Bandersnatch
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- 16 May 2013
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Lo all, just joined.
I should be starting a journal soon but at the moment the tanks bare and the stand I am
building is just lumps of wood that need sanding.
However thought you might find this interesting.
Bit of background I've been back and forth around Thailand for years as I have friends and
family who live there, I haven't been for about 6 years and was curious to see if shrimps and
aquascaping had taken hold, so I went for a wander in Chatuchak market, this place is quite
famous its a huge 35 acre market that sells an amazing amount of that.
But for the fishkeeper if you manage to work your way through its labyrinth (seriously people
I know who live in BKK still get lost), then you can see some amazing fish.
I should add a bit of a disclaimer here, you will see some pics of fish being sold in bags
(even up to koi almost a foot long), and there's often places that sell animals they shouldn't
(although its not as bad as it used to be there's still creatures that shouldn't be sold and
are CITES protected), as well as some things that would be frankly dangerous to own, (venomous
snakes of all varieties).
I don't agree with it and don't want to upset anyone but there's a couple of pics you
may find offensive because of this apologies but I thought they were worth adding for the
interest factor.
Anyway enough ramble here is some pics... BTW sorry taken on camera phone my camera died just
before leaving
First some shots of Chatachuk.
Its a warren of little paths selling all sorts of fishkeeping stuff.
Need to buy some substrate?
Or tanks? There's places that sell nothing but tanks all shapes all sizes. (10 baht is about 22p btw)
And of course fish.
This area always used to be leery of people taking pics, because of the CITES issues etc.
This shop would not let me take photos inside, but here's something sitting in the window considering what's in there it was a shop you would hope they keep the tanks with really tight lids.
And since we have shown the fish in bags. I should mention not all places do sell them like that and you will see some of the most healthy fish you'll ever see for sale (probably helps a lot of them are coming from commercial breeders outside BKK so there's little travel stress and changes in water chemistry).
This is about £25K of Arrowana, that's not a small amount here in a country where workers might only earn about £3 a day....
I should be starting a journal soon but at the moment the tanks bare and the stand I am
building is just lumps of wood that need sanding.
However thought you might find this interesting.
Bit of background I've been back and forth around Thailand for years as I have friends and
family who live there, I haven't been for about 6 years and was curious to see if shrimps and
aquascaping had taken hold, so I went for a wander in Chatuchak market, this place is quite
famous its a huge 35 acre market that sells an amazing amount of that.
But for the fishkeeper if you manage to work your way through its labyrinth (seriously people
I know who live in BKK still get lost), then you can see some amazing fish.
I should add a bit of a disclaimer here, you will see some pics of fish being sold in bags
(even up to koi almost a foot long), and there's often places that sell animals they shouldn't
(although its not as bad as it used to be there's still creatures that shouldn't be sold and
are CITES protected), as well as some things that would be frankly dangerous to own, (venomous
snakes of all varieties).
I don't agree with it and don't want to upset anyone but there's a couple of pics you
may find offensive because of this apologies but I thought they were worth adding for the
interest factor.
Anyway enough ramble here is some pics... BTW sorry taken on camera phone my camera died just
before leaving
First some shots of Chatachuk.
Its a warren of little paths selling all sorts of fishkeeping stuff.
Need to buy some substrate?
Or tanks? There's places that sell nothing but tanks all shapes all sizes. (10 baht is about 22p btw)
And of course fish.
This area always used to be leery of people taking pics, because of the CITES issues etc.
This shop would not let me take photos inside, but here's something sitting in the window considering what's in there it was a shop you would hope they keep the tanks with really tight lids.
And since we have shown the fish in bags. I should mention not all places do sell them like that and you will see some of the most healthy fish you'll ever see for sale (probably helps a lot of them are coming from commercial breeders outside BKK so there's little travel stress and changes in water chemistry).
This is about £25K of Arrowana, that's not a small amount here in a country where workers might only earn about £3 a day....