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.

Red Vs Green Colour Food

Most cichlid(and most fish that I have reared) for no good reason at all like to eat like pellet food that is red in colour. Maybe they just like the red colour. Or maybe green is for softies. I have experimented this hypothesis with jewel cichlid and the result is red pellets are eaten much faster than green ones. Coincidence????

9 Convicts Vs 2 Hybrid Jewels. Who Will triumph?

The images shown where the fight takes place. The jewels are a pair and those 9 convicts are in doubt at each other heads. Technically the convicts control 2/3 of the aquarium and 1/3 to the jewels. And to add the commotion is a silver Siamese Gourami act as the middleman.