Back from Gabon

[tjudy]

I am back from Gabon. Great country. Interesting fish. Challenging logistics... but I survived and managed to make it home with some cool cichlids. I will post images and blog posts (on my other website) soon. To whet your appetite, I made it home with Parananochromis brevirostirs, P. gabonicus, Chromidotilapia kingsleyi and some Hemichromis elongatus

 

[fish-n-chips]

Welcome back Ted! Looking forward to reading about your trip and seeing some pics.

 

[Ryze_Gr]

Nice fishes.
We are waiting to tell us your experience from Gabon and post photos.
Welcome back.

 

[Joe Gatchell]

Welcome home. You missed some great weather while you were gone!

 

[dconnors]

Welcome home, can't wait to see some pics!

 

[tjudy]

The first video is up... www.tedsfishroom.com

 

[Shernutz]

Documentary

Hi Ted,

Loved the initial sneak peak of what's to come from your trip to Gabon. It is just fantastic to have this kind of cultural interaction with the local people.

I don't how "deep" you went inland, but I am always weary of undiscovered viruses. For example, hemorrhagic fever with ebola or encephalitis with nipah virus. These viruses were unknown until humans ventured deep; and developed portions of undisturbed rainforests.

Anyway - I digress....

Looking forward to future installments....

Lisa

 

[fish-n-chips]

Enjoyed watching the first video Ted, I've been checking your site a couple of times of day. I'm looking forward to your future installments.
One thing I would like to say though is.....shrimp...shrimp!!! I wish you would have brought some of those back too! That would be great to have a planted African tank with native shrimp and some tetras/killies.

 

[aquaticclarity]

Just an FYI...African shrimp can be had pretty easily. The importer I buy from often normally has 3 or 4 species on the list.

 

[Jeremy Basch]

Looks amazing Ted! Maybe next time I will be able to go.

Jeremy

 

[tjudy]

Shrimp... I brought back two populations of a Cardinia-type small shrimp. One has jet black females, but that color did not hold. Maybe it will come back in a well set up tank (everything is still in quarantine). I also came back with two Macrobrachium species. Both smaller types; one with red claws and the other with dark claws with yellow tips. We saw some truly awesome species. We found two gravid females of a large marble-pattern macro (both died) and many of the very large colorful brown and purple macro. I found one macro with a claw arm that was 2x the length of the body. We also found a few small Atya shrimp, but it was so early in the trip that I know they would not have survived (they are coastal, and we were well inland most of the trip).

 

[Microman]

Superb Ted....
Antons popping over to the UK,May 1st,to tell us all at the BCA about the trip. Looking forward to seeing him again and hearing all about it.
Mark...

 

[tjudy]

The video blogs of the first two days of collecting in Gabon are up. Enjoy!

www.tedsfishroom.com