Guess What I'm Doing!

[timmystood]

Hi all!

I've just booked my gap year! WOW! And i've decieded to go on a programme that I feel really puts something back into fish-keeping.

I'm going to Thailand on a scheme set up by their goverment where basically I go to Thailand dive in their rivers/lakes and capture tropical fish (many like the fish in our tanks, some common and some rare) and I then take them back to certain centres and I then breed them. After this I return the fish and their offspring back into the wild so that the fish population can help cope with the increasing demand for tropical fish! It lasts two months!!! I am feeling looking forward to this because:
- I love Diving!
- I love Tropical Fish!
- I love Thailand!
- I will get to breed some fantastic fish! Which will give me great experience!

I really can't wait!! HEHE!

 

[smurfyy_2k3]

wow how did you find out about that

 

[BigIan]

want an aprentice???

 

[Torrean]

or two?

 

[smurfyy_2k3]

make that 3 mate

 

[pinkdolphin_113]

bagsey 5th!

 

[BigIan]

just remember who was here first....

 

[timmystood]

LOL! -- There's loads of opportunities like this on www.gapyear.com

Check it out! You never know - I might see you there!

 

[dwarfgourami]

Sounds wonderful- have a great time!

 

[chrismr]

I am jealous...

I would love to do something like that. Anything in nature conservation in this county would be great too.

Unfortunately I went into computers....

Enjoy! Its the sort of experience you never forget.

 

[timmystood]

Thanks! I cannot wait!

I had two options and I am kind of regretting not doing the other one...

The two options where basically the one I am doing (Thailand), or conservation of Whales in Australia! -- I love Aussie to bits and want to move there when i'm older, add to this the fact that I love Whales more than any other animal and this would have made perfect sense! However, unfortunatley I couldn't afford the Whale Conservation

 

[velcrohead]

Talk about lucky.

 

[donna123]

hi timmystood,
good for you ,im sure you will have a great time,
be sure to take an under water camera with ya that would be cool ,
have a safe journey. donna .

 

[catxx]

wow. i am jealous too!
we expect a TON of pictures!

 

[timmystood]

Don't worry! I'm there for 2 months so their will be literally hundreds of pictures of the fish in your tanks in their natural surrondings!! I can't wait!