Navarro

The water is soft already so I will put the fish in a new tank with ADA substrate as soon as I can find Amazonia I only need one 9L bag but there is only Amazonia II available at the moment.
No pictures yet? =(
Cheers,
Luis

kwc1974

any luck on feeding?

Paul Higashikawa

Sorry for the delays, guys! Here are the pictures I took of the collection trip. It was alot of fun hanging with the guys as well as having Jerry to explain the different plants(not just aquatics) and animals associated with that particular area. A definitely informative and entertaining day for all of us. The day ended when we had our sips at the Star Bucks as well as getting some cool plants from Mike at the ADG.

The first locale where we began our collection trek...


Here, Jerry tries his luck at netting us some fish, including Gambusia, Sunfish, and pygmy Sunfish(which strangely all bore the initials of 'L.N'...


Some plant species Luis said is extremely popular in European Dutch aquascapes...


A Limnophila species(somebody please correct me if I am mistaken)...


Ludiwigia sp.....was it palustris or repens>


A close-up shot of the Limnophila flowering(again, those who went and remember what it was, let me know)


The typical waterway where we found aquatic plants and fish in abundance...




More pictures in the subsequent post.....

Paul Higashikawa

Collection Trip del November Pt II

Looks shallow but actually it was not(just ask Bhushan)...


Jerry pointing out what different aquatic plants were.....


The place was littered with waterlilies(certainly would've been a grander view during the summer when they bloomed in-sync)


Bhushan holding a Bacopa sp.


More waterlilies.....


The Limnophila was everywhere and occured in patches here and there...


A Ludigia sp that floats at the surface...someone say the species name


More pictures in Part III.....

Paul Higashikawa

Collection Trip del November Pt III

Water hyacinth with some kind of fish, possibly minnows of some sort...


The view of the third locale where Luis cried to see some alligator(but thankfully there were none...)


The small stream was beyond these trees and bushes...


The day was sunny with some wind...


The only aquatic fauna we found...a water scorpion


The view from the riverbank...


Nothing much at this final location but the view was certainly great for a group shot


And that is all the pictures from the trip. Hope you all enjoyed viewing them as much as we enjoyed the trip itself. More trips definitely will be planned with Jerry if he has time Thanks to all the members who participated. It was fun seeing you all. Our backyard that is Houston definitely has more treasures than we could ever behold!

eklikewhoa

sucks, I really missed out.

kwc1974

I think next time we do this I will try to get a cast net
Great pics Paul, much better than mine (glad I did not post)

TNguyen

Thanks Paul. Looks like lots of cool place. How about a trip around spring?

Thanh

Navarro

We need to start planning the spring collection trip soon! As well as having the "special guest" We talk about so much.
Regards,
Luis

kwc1974

Lets get together to discuss next years's events. What we want to do and when we want to do it.
Insead of letting the year slip away like 07, lets get 08 planned.