FISHIOLOGY

- What I've learned from the Terengganu expedition was indeed invaluable towards my research and understanding of the Marulioides. -The first I would like to share is the term called One Dragon literally translated from chinese 一条龙. When my collector kept calling out the one dragon I wasn't sure what it was and thought it was  the snakeskin until I paid closer attention and indeed i could see the formation of the chinese dragon as below So we now know that we have the stick flowers, the snakeskin and now the one dragon. 一条龙 - The next subject will be the the low oxygen environment which unfortunately I forgot to get the O2 tester. Not much to conclude but based on the video below you can clearly see that there are some movement or flow in the water, sort of like an under current but the surface is dead still as if there is an invisible borders separating the 2 layers. Watch until the end and you can see leaves and debris will remain stagnant on the surface. ...

My recent study of the Channa Marulioides variant Terengganu had got me really curious of this fish and I just have to see their natural habitat for myself of this very special variant  before all is gone. During my arowana days I kept wishing that I was there before the last wild golden Arowana was captured but it was a little too late for that. Too little was done by the authority to preserved the Arowana and it is now a sad history. For the Terengganu var I still have the chance and I will not let this get by. I'm sure many of you are just as curious to see the habitat as well. I spoke to a marulioides collector and explained that I was running a blog and I wish to document the variant's habitat before it goes extinct. After some negotiation they finally invited me for an expedition to Terengganu to document the habitat with a non disclosure agreement especially the exact location point, the capturing technique of adult maru and the baby maru. Also how they transport t...

These are my Terengganus update they are about 5 inches now. The flower formation is still strong and some flowers has started growing pass the gold line. There are a lot of terengganus out there and to choose a Terengganu it is most important that you take note of the entire batch of fish. If they are above 4" and you do not notice any flowers developing then they are probably open water fish. Swamp Terengganus starts flowers formation at very young age, they begin as early as 3". Never fall into the band trap. Band does not dictate flowers, the connecting flowers or snakeskin form at the top part of the fish and not on the band below it.  This is a 5 band Terengganu, notice how the snakeskin is form, its on the top part! Choose a fish that you can already spot flowers. Never choose a fish that has 9 or 10 bands but does not show any flowers. You will be disappointed in the future. Terengganus are famous for its excessive flowers, so choose flowers inst...