30g Lake Inle Aquaponic Biotope

[GaryE]

We can meet in London Heathrow. Myanmar is $1300 CAD, round trip from there. That's good enough to cover shipping...

 

[MattW]

Well sadly, I don't drive yet. According to G maps, its a 98-day walk from Manchester. I think the detour to Wyoming may add a couple of days to that total

We can meet in London Heathrow. Myanmar is $1300 CAD, round trip from there. That's good enough to cover shipping...

Oh, you want to fly! That would make sense.

 

[WhistlingBadger]

I believe in this case, "road trip" is more a figure of speech.

 

[GaryE]

I forgot to factor in feeding you two. Or the war. It might be easier to import, even with tariffs for Wyoming.

You know what we need? A good international subway system.

 

[WhistlingBadger]

Heard from the LFS. Should have some S. resplendens and possibly the loaches and gouramis next week! Mosses are filling in nicely (put in bubble stones; the tiny splash from the popping bubbles keeps the moss damp and growing), veggies are growing well.

 

[WhistlingBadger]

I just got an email from the University of Wyoming's invert specialist about those tiny land snails. Here's what she said:
Hi Thomas:
The land snails in Wyoming are often very small. This is probably a Vallonia snail or a cousin group. I would need to see the specimen to know for sure.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vallonia
Hope this helps,
Lusha
Lusha Tronstad, PhD
Lead Invertebrate Zoologist
Wyoming Natural Diversity Database

Land snails in Wyoming, boys and girls!

 

[WhistlingBadger]

Plants on the island.

Some kind of liverwort. It came in with the mosses.

This is supposed to be watercress, but the Seek app says it’s brewers bitter cress. Looks nice whatever it is, but I’d much rather eat watercress.

I believe this is Corsican mint, but I can’t remember for sure.

 

[WhistlingBadger]

Decided to get a three spot (opaline) gourami. They aren’t native to Inle but there is an introduced population. If the lfs ever finds me a T. labiosa, which is native, I can rehome this one. But I might not! I’ve never kept this species and I kind of like it.

 

[WhistlingBadger]

The gourami’s name is Snorri Thorfinnsson. The Badgerling has spoken.

 

[WhistlingBadger]

Found another tiny land snail. This one is a different kind but similar size to the others.

 

[WhistlingBadger]

I can’t find any green shrimp. I strongly suspect the gourami ate them all.

 

[Magnum Man]

my medium sized kisser, may eat young shrimp, however I have several adult cherries, that have been in that tank for close to a year

 

[MattW]

I’ve just been to a local Maidenhead aquatics enquiring about rosy loaches. It’s seems over here there quite rare to find unless tank bred.. the manager told me they get the shipments in from India. Usually 3 times every year with the next being late December . They also had some Sawbwa in stock for once, including females!! Which is honestly irritating after all the trouble I went through.. £6.99 per fish though

Sorry to rant in your thread but I needed to vent

 

[WhistlingBadger]

One green shrimp remains! It makes me wonder if there are more lurking about.

Still no Inle barbs or loaches. Waiting waiting waiting