Re: [AGA-Member] Aquatic Plants in Turkey

[Faruk Gençöz <fgencoz@metu.edu.tr>]

Thank you for your interest Ben,

In the last two years I wrote many articles on this issue in a Turkish 
aquarium journal. It is hard to summarize all the statistics and 
developments. We have two general aquarium related societies in Ankara and 
Istanbul and there is no plant specific society. Sometimes we are lucky to 
be able to find Tropica plants here. But most of the time what we find is 
the plants from Singapore and Thiland via illegal ways. In 2004 and 2005 
there were planted aquarium contests. In 2004 18 tanks were submitted and in 
2005 I guess it was 34.

Please take a look at the thread below about the recent developments in the 
hobby in Turkey:

http://www.aquaticplantcentral.com/forumapc/showthread.php?t=11140

Regards,
Faruk

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Ben B." <benrx@verizon.net>
To: <aga-member@thekrib.com>
Sent: Sunday, January 22, 2006 12:06 PM
Subject: [AGA-Member] Aquatic Plants in Turkey


> > I'm in Turkey.
>
> > Faruk
>
> Hey, That's cool.  I was curious about what the hobby is like over there.
> Availibility of plants and supplies?  Interest of the people?
>
> Ben
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