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some nice loaches on this thread.

Post by mickthefish » Fri Mar 06, 2009 7:40 am

the thread was Mr Tree's of their study of Kalimantan, but what i thought might be of interest to us are the location pics and the fish.
the pics are superb.
http://bbs.nature-china.net/viewthread. ... a=page%3D1

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Post by Matt » Fri Mar 06, 2009 8:51 am

Lol Mick I read through this while eating my lunch today and have just linked to it over the way. Incredible eh? 8)

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Post by plaalye » Fri Mar 06, 2009 9:54 am

Very interesting! Thanks for sharing Mick. Some beautiful fish, I kept looking for the gastromyzons.

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Post by Nonn » Fri Mar 06, 2009 10:18 am

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Post by helen nightingale » Fri Mar 06, 2009 7:05 pm

there's some interesting rasbora species in there too :D

Tanja, did you see the nepthenes and CPs?

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Post by Matt » Fri Mar 06, 2009 8:06 pm

Nonn I loved all the pics but found the cf. balteata and Hampala shots particularly amazing. :)

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Post by odyssey » Sat Mar 07, 2009 5:52 am

Thanks! mickthefish and Nonn.

Pictures of your page always delight me,Nonn.

It's the site which is here from the past, so there should be a lot of people who know already in LOL.
But there may be a person who doesn't know yet, so the following site is introduced.

Some Gastromyzon
http://www.ibanorum.netfirms.com/Horst_linke3.htm

HEAVEN ON EARTH - BORNEO
http://www.ibanorum.netfirms.com/

There are much attractive Bornean nature and page of a picture of the river fish in this site.
I am not used to English. Therefore,It is likely to sometimes misunderstand it.

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Post by mickthefish » Sat Mar 07, 2009 7:35 am

Thanks odyssey, i've been on Michael Lo's site alot, his photography and location shots are always superb, as are his flora and fauna pics.

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Post by Nonn » Sun Mar 08, 2009 11:53 am

Some very interesting behavior of Hampala from this locality. We were taking these shots in a protected part of the river, where a lot of tourist often come to swim. So the fish get used to people and they would follow us around as we swam or walked thus disturb the gravel in hope that we would splash out something from the substrate. One time, I fliped over a rock and found a little Schistura sp., and while I prepared my camera to take the picture of it, a large Hampala swooped in and sucked it down the throat before my eyes. Poor loach, one amazing moment.
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Post by mickthefish » Sun Mar 08, 2009 12:03 pm

Neil said the same thing yesterday on the phone nonn, he said they were like lightening getting the fish. he told me some of the wonderous fish that he'll be getting soon.
i'm going up to his shop in a few days i hope he took some good pics of the fish caught. :lol:

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Post by Nonn » Sun Mar 08, 2009 9:32 pm

Did he tell you the part that I hit his head with my casting net??? hahahha
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Post by mickthefish » Mon Mar 09, 2009 11:56 am

no nonn, but now i know i'll ask how his head is and see what he says. haha

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Post by Northern Monkey » Mon Mar 09, 2009 12:42 pm

Where theres no sense theres no feeling ! :lol:
Best part was that by rebounding the net off my head we caught 5 pcs of the poropuntius ,
Better than most of the headers ive seen at Anfield Nonn :wink:
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Post by starsplitter7 » Mon Mar 09, 2009 12:47 pm

helen nightingale wrote: Tanja, did you see the nepthenes and CPs?
Thanks for pointing it out. Amazing to see Nepenthes in the wild. Wow!

And the cat was amazing too. And the Halfbeaks. Wow!

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Post by Tony T. » Mon Mar 09, 2009 1:28 pm

Those Hampalas were seen making sucking movement on the substrate as well [on different trip]. Perhaps they know how to make a comfortable living in headwater streams where lots of food are hiding on the floor.

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