In just 10 day's time! Wow!
Tuesday, August 28, 2012
My shrimp tank update
As I was sitting by my new shrimp tank to be.. I noticed the plant seems to grow a lot.. Therefore, I made a comparison.. Gosh, it's crazy!
In just 10 day's time! Wow!
In just 10 day's time! Wow!
Monday, August 27, 2012
New add ins to upcoming shrimp tank
After seeing a photo like this:
I am so poisoned and went to Green Chapter to get one!!
My loots from Green Chapter!
- Gush Crystal Pod
- GUSH Feed Tray 70
So, my new pod looks like this!
Growing some HC so my shrimps can swim up and down but still can busy digging between HC.. :D
My overall tank with the feeding tray in too! Piping will reduce and will look neated in the near future..
My loots from Green Chapter!
- GUSH Feed Tray 70
So, my new pod looks like this!
Growing some HC so my shrimps can swim up and down but still can busy digging between HC.. :D
My overall tank with the feeding tray in too! Piping will reduce and will look neated in the near future..
Wednesday, August 22, 2012
New Shrimp tank!
Yesssssss!! I upgraded my shrimp tank!! *throws coffetti~*
Bought this tank on 17/09/2012, set it up on 18/09/2012~ Currently cycling with 2 snails... ^^;; Temporary set it up at dinning table, waiting it to finish cycle and move it to join the other tanks...
From C328
- Tank (40cm X 25cm X 26cm)
- Aquazonic T5 light 40cm
- HC, Java moss
- Gex Water plant Soil (sand powder type) 2kg X 2
- Gex Pure Soil Black 800g X 1 (to place on the top layer
- Mosura BT-9
- Spider wood (didn't sink, so I tied it to a bag of small gravels from my fish tank)
From Y618
- 5 pots of plants
- Rocks
- Drop checker X 2 (shrimp and fish tank)
- Thermometer X 1
From PetMart (Serangoon North)
- Mosura Old sea mud (both C328 and Y618 ran out.. >_<;;)
Recycles
- Hang on filter from my deserted small fish tank (Ocean Free) (Covered with stocking to prevent shrimps being sucked in)
- Internal filter from my very first fish tank set that I bought from Serangoon North (Covered with stocking to prevent shrimps being sucked in)
DIY
- 2 bottles of CO2, 1 is small bottle, 1 is 1.5 litre bottle
Picked up a CO2 drop checker and a new thermometer to go along.. Decided to get a thermometer that has a long wire so I can keep track of the temperature below and not the surface which is likely to be affected by the heat from the light.
CO2 drop checker is used to monitor the amount of CO2 in your tank and warns you if it's too much before your livestock gets suffocated by it.. :P Currently it's bright yellow (too much CO2) in my tank but who cares? Since I have no livestock, the plants will enjoy them!
Set up most of the thing myself but all the heavy duties of washing the tank and splitting the plants from the pot is all helped by my little helper here, thanks Dear! :D Dear helping me tto pluck in HC as my hands are at their limit again.. :( Stupid nerve, faster recover! :(
Most likely waiting for Blue Aura shrimps or Blue tiger Golden eye shrimp~! Or something blue shrimp... ^^;; also, will be hosting whatever shrimps which I might bring back from Japan in my October trip!
Also, I love scaping new tanks! I wish I can just scape tanks all day long... hahahaha.. :D
Bought this tank on 17/09/2012, set it up on 18/09/2012~ Currently cycling with 2 snails... ^^;; Temporary set it up at dinning table, waiting it to finish cycle and move it to join the other tanks...
From C328
- Tank (40cm X 25cm X 26cm)
- Aquazonic T5 light 40cm
- HC, Java moss
- Gex Water plant Soil (sand powder type) 2kg X 2
- Gex Pure Soil Black 800g X 1 (to place on the top layer
- Mosura BT-9
- Spider wood (didn't sink, so I tied it to a bag of small gravels from my fish tank)
From Y618
- 5 pots of plants
- Rocks
- Drop checker X 2 (shrimp and fish tank)
- Thermometer X 1
From PetMart (Serangoon North)
- Mosura Old sea mud (both C328 and Y618 ran out.. >_<;;)
Recycles
- Hang on filter from my deserted small fish tank (Ocean Free) (Covered with stocking to prevent shrimps being sucked in)
- Internal filter from my very first fish tank set that I bought from Serangoon North (Covered with stocking to prevent shrimps being sucked in)
DIY
- 2 bottles of CO2, 1 is small bottle, 1 is 1.5 litre bottle
CO2 drop checker is used to monitor the amount of CO2 in your tank and warns you if it's too much before your livestock gets suffocated by it.. :P Currently it's bright yellow (too much CO2) in my tank but who cares? Since I have no livestock, the plants will enjoy them!
The cloudy tank after all done...
Current tank after 2 days of settling..
ugly CO2 air tubes that are temporary until I steals the CO2 diffuser from the old shrimp tank...
Most likely waiting for Blue Aura shrimps or Blue tiger Golden eye shrimp~! Or something blue shrimp... ^^;; also, will be hosting whatever shrimps which I might bring back from Japan in my October trip!
Also, I love scaping new tanks! I wish I can just scape tanks all day long... hahahaha.. :D
Tuesday, August 14, 2012
Current aquarium
Been neglecting my tank quite a bit due to arm injury.. Fingers are not very flexible as before neither is the strength. :( Hopefully will recover to a healthy state! ;)
Took some photos of my current tank stats.. Enjoy!~
My main fish tank... pardon the ugly placement of CO2 setup due to poor water circulation by the hangon filter... Thinking of getting a canister in my next upgrade... Hmm... That position is the best place to disperse the CO2 bubbles... Currently housing my ancestor Glass blood fin, ancestor Corydora Sterbai, 1 guppy female that was from LFS.. but it got sick after awhile and developed a bend spine. Been quarantine her for a few months and she seems to totally recovered from unknown disease! :D Just moved her in along with a wild guppy that was a lousy pick from a farm (when I was a novice) with bend spine and my 1 and only baby female guppy from which it's mum had died very long ago.. It's a Nun nursery now as all is female guppy.. lol With lotsa shrimps inside too!
My Shrimp tank...
My soon to be removed fish tank.. housing some not very well tetras and a blue lamp eye... :( seems a little swimming problem...
Quarantine tanks of fishes that I just got from Wu Hu Aquarium! Ben is really a nice and warm guy! ;)
Some of my MTS that I picked out from my shrimp tank... :P I think I am not going to add them in my next upgraded shrimp tank... not going to introduce any pest snails inside anymore...
That's all for now!
Took some photos of my current tank stats.. Enjoy!~
My main fish tank... pardon the ugly placement of CO2 setup due to poor water circulation by the hangon filter... Thinking of getting a canister in my next upgrade... Hmm... That position is the best place to disperse the CO2 bubbles... Currently housing my ancestor Glass blood fin, ancestor Corydora Sterbai, 1 guppy female that was from LFS.. but it got sick after awhile and developed a bend spine. Been quarantine her for a few months and she seems to totally recovered from unknown disease! :D Just moved her in along with a wild guppy that was a lousy pick from a farm (when I was a novice) with bend spine and my 1 and only baby female guppy from which it's mum had died very long ago.. It's a Nun nursery now as all is female guppy.. lol With lotsa shrimps inside too!
Bend spine wild guppy and the once sick female guppy
Glass bloodfin and Corydora Sterbai
Shrimps army trying to clear algae
My Shrimp tank...
My soon to be removed fish tank.. housing some not very well tetras and a blue lamp eye... :( seems a little swimming problem...
Quarantine tanks of fishes that I just got from Wu Hu Aquarium! Ben is really a nice and warm guy! ;)
Some of my MTS that I picked out from my shrimp tank... :P I think I am not going to add them in my next upgraded shrimp tank... not going to introduce any pest snails inside anymore...
That's all for now!
Tuesday, August 7, 2012
Tough challenge
Falling in love with this new hobby wasn't easy as a female.
Ocassionally, I will still meet shop owners and staffs that gives that kinda "why you female so stupid and ask stupid question one?!" look when I go around looking for stuffs to "pimp" my aquarium.
Sometimes, it's not even easy to find info on the internet due to, we don't even know what we are looking for or the correct term since I was new to this hobby. Every setup is different and it's really hard to follow what people have advised.
I even went to a BIG LFS farm that had staffs whom aren't bother to entertain me much as I am just looking for hangon filter and spongefilter (back then, I don't even understand how spongefilter works and was asking them for advice and they gave me that "huh? you don't know? just plug in air tube lah, duhz!" reply. But they were glad to serve a few guys that was interested in canister and canister aren't cheap like what I am looking for. How professional they claim to be. Quite disappointing and from there onwards, I don't ask them for advice anymore and don't really buy stuffs there but only go see their livestocks. (But recently I haven't been going there... :P too far from me..) However, not to be unfair to the other staffs of this LFS farm, I still got advice from another staff when I was shopping for shrimp soil on another trip there.
When I was at the downtime of my hobby, due to massive death of shrimps when introducing new plant to the tank, I seek for help but none helped. I was a little depress with the staffs out there and stop asking for help. Actually, till now, I am still a little scared to ask staffs questions.
But, luckily, after I stop my depressing days, I went to a few shops that was really warm and nice and gave me the best advice they know in regards to my questions. I really thank these people for building up my confidence in interacting with staffs at LFS again. They are the aunty from Y618, uncle from Y934, and the lady boss at C328 that auto gave me a good price when I bought a new setup of glassterior slim 600 from her.
I will say being an aquarist is never easy and it's not really for lazy people. Be prepare to set aside quite a sum of money if you are new as you will require quite a lot of basic items. But, don't worry, many of these items will last you quite a while before you need to restock them.
End of the day, the reward of seeing your fishes and the whole aquarium thrieves under your care and concern is very satisfying and addictive! ;)
Good luck!
Ocassionally, I will still meet shop owners and staffs that gives that kinda "why you female so stupid and ask stupid question one?!" look when I go around looking for stuffs to "pimp" my aquarium.
Sometimes, it's not even easy to find info on the internet due to, we don't even know what we are looking for or the correct term since I was new to this hobby. Every setup is different and it's really hard to follow what people have advised.
I even went to a BIG LFS farm that had staffs whom aren't bother to entertain me much as I am just looking for hangon filter and spongefilter (back then, I don't even understand how spongefilter works and was asking them for advice and they gave me that "huh? you don't know? just plug in air tube lah, duhz!" reply. But they were glad to serve a few guys that was interested in canister and canister aren't cheap like what I am looking for. How professional they claim to be. Quite disappointing and from there onwards, I don't ask them for advice anymore and don't really buy stuffs there but only go see their livestocks. (But recently I haven't been going there... :P too far from me..) However, not to be unfair to the other staffs of this LFS farm, I still got advice from another staff when I was shopping for shrimp soil on another trip there.
When I was at the downtime of my hobby, due to massive death of shrimps when introducing new plant to the tank, I seek for help but none helped. I was a little depress with the staffs out there and stop asking for help. Actually, till now, I am still a little scared to ask staffs questions.
But, luckily, after I stop my depressing days, I went to a few shops that was really warm and nice and gave me the best advice they know in regards to my questions. I really thank these people for building up my confidence in interacting with staffs at LFS again. They are the aunty from Y618, uncle from Y934, and the lady boss at C328 that auto gave me a good price when I bought a new setup of glassterior slim 600 from her.
I will say being an aquarist is never easy and it's not really for lazy people. Be prepare to set aside quite a sum of money if you are new as you will require quite a lot of basic items. But, don't worry, many of these items will last you quite a while before you need to restock them.
End of the day, the reward of seeing your fishes and the whole aquarium thrieves under your care and concern is very satisfying and addictive! ;)
Good luck!
List of LFS and Forums
LFS (Live fish shop) and forums that I frequently visit:
- Clementi Florist & Aquarium (C328) Blk 328, Clementi Ave 2 Singapore 120328 Tel: (65) 6777 8468
- That Aquarium (Y618) Blk 618 Yishun Ring Rd #01-3236 Tel: (65) 6758 1233
- Aqua Star Trading (Y934) Blk 934 Yishun Central 1, #01-51/53/55, Singapore 760934 Tel: (65) 6759 3400
- K & K Aquarium & Bird Center Blk 201D, Tampines St 21, #01-1145, Singapore 524201 Tel: (65) 6784 4578
- Green Chapter (GC) 565 Macpherson Road #01-00 Singapore 368234 Tel : (65) 9155 3359
- Wu Hu Aquarium 71 Seng Poh Road #01-39 Singapore 160071 Tel: (65) 6227 0935
- CRS Haven Blk 477 Tampines Street 43 #01-158A Singapore 520477 Tel: (65) 6783 3901
- Nanyang Seaview Aquarium 2 Seletar West Farmway 2 Singapore 798098 Tel: (65) 6484 1365
Local (Singapore) Online fish shop:
Mizu World - http://mizuworld.com/
Fresh 'n' Marine - http://freshnmarine.com.sg/
Green Chapter - http://www.gcshop-sg.com
Forums:
http://www.aquaticquotient.com/forum/
http://arofanatics.com/forums/index.php
http://www.shrimpnow.com/
- Clementi Florist & Aquarium (C328) Blk 328, Clementi Ave 2 Singapore 120328 Tel: (65) 6777 8468
- That Aquarium (Y618) Blk 618 Yishun Ring Rd #01-3236 Tel: (65) 6758 1233
- Aqua Star Trading (Y934) Blk 934 Yishun Central 1, #01-51/53/55, Singapore 760934 Tel: (65) 6759 3400
- K & K Aquarium & Bird Center Blk 201D, Tampines St 21, #01-1145, Singapore 524201 Tel: (65) 6784 4578
- Green Chapter (GC) 565 Macpherson Road #01-00 Singapore 368234 Tel : (65) 9155 3359
- Wu Hu Aquarium 71 Seng Poh Road #01-39 Singapore 160071 Tel: (65) 6227 0935
- CRS Haven Blk 477 Tampines Street 43 #01-158A Singapore 520477 Tel: (65) 6783 3901
- Nanyang Seaview Aquarium 2 Seletar West Farmway 2 Singapore 798098 Tel: (65) 6484 1365
Local (Singapore) Online fish shop:
Mizu World - http://mizuworld.com/
Fresh 'n' Marine - http://freshnmarine.com.sg/
Green Chapter - http://www.gcshop-sg.com
Forums:
http://www.aquaticquotient.com/forum/
http://arofanatics.com/forums/index.php
http://www.shrimpnow.com/
Commonly used words
Some terms for you and me to refer and remember, to be constantly updated.
LFS - Live Fish Shop
BBS - Baby Brine Shrimp
FW / SW - Freshwater / Saltwater
LFS - Live Fish Shop
BBS - Baby Brine Shrimp
FW / SW - Freshwater / Saltwater
Market Place
Strictly available for meetup only. Collection at Punggol (Meridian LRT) or Tampines Central.
For Sale
Rest assured that these are not from farms but personally cultivated by myself for the best quality but limited quantity.
Plants:
- Frog's bit - SGD$3 (5 Pieces, shrimp safe, snail-free)
- Frog's bit - SGD$2 (5 Pieces, shrimp safe, may contain snails)
- Duckweed - SGD$2 (small bagful of at least 15 pieces, shrimp safe, snail-free)
- Duckweed - SGD$1 (small bagful of at least 15 pieces, shrimp safe, may contain snails)
Live stock:
- Pond snails - SGD$1 (15 pieces of various sizes) [NO STOCK]
- MTS (Malaysia Trumpet snails) - SGD$1 (5 pices of various sizes)
Equipments and Misc:
- Gravel - SGD$
- Coral chips -
WTB
Kindly let me know if you know where I can find the items below! ^_^
- OEM mini/nano Lily pipe set 9mm (inlet + outlet set) - SGD$50
- Suitable Canister for 40cm tank and 60cm tank.
- Chiller for 40cm tank
For Sale
Rest assured that these are not from farms but personally cultivated by myself for the best quality but limited quantity.
Plants:
- Frog's bit - SGD$3 (5 Pieces, shrimp safe, snail-free)
- Frog's bit - SGD$2 (5 Pieces, shrimp safe, may contain snails)
- Duckweed - SGD$2 (small bagful of at least 15 pieces, shrimp safe, snail-free)
- Duckweed - SGD$1 (small bagful of at least 15 pieces, shrimp safe, may contain snails)
Live stock:
- Pond snails - SGD$1 (15 pieces of various sizes) [NO STOCK]
- MTS (Malaysia Trumpet snails) - SGD$1 (5 pices of various sizes)
Equipments and Misc:
- Gravel - SGD$
- Coral chips -
WTB
Kindly let me know if you know where I can find the items below! ^_^
- OEM mini/nano Lily pipe set 9mm (inlet + outlet set) - SGD$50
- Suitable Canister for 40cm tank and 60cm tank.
- Chiller for 40cm tank
New Hobby of year 2012
Having to learn this hobby through the hardway, though I am not even advance aquatist yet, I would like to setup this blog to guide new aquarist and shed them some light before they go and kill more fishes.. :P
Started this aquarium hobby since CNY 2012 when I chanced upon a small table clock + aquarium setup at a 7-11 at Marina Square. Immediately, I am sold for the idea of it, how sleek it will be with a few fishes swimming with a clock beside.
Little that I know, I am screwed. Haha!
A little history of my fish keeping experience.
Since young starting around my kindergarden, my Dad is quite a fan of fish keeping.. though not the Arowana type (which is like the hottest hobby for men back then) He did keep quite a variety of fishes. From Goldfish, Small Koi, Blood Parrot, Cichlids, Gouramis, Barbs, etc..
My memories of his fish keeping hobby was aiding my mum in water change, messing up the tank with fish food, seriously. (I remembered killing my pet tortise by giving it biscuit, in large amount.) Occasionally panicking over the poor little fish that got sucked up during water change and running to the toilet to hope to save it.. yet too afraid to touch them.
My dad gave up the hobby after sometime, for I don't know what reason.. but I don't think we managed to keep fishes alive for long.. :P
Back to the disastrous fish tank clock I bought from 7-11. It was running well when I tested it out and after a few days of staring at it, I made my dear to go to a lfs (live fish shop) with me. Due to being out of that hobby for so long.. or rather, I will consider myself brand new again to this hobby, we couldn't really think of a place that has lfs!! Gosh! In the end, I vaguely remember seeing a lfs in Tampines Mall since I go there quite often.. Ya.. I know I will be chopped badly by a shopping center lfs.. haha..
I grabbed some fishes, which is 3 Glass blood fins and 3 Guppies and 1 Corydora Sterbai.
I seriously overstocked the tiny tank and without cycling. How naive I was thinking like any other people that tossing the fish in will keep them alive. Luckily, the shop educated me about removing chlorine with a bottle of liquid which I even complaint that it's a big bottle. Hah!
Picking those fish was rather random, except I know I want a bottom dweller..
First day was a happy and fun experience staring at them.. feeding them...
When my first water change comes, it was a nightmare. There were so many feeds stuck below a slope that was meant to keep the filter below like an undergravel filter. Had to net all of the livestock out and clean the tank. Tried many ways to keep the food from sinking in too fast, placing a layer of net, changing to finer gravel.. disaster.
By the 2nd week, the filter started dying on me and I panic. Woke up 1 morning to do cleaning and after the cleaning, the filter died. I rushed down to serangoon to look for fish tank and bought a 5 litre tank to replace that lousy tank.
Actually, I made another mistake here which is flooded the tank floor with too much glass shrimps that I bought at a bagful for S$2. This was a slightly later photo as I did not take any after I moved them from clock tank to this 5 litre tank.
From this 2nd tank onwards, I am hooked, to become an aquarist. ;)
To this date, I own a 5litre shrimp tank, 5 litre fish tank (my first tank after the clock tank) that holds some old fishes while still waiting to go into Gex tank, Gex Glassterior Slim 600, 2 small tank from daiso that holds 3 cherry barbs and some random pond snails individually, 1 acrylic hospital/quarantine tank.
Currently looking to upgrade my shrimp tank to a 1.5feet tank after I complete done up with my Gex slim 600. Planning to DIY styrofoam chiller for my shrimp tank.
Stay with me and watch us (fishy, shrimps, misc and me) grows! ^___^
Started this aquarium hobby since CNY 2012 when I chanced upon a small table clock + aquarium setup at a 7-11 at Marina Square. Immediately, I am sold for the idea of it, how sleek it will be with a few fishes swimming with a clock beside.
A little history of my fish keeping experience.
Since young starting around my kindergarden, my Dad is quite a fan of fish keeping.. though not the Arowana type (which is like the hottest hobby for men back then) He did keep quite a variety of fishes. From Goldfish, Small Koi, Blood Parrot, Cichlids, Gouramis, Barbs, etc..
My memories of his fish keeping hobby was aiding my mum in water change, messing up the tank with fish food, seriously. (I remembered killing my pet tortise by giving it biscuit, in large amount.) Occasionally panicking over the poor little fish that got sucked up during water change and running to the toilet to hope to save it.. yet too afraid to touch them.
My dad gave up the hobby after sometime, for I don't know what reason.. but I don't think we managed to keep fishes alive for long.. :P
Back to the disastrous fish tank clock I bought from 7-11. It was running well when I tested it out and after a few days of staring at it, I made my dear to go to a lfs (live fish shop) with me. Due to being out of that hobby for so long.. or rather, I will consider myself brand new again to this hobby, we couldn't really think of a place that has lfs!! Gosh! In the end, I vaguely remember seeing a lfs in Tampines Mall since I go there quite often.. Ya.. I know I will be chopped badly by a shopping center lfs.. haha..
I grabbed some fishes, which is 3 Glass blood fins and 3 Guppies and 1 Corydora Sterbai.
I seriously overstocked the tiny tank and without cycling. How naive I was thinking like any other people that tossing the fish in will keep them alive. Luckily, the shop educated me about removing chlorine with a bottle of liquid which I even complaint that it's a big bottle. Hah!
Picking those fish was rather random, except I know I want a bottom dweller..
First day was a happy and fun experience staring at them.. feeding them...
When my first water change comes, it was a nightmare. There were so many feeds stuck below a slope that was meant to keep the filter below like an undergravel filter. Had to net all of the livestock out and clean the tank. Tried many ways to keep the food from sinking in too fast, placing a layer of net, changing to finer gravel.. disaster.
By the 2nd week, the filter started dying on me and I panic. Woke up 1 morning to do cleaning and after the cleaning, the filter died. I rushed down to serangoon to look for fish tank and bought a 5 litre tank to replace that lousy tank.
To this date, I own a 5litre shrimp tank, 5 litre fish tank (my first tank after the clock tank) that holds some old fishes while still waiting to go into Gex tank, Gex Glassterior Slim 600, 2 small tank from daiso that holds 3 cherry barbs and some random pond snails individually, 1 acrylic hospital/quarantine tank.
Currently looking to upgrade my shrimp tank to a 1.5feet tank after I complete done up with my Gex slim 600. Planning to DIY styrofoam chiller for my shrimp tank.
Stay with me and watch us (fishy, shrimps, misc and me) grows! ^___^
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