FISHIOLOGY

If you are to substitute bigfoot to a fish species then the Giant Borneo Gourami is probably the perfect candidate of Bigfoot in the fish world. It is spotted and caught by fisherman all over the Borneo continent but yet, you cannot find a single living fish out there for sale. I've spread words to Sarawak, Brunei, Sabah and Kalimantan for the passed 3 years and I could not get a single living specimen. Osphronemus septemfasciatus - Giant Borneo Gourami, is a recent discovered species of the Osphronemus family by Tyson R. Roberts 1992. His data shows the extend of the species as below RANGE DESCRIPTION The species is known from Sarawak (central and north), Brunei Darussalam, Kalimantan Barat (Kapuas drainage), Kalimantan Timur (Mahakam drainage), and Kalimantan Utara (Kayan drainage) Borneo (Roberts 1992, Kottelat and Lim 1996, Parenti and Lim 2005). There are probably 2 var that I've noticed of the Osphronemus septemfasciatus species. Those from the Sarawak a

Just to share with you guys something, a handy tool when you purchase your aquarium lighting. Download any lux meter from playstore or appstore to your phone. What you need to do is position your phone 12" or 24" facing your current lighting, measure the light intensity. Screenshot the result and you can go ahead to compare the light intensity with the new lighting at your LFS. Make sure to use the same distance and take note of the surrounding ambient lighting so as to not give you a false result. Plenty to choose from With this tool you can now estimate if the new light will be more powerful or less powerful according to the lux meter. I've tried a few apps and they are all similarly accurate in measuring the light intensity. It is a simple tool that make life much easier instead of judging your light from the wattage shown or with your eyes which is 99% inaccurate unless you are an old timer photographer. During my photographing days we do not have digital, we w