{"id":2147,"date":"2015-01-05T05:44:55","date_gmt":"2015-01-05T05:44:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/bogott.net\/unspecified\/?p=2147"},"modified":"2015-01-04T09:34:27","modified_gmt":"2015-01-04T09:34:27","slug":"saigon-aquarium-24","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bogott.net\/unspecified\/?p=2147","title":{"rendered":"Saigon Aquarium, Corydoras (2\/5)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Saigon Aquarium&#8217;s &#8216;small farm&#8217; raises about 100,000 <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Corydoras\">Corydoras catfish<\/a> per year.  Green, albino (both C. aeneus I presume), panda, and sterbai.<\/p>\n<p>There was a bit of a language gap between me and the tour guide (mostly due to my being too excited to speak slowly) and a BIG language gap between me and the breeder, but the system seemed pretty straightforward. Large groups of big, fat adults live in small open-top tile ponds.  Water hyacinth floats in the ponds with the adults, and the roots inevitably become thick with eggs.<\/p>\n<p>The hyacinth is moved onto small hatching tanks, and then the fry moved to successively larger grow-out tanks until eventually they&#8217;re turned loose in their own small ponds.  Then, when the shop gets an order, groups of young adults are netted out of the ponds and moved back into glass tanks for a few days of inspection, sorting, and quarantine before shipping out.<\/p>\n<p>(click photos to enlarge)<\/p>\n<div id='gallery-1' class='gallery galleryid-2147 gallery-columns-3 gallery-size-thumbnail'><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/bogott.net\/unspecified\/?attachment_id=2155'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/bogott.net\/unspecified\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/cory13-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-2155\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-2155'>\n\t\t\t\tSpawning ponds (foreground), grow-out ponds (background)\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/bogott.net\/unspecified\/?attachment_id=2149'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/bogott.net\/unspecified\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/cory07-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-2149\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-2149'>\n\t\t\t\tSpawning pond\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/bogott.net\/unspecified\/?attachment_id=2161'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/bogott.net\/unspecified\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/cory05-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-2161\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-2161'>\n\t\t\t\tegg-filled hyacinth in a hatching tank\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><br style=\"clear: both\" \/><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/bogott.net\/unspecified\/?attachment_id=2148'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/bogott.net\/unspecified\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/cory06-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-2148\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-2148'>\n\t\t\t\thyacinth roots\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/bogott.net\/unspecified\/?attachment_id=2150'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/bogott.net\/unspecified\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/cory08-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-2150\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-2150'>\n\t\t\t\tAlbino cory breeders\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/bogott.net\/unspecified\/?attachment_id=2151'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/bogott.net\/unspecified\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/cory09-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-2151\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-2151'>\n\t\t\t\tC. sterbai breeders\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><br style=\"clear: both\" \/><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/bogott.net\/unspecified\/?attachment_id=2152'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/bogott.net\/unspecified\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/cory10-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-2152\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-2152'>\n\t\t\t\tC. panda breeders\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/bogott.net\/unspecified\/?attachment_id=2153'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/bogott.net\/unspecified\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/cory11-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-2153\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-2153'>\n\t\t\t\tC. aeneus (green) breeders\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/bogott.net\/unspecified\/?attachment_id=2158'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/bogott.net\/unspecified\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/cory02-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-2158\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-2158'>\n\t\t\t\tEither grow-out tanks for fry or pre-shipping quarantine tanks, I&#8217;m not sure which\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><br style=\"clear: both\" \/><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/bogott.net\/unspecified\/?attachment_id=2157'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/bogott.net\/unspecified\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/cory01-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-2157\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-2157'>\n\t\t\t\tYoung adults being prepared for shipping\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/bogott.net\/unspecified\/?attachment_id=2159'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/bogott.net\/unspecified\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/cory03-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/bogott.net\/unspecified\/?attachment_id=2156'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/bogott.net\/unspecified\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/cory14-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-2156\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-2156'>\n\t\t\t\tA random spiny eel that was in a holding pond full of miscellaneous fish\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><br style=\"clear: both\" \/>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n<p>Only some of the breeder ponds had hyacinth in them.  I asked Binh for more details about how they decide what numbers to raise of which species, and he said they&#8217;re in constant communication with their wholesalers and that they don&#8217;t always raise as many fish as they have capacity for.  It seems logistically complicated to me, having to predict demand many months down the road, but I suppose that&#8217;s true for any kind of farm.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Saigon Aquarium&#8217;s &#8216;small farm&#8217; raises about 100,000 Corydoras catfish per year. Green, albino (both C. aeneus I presume), panda, and sterbai. 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