Gerrard

thankx everyone,n zapins,u are always welcome!! by the way anybody know anything of that red difformis,next time we will bring a close-up of that difformis!!it may help us!!

Cavan Allen

Excellent! I have chosen this thread to be on our front page, so everyone coming to the site will see it.

The reddish plant is a Ludwigia, though I think it's likely a species like L. peploides or L. adscendens that aren't really suitable for aquariums.

The narrow leaved green plant looks like something from the Rubiaceae family, but I can't say with more certainty without a closeup, especially of the nodes. If you please...

Soumya

hi michael,u are welcome,come to india,there are no probs...btw the crab is very very easy available here,u can see them in every ponds,rivers,canals,,,

Soumya

@Cavan Allen::yaaaa..that is surely L. adscendens.once I kept it in the tank,grows very very fast,in the wild it grows like a floating plant.and the closeup-


thank u man!

Gerrard

thankx Cavan!!

Soumya

@ Zapins and any other member who willing to come to india:you all are welcome,I can arrange everything here and also similar collection trips.

saumya

it is indeed wonderful to see such interest in aquatic plant biotopes of india, kudos to you "Choto" Soumya ( in my native bengali, choto means junior, i say this because i share the same moniker with my aquascaper friend, believe you me guys you will see more of this energetic young hobbyist in the days to come), please also allow me to thank everyone in APC who has expressed interest to come to India, we can arrange all your accommodation, you can even put up in my own house and explore local waterbodies and maybe even the rivers, we would love to let you guys experience our culture ( we also promise you bottled mineral water, non-spicy food and cellphone connectivity :P ), if possible please do visit our orkut and facebook page of the Kolkata Aquarium Club and join us...

Gerrard

Agree with Saumya da!!

Soumya

here is the wikimap of the place of the collection trip-
http://wikimapia.org/#lat=22.4349896...2&z=16&l=0&m=b

details of the map I've given in a attachment.

Attached Thumbnails

 

Soumya

I want to share some pics of the collection trip of last year October,2010.in that trip we were 4 guys in the team..shiladitya-a pro marine hobbyist and my friend,Mr. Saumya chakraborty-pro planted hobbyist and like my elder brother,and Mr. Ashique Mondal-very good planted hobbyist and have also some beautiful cichlid setups.photo credit-saumya da,ashique da('da' means elder bro)
again difformis-



some lilies-


most probably najas indica-

may be some saggiteria sp-





some non-fishy/planty pics-



some type of bug taken by macro maniac Ashique Mondal-

from right-me,Shiladitya,Ashique Da

from right-Shiladitya,Saumya Da and me