{"id":2192,"date":"2015-01-08T10:03:32","date_gmt":"2015-01-08T10:03:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/bogott.net\/unspecified\/?p=2192"},"modified":"2015-01-04T10:34:33","modified_gmt":"2015-01-04T10:34:33","slug":"saigon-aquarium-livebearers-discus-misc-55","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bogott.net\/unspecified\/?p=2192","title":{"rendered":"Saigon Aquarium, Livebearers, Discus, misc. (5\/5)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>How many guppies do they raise here?  This many:<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_2193\" style=\"width: 650px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/bogott.net\/unspecified\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/manyguppies1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2193\" src=\"https:\/\/bogott.net\/unspecified\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/manyguppies1-768x1024.jpg\" alt=\"Vanishing-point perspective, illustrated with guppy ponds\" width=\"640\" height=\"853\" class=\"size-large wp-image-2193\" srcset=\"https:\/\/bogott.net\/unspecified\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/manyguppies1-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/bogott.net\/unspecified\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/manyguppies1-225x300.jpg 225w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-2193\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Vanishing-point perspective, illustrated with guppy ponds<\/p><\/div>\n<p>There were nearly as many ponds devoted to other livebearers:  platys, swordtails, mollys.  In the case of the swordtails a single giant pond was subdivided with hanging nets.  I&#8217;m not sure what the difference is between the different pond arrangements.<\/p>\n<div id='gallery-1' class='gallery galleryid-2192 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=2194'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/bogott.net\/unspecified\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/livebearers7-150x150.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=2195'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/bogott.net\/unspecified\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/livebearers1-150x150.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=2196'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/bogott.net\/unspecified\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/livebearers2-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt><\/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=2197'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/bogott.net\/unspecified\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/livebearers3-150x150.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=2198'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/bogott.net\/unspecified\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/livebearers4-150x150.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=2199'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/bogott.net\/unspecified\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/livebearers5-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt><\/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=2200'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/bogott.net\/unspecified\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/livebearers6-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt><\/dl>\n\t\t\t<br style='clear: both' \/>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n<p>These are also all fish that I think of as needing the exact opposite water (hard, alkaline) as tetras, but as best I can tell they don&#8217;t mess with the water chemistry for anything but discus.<\/p>\n<div id='gallery-2' class='gallery galleryid-2192 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=2201'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/bogott.net\/unspecified\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/discus10-150x150.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=2202'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/bogott.net\/unspecified\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/discus11-150x150.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=2203'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/bogott.net\/unspecified\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/discus12-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt><\/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=2204'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/bogott.net\/unspecified\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/discus02-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt><\/dl><dl 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id='gallery-3-2216'>\n\t\t\t\tThe farm has 55 employees, many of whom live at work.  With their kids!\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=2217'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/bogott.net\/unspecified\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/misc3-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt><\/dl>\n\t\t\t<br style='clear: both' \/>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>How many guppies do they raise here? This many: There were nearly as many ponds devoted to other livebearers: platys, swordtails, mollys. In the case of the swordtails a single giant pond was subdivided with hanging nets. I&#8217;m not sure &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/bogott.net\/unspecified\/?p=2192\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3,6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2192","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-critters","category-travel"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/bogott.net\/unspecified\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2192","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/bogott.net\/unspecified\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/bogott.net\/unspecified\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bogott.net\/unspecified\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bogott.net\/unspecified\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2192"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/bogott.net\/unspecified\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2192\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2221,"href":"https:\/\/bogott.net\/unspecified\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2192\/revisions\/2221"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/bogott.net\/unspecified\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2192"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bogott.net\/unspecified\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2192"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bogott.net\/unspecified\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2192"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}