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CO2 tank update

This pc is the most interesting progress that I've ever achieved, it started with actinic tanning and later on switched to CO2 treatment in low oxygen environment. The result is amazing. PH 5 TDS 120

Black Tank update

Black tank update, flowers dropped when it lost in a battle and got himself trashed up badly. Luckily after nearly 2 months of recovery it got back most of its flowers.

3rd pc development

Both side development progress

The secret of Pahang

There seem to be a trend growing for the Pahang Toman Bunga or Channa marulioides from Pahang. As far as I know Pahang produce the worse Toman Bunga, they lack in colors and flowers. Many had asked me if their recent bought Pahang Marulioides is from Pahang, I will tell them Pahang Perak Selangor and all over Malaysia is unidentifiable. They are just the common Malaysian Marulioides.   Wild caught Pahang   Wild caught Pahang Wild caught Pahang The above images are wild caught Pahang from my collector. As you can see there is no way you can ID them apart from the rest of the clan, or the common cb marulioides you buy for RM10. However, I had a long chat with my collector during our Terengganu expeditions and I discovered a very interesting secret about the Pahang Marulioides. Apparently there is a hidden gem at the very edge of the state of Pahang that my collector told me about. He was there a few years back looking for new grounds and they had stumbled up...

Terengganu Update

This is one of the 6pcs that I'm grooming, this fella is somehow darker in color. Before it turned dark

Kelakai re-experiment

Kelakai re-experiment with : 14" kalimantan PH6 5" Terengganu PH5 The focus of this experiment is to gather data if kelakai will help to color up the fish and how far it can work. My previous experiment with the smaller Kalimantan had orangy tint on the scale below the lateral line. Both this fish as you can see do not have any orangy tint, we shall see if the previous experiment was the effect of the Kelakai or its just the original trait of the Kalimantan. We will also add in the Terengganu, given that it is still a bit too young to color up but what the heck since I've too many Terengganus to experiment with. Day 1 Day 1