By Azlan Othman &
Achong Tanjong
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Two mating fighting fish. |
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A species of fighting fish called half moon. Pictures
courtesy of Mohd Noor. |
Meet Hj Mohd Noor Bin Hj Adnin, a Bruneian
whose interest is keeping fighting fish is still keen to
keep more in his aquarium.
Currently, he keeps 11
pairs, some imported from neighbouring countries.
He started this hobby
August last year. He even breeds fighting fish species
of two different colours to get a new beautiful species
with a combination of both colours.
At present, he has
completed breeding the Single, Double Crown Tail, Half
Moon Single and Double Tail.
He also cultured the
Micro Worm and Artemia (Brine shrimp). He also produces
ideal food for his fish in his residence in Kampong Tungku.
He admitted this hobby
is costly. A crown tail species for instance, costs him
$US45 each in Thailand.
Mohd Noor said it is an
offence to export the local fighting fish from Brunei to other
countries as the species is considered as endangered.
Due to his interest, he
set-up his own homepage to exchange information among
fighting fish lovers.
He even interacts via
newspaper to learn more on this species.
He likes to know people
who keep or breed this fish. He can be contacted via
e-mail at [email protected]
Asked on his future
plan, Mohd Noor said he only keeps the fish as a hobby.
If you want to fully dedicate your time to this fish,
you need to sacrifice your career, he said.
Fighting fish, as the
name suggests, fight until their skin bleeds.
He said that the life
span of fighting fish is only three years and the
biggest fish can grow only up to three inches.
However, he said
fighting fish could produce up to 500 eggs.
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