When I first moved to the island of Taboga, I asked about any fresh water ares, and ws told there weren't any. I had recently heard about 2 permanent pools, and they didn't contain fish, but sometimes had fresh water shrimp.
Went today into the forest, about half way up the mountain to check them out.
they were quite small, no shrimp, no fish, only thousands of tadpoles.
you can see the frog spawn above, just left of center near the log
The ponds were full of leaf litter, and the water was ttea colored.
Being quite anal I brought some testing reagents.
Even with all the rotting vegetation nitrate was non-detectable.
and pH @ 6
Went today into the forest, about half way up the mountain to check them out.
they were quite small, no shrimp, no fish, only thousands of tadpoles.
you can see the frog spawn above, just left of center near the log
The ponds were full of leaf litter, and the water was ttea colored.
Being quite anal I brought some testing reagents.
Even with all the rotting vegetation nitrate was non-detectable.
and pH @ 6