Possible to PM me his contact? Eager to purchase shrimp, thanks!Originally Posted by kurty
if you are not particular on the grade of CRS, actually it is quite cheap.
There's a gentlemen in the forum, named Alan, located in west and he sell pretty decent crs with much affordable price range.
Like $2-$3 each?
He's a pro when comes to shrimp, he has all the types that you mentioned. he's selling fire red at $1 each..
I recently bought 10 for $12 at C328.
Well, Bio media.. i'm using Ista, the taiwan brand.. to me, i feel media is a media..
hence, dont spend much money on it. good filter size and regular weekly water cycle, matters the most to me.
I had my equal share of experience..
I bought close to 300 of cherry and none survived.
This 300 was break down in many phases, 100, 100, 40, 40, 20..
even tried CRS, but only a few.. culling give away, so i take.
Only now, then i got the hang of it..
yeah, after CNY is good. HENG heng
Ya this is good enough for small tank. I using H80 on my office shrimp tank. Just dont adjust the flow too high.i did this on my newly bought H80
didn't fill up the impeller section as i'm afraid it might "jam" up the inlet part where water get pump into the entire compartment
Will the low flow-rate setting minimise or slow down the oxygen aeration in the tank? i noticed if i set to the lowest flow, there is not much water movement on the surface
my current GEX F1 internal filter is doing very well in aerating the surface, like river flow feel/speed
If u are keeping shrimp, don't on too high. If normal fishes / cory, it ok.
As for my office shrimp tank, it has shrimplet swimming. It is soo small. Although i have sock on the filter, just to play safe.
Live stock has been added after Nitrite went down to 0ppm, ammonia was 0.25ppm before i did a 40% water-change yesterday.
I've chosen mini guppies as their miniature size would suit this tank setup and cost at low as 1/4 the price of Endlers
After some consideration, i have decided to stay put with my GEX F1 corner filter which is an internal filter, on top of that i've added a Sudo breeding box (S) for housing my bio-medias and filtration sponge to provide more beneficial-bacterial. Here's an update of the current setup...
Actually after taking this photo, i have raised the breeding box level up by putting 2 scotch tape rolls stacking up at the bottom of the breeding box so the inlet of the airline pipe is not sucking up the sand from the base of tank, that leaves some gap in between the bottom of the inlet for air and sand.
Bio media that i've arranged and filled up with,
from top to bottom:
Black Sponge
GEX Super Active Carbon with charcoal (natural power) to remove odour and driftwood stains/coloring
ANS Mini Bacteria House (1 layer)
Black Sponge again
ANS Mini Bacteria House (3 layers)
Rinsed it last night with de-chlorinated tap water and let it "cycle" with a bare tank for like 30mins to an hour to remove unwanted dusts or debris
Gotten this idea from youtube and see how creative Japanese people can be
Last edited by rakurime; 29th Jan 2015 at 09:46.
Feeding time and once i switched off the filter, the mini guppies swarm up and look at me and they know its their favourite meal time!!
Happily munching Hikari Fancy Guppy pellets
The plant at the back near the filter is growing very fast and well, without the need of CO2 injection and i'm happy that the lighting set is providing enough for the plants.
Dosed 2 drops of SeaChem Flourish before i've installed the breeding-box-bio-media-kit
Last edited by rakurime; 29th Jan 2015 at 09:49.
Good idea on using the air-powered external box to DIY a hang-on filter, its definitely able to contain alot of media.
Though i can't help but notice that with all the added equipment cluttering inside and outside the tank, you could have just started with a larger tank instead. Just a thought.
The desk space looks like it should be able to hold a standard 1ft tank (or even slightly larger) which would offer at least 13 liters water volume, almost 4x more than your current tank water volume. It'll have larger area to scape and more space for the fishes to swim... perhaps thats something to consider.
upgrading to a bigger tank means have to re-scape and re-cycle the tank
actually i have the intention changing the tank but i'm afraid that i would use up a lot of water, which is not paid by me lol
my boss intending to let me and my colleague propose a 2 feet tank near our office entrance, and do up a cabinet and let us decide on what theme to do.
I know what you mean... better to "test market" and see if your boss is okay with it, once they get used to the idea, can gradually "upgrade" the tank size.upgrading to a bigger tank means have to re-scape and re-cycle the tank
actually i have the intention changing the tank but i'm afraid that i would use up a lot of water, which is not paid by me lol
my boss intending to let me and my colleague propose a 2 feet tank near our office entrance, and do up a cabinet and let us decide on what theme to do.
The office display tank would be a great project, it'll be a very rewarding teamwork exercise for everyone to participate in.
yeah, i joined the company for 2.5yrs and i just started to introduce a tank into the working environment, it's very nice to hear everyone saying "now, at least there's something to see and hear"I know what you mean... better to "test market" and see if your boss is okay with it, once they get used to the idea, can gradually "upgrade" the tank size.
The office display tank would be a great project, it'll be a very rewarding teamwork exercise for everyone to participate in.
It's gonna take us some time to plan it all out and start our project as our office will be going through a renovation soon, to shift things around and making more space.
so far i've never fail to get useful information, tips and resources here at AQ forum, as i started out this hobby 1 year ago~
Isnt that awesom?! image at work also can get hands wet, not just home but office, how i wish i can have a tank in my office.
My opinion, the External dreeding box is really an eyesore hahaha, distracts the attention, a Shiruba external canister might be great.
Exactly, best is when you are able to feed the fish during work, and do small water change as and when, to keep water "clean" and "safe"
I know its eyesore to some, but i gotta be patient, now still "testing market" as i might upgrade to a bigger tank (30-45cm), see how it goes for now
Once testing done make sure you do work and not play with the tank or move into office hahaha.
what a miraculous monday morning, after 2 days of "fasting" the mini guppies are still alive!!
just fed them 2 rounds, and did 50% water change + a dose of seachem flourish for the plants
what does it mean if the guppies have "brown patch" on their tummy? as in their tummy are transparent, so i noticed there are some brown egg-like thing on one of the female guppy
usually if black dot, i know its time for breeding, but brown patch?
the ratio is like 5 female to 4 male now, 1 RIP
Good ! I also having guppy fry in my planted tank. I saw a mature guppy trying to bite the fry. But the fry hide into my plant. I dont bother to separate and let nature take it course. BTW, speaking of shrimp, last weekend i saw Y618 is selling red cherry shrimp, one bag 10rcs cost 8 bucks, each RCS cost like 80 cents
i'm intending to add in small yamato shrimps but the LFS around my office is marking up prices and usually during lunch time i just go there to see see look look, gaining ideas for my scaping and end up not buying anything.
i'm thinking of getting it from c328 after work which is nearer to my place, but come to think of it, how do i transport them in the early morning, need a battery pump and airstone inside a container to keep them alive, any other suggestions in transporting livestock from 1 end of Singapore to the other end? (45mins bus ride)
Lolz.. dont need la. Just get a small cup container, like LFS selling java moss, round like cup shape with top cover. Point a few hole for air will do. Yamato shrimp are quite hardy one.
How about transporting sakura/cherry shrimps with yamato in that plant-cup-container?
imagine 630am in the morning, scoop them out, transfer them into a cup-container
Ask them to pump air and package a bigger bag for u to transfer tomorrow?
Ya can too. Remember to put small plant for them to hide. When transporting don't shake too much. Avoid direct heat.
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