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At the suggestion of Philip Shaddock, the great student of guppy genetics, I contacted ATFG, in Bankok, Thailand, by way of Aquabid.com, and asked them to ship me two pairs of their fine Blue Grass Guppies, which are very close to the original Japanese gene pool. I am very pleased with these fish.
It was a nice evening on the South Bank tonight, and I was trying to get some nice shots with the sunset in and failed miserably, so here's a fish.
We ate in downtown Sapporo this evening (it took longer than expected to get a new phone for Naomi - paperwork). We went to a buffet of Japanese food - it was excellent; not too salty or greasy. I found some tiny fish under my broccoli and thought it rather odd, but that's just me - fish this size (or smaller) is a common taste enhancer here... This particular fish was about 1 cm in length and seems to be wondering how it wandered onto my plate.
For some reason the sea anemone does not sting this particular species of fish - scientists haven't quite worked out the symbiotic relationship
december 12, 2009: a stop at one of the many port side fish markets made for a great photo opportunity
The fish market in Stone Town, Zanzibar.
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A few tiny fish appear to be still inhabiting this pond. Most of these "goldfish" are even hard to distinguish because they are black in color. There have been predators around, perhaps nature reacts like this...