Another aquarium store worth visiting is aquatailors in Osaka, Japan. The company was founded in 2002 and presents nano fish, shrimp, freshwater and marine tanks on 150 m2. It supplies layouts for large-sized freshwater tanks and offers tanks with full layout and equipment ready for instant take-away. The local store is mostly opened from noon [...]
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Aquatailors Japan
Posted: 28th August 2010 by Imke in Events & Field Trips, Shops/Selling/Buying ShrimpTags: aquatailors Japan, Asia Pacific Shrimp Contest 2010
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Walking the Amazon
Posted: 24th August 2010 by Imke in Events & Field Trips, Habitats & Nature ProtectionTags: Ed Stafford
People come over crazy ideas sometimes and one of this maniacs is Ed Stafford, a motivation trainer. His trekking trip through the Amazonas area in South America took more than 24 months. The videos and pictures of this travelling are very interesting – check out his Blog and pictures on flickr.
Protecting Shrimp Habitats in China
Posted: 5th August 2010 by Imke in Events & Field Trips, Habitats & Nature Protection, Most Popular ArticlesTags: china, fair trade, Friends of Nature Hong Kong, Greenpeace, habitat, nature protection, WWF
South-China is the origin of the most beautiful wild caught caridina shrimps, like Tiger, Bee and Bumble Bee. Everybody ever seen Supertiger shrimp in real knows that not only selective breeding brings beauty to our hobby. Unfortunately, the shrimp habitats are strongly endangered by humans. Agriculture, ecological degradation and downstream pollution of rivers from and [...]
Invasive Species
Posted: 26th July 2010 by Imke in Events & Field Trips, FishTags: crayfish plague, invasive species, nebiota
I was taking a walk in the palace garden in Bruehl, where I live, yesterday. The palace is surrounded by water and a small creek goes to the moat of the palace. There, I have found four Orconectes limosus hanging around. This species comes from North America and is Neobiota (invasive species) in Germany. It [...]
