Beautiful Java

Bromo Mountain


Java ,that's name of my home. This is the most crowded place of indonesian to live,citizen from all over Indonesia come here to speculate their life.This place is the smallest of 5 indonesian largest island,but has most citizen to live.Central goverment & business centre centere here,so not strange that so many people migrate here for their life. Java has become central civilization from long time ago,there's so many artifacts found here including  one of  wonders of the world,Borobudur.In colonial era european come here and making Batavia as their capital city before Indonesia declare its freedom.If we knew that java has become central civilization from long time ago,it must beautiful place to live.

Karimun Jawa Archipelago

Besides the rapid development of civilization.This island still has beautiful place ,so many place that tourist come here to spent their holiday,such Bromo Mountain,Tangkuban Perahu Mountain(you don't need climb it to the peak ,we can reach its crater by car),and the place of rarest mammal in the world Ujung Kulon National Park.Not only the island itself  have beautiful scenery but also there are beautiful archipelagos near Java,such as Kepulauan Seribu and Karimun Jawa,and so does the wild life.

javan rino

javan gibbon

Java has many endemic animals and plants,even the  Javan Eagle becomes state emblem.The rarest mammal live here at the western tip of the island,precisely at Ujung Kulon National Park.The biggest predator that still exist is leopard while Javan tiger has been extinct(We hope it wouldn't happen again).





Highly fertile land in Java makes people create this island to be central civilization.So many farming area grow here,for example; Cianjur become Javan granary,Brebes in central java has delicious onion.grow there.This island has so many endemic plants too,Kepuh,Manggong Bamboo,Keben and so on.The climate is not all tropical forest,We can see savanna at baluran national park and tundra at Semeru Mountain.

 Its culture is no less interesting, gamelan has been popular in the world,wayang kulit become artistic and interesting puppet show, Ondel-ondel is the funniest carnival in Jakarta and Angklung is the most compact music art. Ok that's all for today I hope we can keep Java still beautiful. :)

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don't be traped ! you must trap !

Life is full of trap  exeption not these pictures

watch closely !

where's the bolt?

can anymone dare to jump?

count its legs !

how many wolf?

I don't even know what this picture is

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Untamed Sumatra

"Previously we talked about 5 largest island in Indonesia,today I want to give more detail about each island's wild life.Firstly let's see what sumatra have !"

Sumatra is the one 5 largest Indonesian island,there so many beautiful things inside including the wildlife.The island includes more than 10 National Parks, including 3 which are listed as the Tropical Rainforest Heritage of Sumatra World Heritage Site—Gunung Leuser National Park, Kerinci Seblat National Park and Bukit Barisan Selatan National Park. The Berbak National Park is one of three National Parks in Indonesia listed as a wetland of international importance under the Ramsar Convention.This island is unique,the animals here belong to asiatic animal type.

Sumatran Rhino

Sumatran Tiger

Sumatran Elephant

Sunda Clouded Leopard

Asiatic animal occupies the western part of Indonesia until the Makassar Strait and the Lombok Strait.In this region especially Sumatr,a has big mammals like in Asia ,they are orang utan,elephant,tiger, rhino and so on.
Beside of  asiatic animals,Sumatra also have endemic Animal one of them is  sumatran striped rabbit
sunda clouded leopard.But Unfortunately their life threatened by human greed such as deforestation,illegal hunting and pest eradication. Pest eadication often the case in Lampung,because of losing habitat some elephants frequently attack some village near the forest.

Stripped Rabbit

Raflesia Arnoldi

Not only the animals but also the plants,Sumatra has amazing plants in the world.Sumatra supports a wide range of vegetation types which are home to a rich variety of species, including 17 endemic genera of plants.^[9] Unique species include the Sumatran Pine which dominates the Sumatran tropical pine forests of the higher mountainsides in the north of the island and rainforest plants such as Rafflesia arnoldii (the world's largest individual flower), and the titan arum (the world's largest unbranched inflorescence).






Ok hopefully it would be useful ,thanks :)

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Delta Killifish(Aphyosemion deltaense)

This beautiful killifish is a great addition to any advanced hobbyists collection. There are a few captive bred color varieties but it's hard to improve on something that is naturally this colorful. The Delta Killifish pictured above is a wild caught male.   The Delta Killifish is one of the killifish species from Africa that lives in waters that may dry up completely during the dry season. For this reason, some people consider this to be an annual species but they will live longer than one year if their home waters do not dry up completely. Its eggs are able to exist for extended periods out of the water, insuring the survival of future generations. Since this type of killifish is generally not long lived, they are best kept with the intention of breeding them.

Distribution : 

   The Delta Killifish was described by Radda in 1976. Originating in Africa, they are found in swamps located between the delta of the Niger River and the Warri region of Nigeria. 

Status:  
This fish is not listed on the IUCN red list.

Description:  
The Delta Killifish are extremely attractive. The body is elongated with long broad well-developed fins, and round scales. The head is flattened on top and the mouth upturned, they have no barbels. Males are the most brightly colored. Their background color can variable, light greenish bluish or a tan to light brown. There are dark reddish spots running along the center of the body, forming a broken line that extends through the tail. Another dark reddish line runs horizontally through the bottom lobe of the tail fin. There can be lines or spots run diagonally through the upper lobe as well as spotting on the upper portion of the body. The horizontal lines are accented with edging in a lighter blue-green or cream. The fins and tail are orangish to orange-red and the dorsal fin can also have dark red spots. The coloring of the female is more subdued with fewer colored spots.

Size - Weight :
   This fish will reach about 4 inches (10 cm), but females are about 1/2 the size of males.

Care and feeding :   

The Delta Killifish are carnivores. They will eat most smaller sized fresh, frozen or dried foods but will look their best and will be more likely to breed if fed mostly live or frozen items.
   This fish is a bit demanding to keep so it is not recommended for the casual hobbyist. Because of their relatively short life span of 1 to 2 years, they are best suited for a single species tank that is setup with breeding in mind. If you succeed with breeding them, it would be fine to keep some of the excess males in a community tank so you can enjoy their bright colors. They will do fine in smaller tanks of only 5 to 10 gallons. For breeding, brackish water is suggested.

Water Region: Top, Middle, Bottom:  

This is a species that will swim in all parts of the aquarium.

Acceptable Water Conditions:   

Temperature: 75 - 84° F (24 - 29° C)
   Hardness: 2 - 12° dGH
   Ph: 6.5 - 7.2

Social Behaviors:  

The Delta Killifish are not aggressive towards other species but sometimes the males will fight with each other. The best setup would be one pair per tank.

Sexual Differences:   

The males are brightly colored. Females have little or no color, shorter fins and are usually about ½ the size of the males.

Breeding/Reproduction:   

The breeding tank for Delta Killifish should be a 5 to 10 gallon bare bottom tank filtered by a small sponge filter. Brackish water is suggested. The water temperature should be kept at a constant temperature between 75° and 78° F (24 - 25.5° C). Plants or spawning mops should be included but these are not for specific breeding purposes. They are there to give the female a place to occasionally hide and rest.
   The Delta Killifish is considered to be a substrate spawner. The best way to accomplish this is with a bowl filled with clean, untreated peat moss. The fish will dive into the peat to spawn. Once the eggs have been laid, remove the peat and dry it mostly but not completely on some newspaper. Then place the moss in a plastic bag, seal it and place the bag in a dark area that has a constant temperature of about 78° F (25.5° C). In 3 to 4 months, place the moss in a small tank containing clean water and the eggs should hatch in 1 to 4 days. Feed the young baby brine shrimp until they are big enough to handle larger foods.

Availability:  

It may take some work to find this fish. A few Delta Killifish are wild collected but these numbers are relatively small. If your local fish store is not able to get some for you, try contacting your local killifish club. It is possible that some of their members may be breeding them.

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What ever you say

"I don't know if  I'm an old-fashion or not but these pictures are amazing,check these out !"

aren't those amazing?

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Top 5 Indonesian Largest Island

"Today I'll give you an interesting topic about Indonesia, Indonesia has thousand islands, and has the most islands in the world. 5 of them are including the largest island in the world, Ok let's start from west to east!"

1. Sumatera

     This Island is known as Percha Island,Andalas,and Suwarnadwipa. Sumatera is 6th largest island in the world,has 8 provinces,and the largest city is Medan(pop. 2,109,330 (as of 2010)).Sumatera has beautiful scenery,abundant resources,amazing animals.and high culture.Moreover most sumatran are settled foreigner in Java,especially Batak and  Minang.

Area                 :  473,481 km²(182,812 sq mi)

Area rank        : 6th

Population        : 50,365,538 (as of 2010)

Ethnic Groups : Acehnese, Batak,Minangkabau, Malay

Largest City    : Medan

Exotic Flora and Fauna : Capricornis sumatraensis,Amorphophallus titanum

2. Java

    The second island is Java. We already know that Java is the smallest  island of top 5 big island in Indonesia,and I think java has most terrible title,as you know most people in Indonesia live here,especially on west.Many Indonesian come here to change their life,especially at Jakarta. This island is very crowded, about 100 million live here,that means half of indonesian citizen. Beside that Java has high culture,and has been popular to all over the world,such as Jaipong dance,Ondel-ondel,Gamelan,Angklung,Reog ponorogo and so on.

Area                : 128,297 km² (49,535.7 sq mi)

Area rank       : 13th

Population       : 138 million (as of 2011)

Ethnic Groups : Javanese (inc. Bantenese,Cirebonese, Tenggerese, Osing) 

                                     ,Sundanese (inc. Baduy), Betawi,Madurese

Largest City    : Jakarta

Exotic Flora and Fauna : Rhinoceros sondaicus,gandaria

3.Kalimantan

   

Indonesian know it as Kalimantan but western call it Borneo.This island is owned by 3 countries,Indonesia,Malaysia,and Brunei Darusalam. Kalimantan well known about its forest and deforestation. This Island has wide jungle and cases of forest destruction. High quality of wood grow here,so that illegal loggers live here depend. This island inhabited by dayak tribes,they're the native.This island has many beautiful animals and plants but many of them are member of endenger species too.Most of  citizen's job are farmer and fisher.Most of them depend their life at mahakam river, there's so many floating market.

Area                 : 743,330 km² (287,001 sq mi)

Area rank        : 3rd

Population        : 18,590,000 (as of 2009)

Ethnic Groups : Dayak, Malays, Chinese,

Largest City    : Kuching (Serawak,Malaysia)

Exotic Flora and Fauna :Nasalis larvatus,Nepenthes villosa

4.Celebes

  I think Celebes is most endemic island in Indonesia,why? It has different charasteristic from any tropical world ,ranging from its plant and animals. Sulawesi is part of Wallacea, meaning that it has a mix of both Asian and Australasian species.  So ,Celebes has originality.Not only terrestrial life but also the marine life has beautiful scenery.We know that bunaken is very popular marine park

 and Lembeh Island has amazing diversity of fish .Sulawesi is important island ,it has 6 provinces and the biggest city is Makassar.

Area                : 174,600 km² (67,410 sq mi)

Area rank        : 11th

Population      : 16 million (as of 2005)

Ethnic Groups : Makassarese, Buginese, Mandar, Minahasa, Gorontalo, Toraja, Bajau, Mongondow

Largest City    : Makassar

Exotic Flora and Fauna : Babyrousa babyrussa,Nepenthes pitopangii

5. New Guinea

                                                                

    New Guinea is the 2nd largest island in the world it owned by two countries,Indonesia and Papua NewGuinea.

   This island has similarity with australia,you can search the flora and fauna and compare with australian.Rich of natural resources

  and culture ,this island is  become place of research and mining.The people still outdated ,tribe war still          occur,few decent roads,and there's so many region that has no electicity. 

Area                : 786,000 km² (303,500 sq mi)

Area rank       : 2nd

Population       : ~ 7.5 million (as of 2005)

Ethnic Groups : Papuan and Austronesian

Largest City    :-

Exotic Flora and Fauna :Eos cyanogenia,Pandanus conoideus

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Blue Panchax Killifish

Aplocheilus panchax







The lively Blue Panchax is one of the best known and most popular of the killifish species. This is because they are inexpensive, colorful and hardy. What more could you want in an aquarium fish? They can be kept in a community setting with moderately peaceful fish of the same size or larger, though they may snack on smaller species. If you plan on keeping more than one, they need a fairly large aquarium (at least 20 gallons) as the males can get quarrelsome.
   The Blue Panchax comes from a large area in Southeast Asia and because of this large distribution, it comes in many different color schemes. The basic coloration is an iridescent blue body with a black spot on the dorsal fin. Some races will have varying amounts of red or orange on some of the fins. The body coloration may include small spots of yellow, green, red or orange. One of the most popular varieties, the Orangetail Killifish seen in the picture above is from India and has a bright orange tail.
Distribution:   The Blue Panchax Killifish was described by Hamilton in 1822. They are found in Pakistan, India, Bangladesh, Myanmar, Malaysia, Indonesia, Nepal, Cambodia, Viet Nam and Sri Lanka. They are generally found in ponds, fields, and canals; inhabiting clear water areas that containing large amounts of vegetation or among the roots of mangrove trees.
Status:   This fish is not listed on the IUCN red list.
Description:   The body of the Blue Panchax Killifish is slender and elongated, the dorsal fin is set far towards the back half of the body, and the scales are round. The head is flattened on top with a pointy snout and upturned mouth, they have no barbels. The basic coloration is an iridescent blue body with a black spot on the dorsal fin. Some races will have varying amounts of red or orange on some of the fins. The body coloration may include small spots of yellow, green, red or orange.
   One of the most popular varieties, the Orangetail Killifish from India, has a bright orange tail (seen in the photo above).
Size - Weight:   This species maximum size is about 3�½ inches (9 cm).
Care and feeding:   The Blue Panchax Killifish are carnivorous. They will eat most floating prepared foods that are small enough to fit in its mouth and will greedily accept frozen bloodworms and brine shrimp.
   This is a very hardy fish that is easy to keep. A tank size of 20 gallons or larger is recommended if you plan on having more than one of this species in your tank. As with many fish, the lampeyes will do best and are most effectively displayed in tanks which simulate their natural habitat. A well lit planted aquarium with a dark substrate will showcase this fish best. Provide good filtration and do regular water changes. A tight fitting lid is a necessity because this is a fish that likes to jump.

Water Region: Top, Middle, Bottom:   Panchax Killifish will spend most of their time near the top of the aquarium.
Acceptable Water Conditions:   Temperature: 68 - 77° F (20 - 25° C)
   Hardness: 5 - 12° dGH
   Ph: 6.0 - 8.0
Social Behaviors:   The Blue Panchax Killifish are generally peaceful towards other varieties of fish but will sometimes quarrel amongst themselves. Usually this fighting will not cause any damage. They are best kept with other moderately peaceful fish of similar size or larger.
Sexual Differences:   The males and females of this species look very similar so sexing can be difficult. Males are sometimes a bit darker in color.
Breeding/Reproduction:   The Blue Panchax is an egg layer that is relatively easy to breed. A healthy pair may lay 130-300 eggs daily for several weeks.  They will generally spawn among fine-leafed plants, Java Moss, or a clean spawning mop. It is relatively easy to remove the spawning substrate containing eggs, and replace it.
  The plants/mop should be removed daily and replaced with new ones. The egg laden plants/mop should be placed in a tank containing clean water with the same quality parameters as the parent's tank. The eggs hatch after 11-15 days. After the eggs hatch, the fry will have an obvious egg sac on their bellies. The fry can be fed nauplii and powdered dry foods after their eggs sacs have been absorbed.
   Some of the fry will grow faster than others so there is the possibility of cannibalism. If you want to successfully raise as many of the fry as possible, you will have to sort them by size so this doesn't happen. Pay close attention when feeding, as foods if uneaten can quickly foul the water.

         Scientific Classification           

• Kingdom: Animalia
• Phylum: Chordata
• Class: Actinopterygii
• Order: Cyprinodontiformes
• Family: Aplocheilidae

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Banded Lampeye Killifish

Aplocheilichthys spilauchen









 Banded Lampeye Killifish have a very gentle but attractive coloration. A planted tank is an excellent way to showcase your specimens. They are especially pleasing when contrasted against a dark substrate in a dimly lit aquarium. With their bright red eyes, you can see why these fish are included in the lampeye group of killifish.
   A lively but peaceful schooling fish, the Banded Lampeye can be a great addition to any community tank. They live in the mouths of rivers in Western Africa so they will do well with non-aggressive brackish water fish, but they will also do just fine in a freshwater tank with peaceful tank mates.


Distribution:   The Banded Lampeye Killifish was described by Duméril in 1861. They range from the mouth of the Senegal River to the mouth of the Congo River in Western Africa where they inhabit estuaries, mangrove swamps, and brackish water.
Status:   This fish is not listed on the IUCN red list.
Description:   The body of the Banded Lampeye Killifish is rather cylinder shaped with short rounded fins, and the scales are round. The head is flattened on top and the mouth is at the tip, they have no barbels. They have a subdued cream to light brown coloration with an iridescent silvery blue along the center of the body, strongest on the back half. The Male will have silvery blue cross stripes on the base of the tail and more intensely colored fins than the female.
Size - Weight:   This fish will reach 2.75 inches (7 cm).
Care and feeding:   Banded Lampeye Killifish are primarily carnivores. They will eat most smaller sized aquarium foods but they will look their best if fed mostly live or fresh frozen foods such as bloodworms or brine shrimp.
   As with many fish, the lampeyes will do best and are most effectively displayed in tanks which simulate their natural habitat. A dark substrate in a dimly lit aquarium will showcase this fish best. As they are a bit shy dense vegetation along the back and sides will provide hiding places. Leave open swimming space in the middle.
   Since their maximum size is less than 3 inches, they will do well in a 10 gallon tank as long as the water is kept clean. Provide good filtration and do regular water changes. The mouths of the rivers they originate from have freshwater mingling with the sea so their natural water conditions range from fresh to brackish. You can keep them in freshwater, but a brackish environment is preferable and can be created by adding 2 - 3 teaspoons of salt for each 2 1/2 gallons of water. If you plan on attempting to breed them, brackish water is suggested.

           Scientific Classification

• Kingdom: Animalia
• Phylum: Chordata
• Class: Actinopterygii
• Order: Cyprinodontiformes
• Family: Poeciliidae

source:http://animal-world.com/encyclo/fresh/Killifish/BandedLampeyeKillifish.php

Fresh water fish encyclopedia

"Greetings everyone today i'd like to post about fresh water fish,you can find the info of fish I post. Just click label named "Fresh water fish" then you'll get information about fresh waterfish you need"





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