Terengganu water sampling and new collection

The water of Terengganu peat swamp is amazingly soft, the measurement was taken in the monsoon season where the water is generally high. In the dry season the PH should be much lower and the water much darker in tannin.

TDS at 36ppm, in case you wanna know, Kuala Lumpur tap water is between TDS 50ppm - 70ppm. You will need to run an RO unit to achieve the natural TDS.

Electric Conductivity is at 74us/cm, EC determines the inorganic dissolved solids examples: NO3, Fe, mg and so on. The reading for natural swamp should be in this range unless there are farming or industrial activity in the surrounding area. Tap water ec is around 60 - 90us/cm.

PH is on the high side for black/peat swamp, most probably due to monsoon. Next year dry season will do another round of test to determine the average PH.

Some of the Marulioides that did not survive, take note that not all Terengganu's are 9 or 11 bands.

Captured fries

Different batch

Another new batch

This piece has the gene of the true plum flowers Marulioides. Bad news is the mother did not survive and perished after 3 days. The good news is I've got the baby fries at home.

Very young fries feeding on cyclops, 70% perished in a weeks time. So far only 14 tails survived and they've grown larger.

This is the plum flower gene babies, hopefully they carry the gene well.

I've ran out of place to keep my marulioides and temporary housed them in a dustbin until my new tank arrives.

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