Currently spending just short of a month travelling round Vietnam, so thought I’d start a thread to show some of the fish keeping related things I see, some bonsai and general tropical plants.
I have a small jungle in my house. And these lucky sods can grow nearly every plant I own outside with minimal care. I have to just sneeze and some of my plants die!
I’ve been here a week and seen some pretty special tanks, but only just started taking pictures.
Now, the the Vietnamese don’t seem to be the most ethical keepers of fish, already seen bettas in cups and crazily overstocked tanks, and I won’t be posting them, but some of the tanks I’ve seen are incredible. Most without filters, heaters co2 or fancy lights. Some have just been large pots in gardens/Four-courts of hotels! It’s been an eye opener for sure!
This was in my last hotel, around 2m wide tank, by 80cm high, no filter/co2/heater. Just a strip of t5 and an air stone!
Watched it while having breakfast and the owner let me feed the figure 8 puffer some shrimp (which were in offer for breakfast )
This was impressive, a garden pond from a home stay we’re now in, it’s is full of cichlids, guppy’s, mollies, tetra, barbs and plecs amongst other species! How the smaller fish survive when the cichlids are well over 6-8” is beyond me.
bonsai! if you can call trees this big bonsai, they are incredible! I’ve kept bonsai for the past 10 years, (indoor of course) some of the ones out here are beautifully kept and manicured to perfection!
Will post more as and when I see it! In the mean time I’m going to watch rain while sipping a 333!
Cheers!
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I have a small jungle in my house. And these lucky sods can grow nearly every plant I own outside with minimal care. I have to just sneeze and some of my plants die!
I’ve been here a week and seen some pretty special tanks, but only just started taking pictures.
Now, the the Vietnamese don’t seem to be the most ethical keepers of fish, already seen bettas in cups and crazily overstocked tanks, and I won’t be posting them, but some of the tanks I’ve seen are incredible. Most without filters, heaters co2 or fancy lights. Some have just been large pots in gardens/Four-courts of hotels! It’s been an eye opener for sure!
This was in my last hotel, around 2m wide tank, by 80cm high, no filter/co2/heater. Just a strip of t5 and an air stone!
Watched it while having breakfast and the owner let me feed the figure 8 puffer some shrimp (which were in offer for breakfast )
This was impressive, a garden pond from a home stay we’re now in, it’s is full of cichlids, guppy’s, mollies, tetra, barbs and plecs amongst other species! How the smaller fish survive when the cichlids are well over 6-8” is beyond me.
bonsai! if you can call trees this big bonsai, they are incredible! I’ve kept bonsai for the past 10 years, (indoor of course) some of the ones out here are beautifully kept and manicured to perfection!
Will post more as and when I see it! In the mean time I’m going to watch rain while sipping a 333!
Cheers!
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