a few weeks. One of the thing he did was to change the bulbs of the MH. I was wondering why?! Does it really help?! This was one of the few questions I posed to some guys there..