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Fire Red Shrimps on the rise (again)
Shrimp feeding and noticed a steady increase in my Fire Red population again. Patient not only pays off and I strongly believe increase in population is attributed to the blooming flora inside my 2ft...
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New tank - Boyu BYG-26
Every tank I used to own has a story, this one is no exception. It was love at first sight affair, purchased instantly from online store with no budget in mind and that mean it cost me a bomb - 8 red...
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Pursuit of Amazon Biotope
It is time to take out my half-moon tank and give it a good dressing. Simply I am setting up a new tank again but this time, much smaller scale without worrying about backbreaking. Making use of...
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Mr Aqua Cleaner
Bought this water cleaning solution today. One capful for my 10 gal circular tank, it instantly (within minutes) changed the tanin-stained water from this: to this:- Impressive result!
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50 Pcs GIANT MALAYAN SHRIMPS
Bought a new batch of Giant Malayan Shrimps for my circular aquarium. Can you see them? They are swift in changing color to match their surrounding area.
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Banana Aqua Plants (Nymphoides Aquatica)
Finally, get to see the true fist size of its leave.I think it is better looking than aquatic lotus? Nice resting place for fauna too.
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Robber in my Shrimp tank
Shrimps happily feeding on Rummy Nose. Suddently, two fat Kulih Loach came out to drag the dead fish into its cave. The fish dissppeared deep into the "tunnel" under guard by loach. No more sharing of...
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Marina 360 Aquarium
The first time I ran my eyes on this Hagen's kit was at a pet shop in Thomson shopping mall. I fell in love with it instantly (for loving round/circular tank so much) but the rediculous high price was...
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Hygrophila Pinnatifida (Part 2)
In August I bought this plant which I thought to be the real Hygrophila Pinnatifida. May be I was wrong, the above plant could be non-aquatic in nature known as Dragon's Breath (Hemigraphis Reponda...
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Female Betta
Christmas season is around the corner and I thought red/bright color fishes might just bring out the festive mood into the earthly-toned Biotope sqaurium. A couple of non-agressive colorful betta...
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MY HIBERNATION
I nearly forgot my blog existed. Too many issues have cropped up over several months - personal issues, minor home renovations, rejected an overseas assignment, adjusting to new contract job, all of...
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Came across this youtube. I hope there were many Takashi Amano in this world. His projects are always awesome. Seeing the whole video makes my heart tickle and I just love the music too. Am I lured...
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Table top vivarium
This small version vivarium looks cute. I think the measurement is slightly more than 1 footer Length and height and it comes with cover for people who wished to keep frog inside this vivarium. I took...
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My past aquarium projects
Now that my home is empty of any fish tank, I felt very zen. It was like taking a long holiday break from feeding fishes/shrimps, trimming plants, refilling water, lugging pails after pails of old...
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Lake of Africa - in my aquarium
Every project has its story, bear with my chattering (or ranting) again.....Two months ago while my home was undergoing messy renovations, during which I have no proper place to rest comfortably, I...
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Eden 316
Initially, I thought of getting a wave maker for my cichlid tank which I created recently. While browsing for the product, I came across Eden 316 at an extremely attractive price (relative to many...
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Fluval C3 HOF
I wasn't a fan of HOF. When I first started a journey in aquarium, a couple of my HOFs flooded my home. After acquired my first external filter, Eden 501, I have never looked back to own another piece...
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Betta Tank - hydroponics system
I received a free hydroponic system betta tank during my visit to Aquarama 2015. This gift, more than compensated for the entrance fee I paid at the event. Personally, I felt this year Aquarama was...
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Mbuna Story through its color
Months ago, I bought more than a dozen colorful cichlids. Months later, they have grown a fair bit and a new baby was found hidden behind a rock cave. These fishes are easy to keep, just maintain a...
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2ft Cube - tropical reef for Cichlids
I final acquired the "biggest" tank ever, for my little space at home. This aquarium measures 2ft by 2ft by 2ft and looks quite huge as compared to my previous cichlids aquarium (1.5 x 1.5 x 2). It is...
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Easter Haul - Freshwater Reef Aquarium
Spending my long weekend visiting Fish Farm again. Here are some items/fishes I bought over the weekend and with it, I re-created an underwater reef.Live Rocks Very light and cheap live rocks from QH,...
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Unboxing - Jumbo Fish Bowl
My long awaited Biorb about to be unboxed. Oh, wait! It is Jumbo Fish bowl (20 inches diameter, 14 inches high). Priced at a fraction of actual Biorb, this huge fishbowl served just as good as...
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World of Cichlids
I was stucked in Qian Hu for 3 hours, on weekday morning, mainly due to their impatient company driver whom didn't bother to look out for passenger at the waiting booth, resulted in me missing the...
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FEEDING MY FIRST BAMBOO SHRIMPS
After much reading up about the behaviour of bamboo shrimp, I’ve decided to give this shrimp a home. The shrimp has various names : Mountain shrimp, Bamboo Shrimp. Fan Shrimp, Singapore Shrimp,...
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Vampire Shrimp vs Mountain Shrimp
FEEDING TIME These shrimps were so adapted to my aquarium, they knew exactly where to find their food (usually in the feeding dish). It saves them the effort of fanning near the outflow filter.FACE-OFF...
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