Two severums made using Bryce.

Otos and Shrimps....

After a few a trial and error I finally manage to make them stay alive. Now the aquarium holds 7 otos (Otocinclus affinis) , around 11 Red Cherry Shrimp (Neocaridinia sp) , and about 9 Green Shrimp (Caridinia cf Balbauti green I think). Although i had the otos around two weeks now and the shrimps around 3 -4 months now, they are still not breeding. Aquarium are heavily planted to initiate breeding but still no sign of fry or shrimplet. Using a sponge filter as power filter can suck adult shrimp easily.

An oto cat sitting on the driftwood

An oto cat and red cherry shrimp eating together.

A green shrimp. Very hard to find in the aquarium

Shrimp Shrimp Shrimp............

My first experience with shrimps when i bought them at a local pet shop in Serdang. With RM1 I can get a handful of that almost colorless shrimp( I just do not know what kind it is). It looked almost like a ghost shrimp. Anyway its breeding like crazy now. My next goal is finally breed this 4 kind of shrimp - cherry shrimp, green shrimp, tiger shrimp and bee shrimp. After two attempts of breeding them I failed miserably. Now its time to change plan as new method must be reinforced.

Pleco... It is that hardy?

Last year I bought a total of 5 pleco. (2 were bought by my mother but influenced by me). All of them died within a month. They manage to live under me for about 2 - 3 weeks. No injuries or diseases were seen . Its tank mates were 4 firemouths (juvenile) and one adult krib.

My New Fire Mouths

I bought 4 fire mouths last year. 2 died while i am in college. Than during my break I bought 2 more. I still cannot figure out which one is male or female. The 2 survivors are a lot bigger than the newbies. The largest usually chase the others for no good reason ( dominant feeling). I am hoping it will start breeding this year.