Hi!
Well, woke up at 6 today for the opening of Bishan Park 1, or Pond Gardens. :) Haha, had to lead Deyi around for the trail and here are some of the interesting Aquatic Snails found there. And of course, many other photos :)
So this is it, the Cleansing Biotope. Some of the plants incuded are the water canna, papyrus, paper reed, pickerel weed etc. These plants arre able to absorb the chemicals and convert it. Cool eh? the water comes from the main river of which some is diverted over here to be cleansed.
Some mini flowers spotted on the floor, took some up for a snapshot.
Mrs Low Mei Choo, our Science HOD, recieving the certificate of our adoption of the Bishan River! YAY. Thats Miss Azura talking to her. Really cool because we've been working on this project for more than a year so far. :)
SNAIL EGGS!!! These belong to the Giant Apple Snail,
Pomacea canaliculata. We had to constantly remind the public NOT to step on these things!!!
Haha! A unidentified shell. Probably of the common lawn snail, native to Singapore.
AAHHH!!! The final product of the Cleansing Biotope!!! The water is so clean! essentially, the water is about 1m deep from at the banks and 2 m deep in the middle. Cool eh?
Looks like a scene from a chinese movie, somewhat like Jiang Nan or similar. This is near the amphitheatre. There was a performance behind and the participants did not want to pay attention to us! :(
Another shot from the amphitheatre.
These are the apple snails that i was talking about before. It is doot to note the 2 different varieties present, the Common Apple Snail, 4 out of the 5 are Common Apple Snails due to their darker shell colour and the Golden Apple Snail, which is the one which has a yellowish coloured shell. All of these were alive:D
The Snail again...
Nice shot? I managed to get the flowers and snapped a photo . :)
The Apple Snail extending its feelers. It is one of the most common animals in the river, along with the Tilapias and Guppies. All these animal are however, non-native...
The Apple Snail again...
This is the outlet for the water.
And a cute Molly is spotted too! it was the most colourful of them all and i quickly got a shot of it.
The clean water of the cleansing biotope. I guess this is a real success because the water managed to maintain its clarity despite it running for long time.
Haha, we got some goodie bags at the and a small bucket too. Probably for collecting seashells. Despite not finding any shells today, i guess this was a fruitful trip. I did manage to collect Apple Snail shells though during the last few visits. Another place i would recommend to collect Freshwater Snail shells would be Bedok reservoir. Managed to collect come Japanese Trapdoor Snail shells there after my cross country race last year. :D Enjoy
