Shrimp Fever!! (Part II)

I recently got hooked on Sulawesi shrimps after catching sight of them due to a friend's recommendation ... scoured around for sources to purchase them but came short. The nearest source was in Kuala Lumpur and they are charging a whopping RM20/piece.

Lady luck decided to finally lend a hand here and "brought" a batch of Sulawesi Cardinal shrimps (a.k.a. white spots) to the local CTY aquarium. :) A friend of mine helped to get some even before they were available for purchase ... heh heh ...

Unfortunately, 4 died over the weekend but the remaining 6 is still looking strong in my nano tank. Hopefully, they will eventually compensate to repopulate their lost comrades. Here's a picture that I manage to capture of one of them early in the morning ... magnificent colors (my wife labeled them as Swarovski Crystal like shrimps ... :))

Pictures of My Fauna

Here are some nice pictures of the critters in my tanks ... beautiful little creatures. :)

From top to bottom, tiger endler, blue-red grass guppy and CRS.

New Addition

After putting off taking pictures of my tank for a while (due to its unsightly algae infestation), I've finally managed to snap a few photos of it. If you are a follower of my blog, you'll notice that this appearance changed significantly as I've just re-scaped the 1ft tank. The old layout was too cluttered with a rock in the background which cannot be seen. I've since removed that from the layout so that it looks more tidy.

FYI, I've also since started another planted 1.5ft cube tank and it has been populated with the lovely blue grass or red-blue grass :) (got them from a friend - thanks Johnny). I've also populated this tank with RCS and CRS. Enjoy ...

Shrimp Fever!!

It has been a while since I last updated this blog. Been quite busy with family and work lately. BUT ... I have not given up on the aquatic hobby yet. :) I just got another 15 CRS from a different source to further populate the tank. As the title would have it, the CRS were not the only shrimps I got. :)

Recently, shrimp fever has plagued a few of my colleagues as well and we've been doing group buys for shrimps. We've gotten CRS and green shrimps lately ... yes ... GREEN shrimps. Some of them looked quite green but some are just pale white with the occasional pinkish blemish.

Just got a trio of golden bee shrimp as well to hopefully help generate a better quality CRS when they breed. Will attempt to take pictures and post them. The nano tank has been re-scaped and I've since started a new bigger tank as well filled with blue/red grass guppies.

Finally ... CRS Venture!!

After months of thinking, I finally decided to try my luck with crystal red shrimp (CRS). Got 9 yesterday and they are all still happily swimming this morning. Hopefully they stay that way ... only time will tell. :)

Ultimate Sacrifice - An Irony Tale

Well, I guess I spoke too soon when I said lucky me ... a few days back, both the adult tiger endler females caught the ick and one died the day after I saw the white spots. I quickly transferred the last adult female tiger endler into a separate treatment tank (with general cure and salt).

To my surprise, she dropped a liter of 19 endler frys 2 days later. I was over joyed when that happened but it all came crumbling down a day later when the adult female also froze like a stick. Well, it looks like the ultimate sacrifice for the adult female but at least she made sure her babies are alive ...