Aquarama 2007 @ Suntec City

One of those things about attending ornamental fishes and aquarium exhibitions like these is that you get very inspired about setting up your own aquarium if you haven’t already got one – and in our case, feeling very dejected at how awful ours look in comparison to the demonstration setups we saw.:)

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The exhibition was held at Suntec City over a period of four days, with the last two days opened to the public. There were many families there, and at least a few carted back 1 to 1.5 small tanks when they left the place. Hopefully the kids who’re likely going to get acquired to their new hobby will at least get some guidance on the many aspects of keeping fish alive and healthy. Keeping these little critters isn’t simply a matter of just getting a bucket of water and tossing them in.

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There were several competitions running in the conference; for freshwater planted tanks, marine tanks, and the different families of fishes, including Arowanas, Cichlids, Plecos, Goldfishes, Discuses, Bettas, and Guppies. Some of the goldfishes look pretty grotesque even, what with their super-bloated bellies. Ugh. I was pretty disappointed to see that my favourite critters – Corydoras – were not well-represented though. It was a really wonderful way to spend the later part of Sunday morning, and we walked off with several new plants for our sitting room tank and a whole bag of “night reading” materials and brochures.:)