Hello Rili Mama!

Photo Shoot for the Mama !

And so there I was saying the brownie is always hiding, a very candid shy shrimp and BAM~ there she is, at the front of the tank waiting for me to picture her in this album. 

Ran to my room to get my macro lens and took a few shots of her, only 2 of the lot turn out well before she went back into the hiding.

You can really see that she is really small in size and not very colorful like the others.

Talk about luck, lady Yellow fire shrimp came along as well for a photo shoot. Only a brief moment but more then enough for me to capture a shot of her. A little blurry but that is all I have, only 1 shot. If you look closely you can see the little eyes on the eggs under her belly! CUTE!

And guess who decides to play as well!

Bat man mode Berried Rili.

Drip Method for Acclimatization

As I have spoken a few times about the drip method for Acclimatization, I don't think I have ever posted any pictures on how I do it. Heres how;

1) First of all, you will need 1 of this air tube valves, a very simple mechanism that allows you to control the flow of the air bubbles from your air pump.

2)However, instead of controlling the flow of air, we will be controlling the flow of water here.

3)Next you will have to connect to a long enough air tube that can reach 1 end of your tank to your Acclimatization "cup". Below is a picture of how I connect them.

4) Next step will be to siphon water into the tube so that you can create a flow from a higher end to a lower end. In this case, my tank to the "cup".

5) Finally, you turn the little knob on control valve till you get approximately 1 drop of water for 2-3 secs and viola, you have just achieved the Acclimatization technique.

cheers!

New Batch of Shrimps

As I have casualties from my CRS batch, I have decided to venture out on a different project this round. So lets see what we have today. 

I'm wondering what will be the name of the plant that are accompanying the shrimps? Anyone care to enlighten me on that?

 Can you make a guess of what is in there?

If you look really closely, there is a berried shrimp in there :)

Okay, enough guess, there are 3 species in my acclimatization squad. They are YFS, Rili and Orange Shrimps (I'm hoping to call them Sunkist) The berried shrimp is a Rili and her eggs color are really cool, seems almost like luminous green.

They are doing their drip bath now and should be ready to venture into the tank in 30mins.

cheers!

Disaster Strikes on CRS

Something really bad happen and most of my CRS are wiped out over the period of 1 week. I suspect it is the maturation of the canister being insufficient. Looks like I will have to start from scratch again.

On a lighter note, one of my brownies (I have decided to name the mix shrimps brownies for easier reference) is berried.. YES BERRIED! it is only about 1 cm in size! I will try to get a picture of her but she is too shy for a photo shoot.

Stay tuned!

Java Trimming time!

As we can see, as the shrimps have grown, so have the Crazy Java/Xmas Moss.

Look at the mess before trimming.

Casualties of Moss

Much brighter now.

still a Mess, but neater it has been!

2 Weeks of Outstation and I'm back!

Been 2 weeks since I seen my shrimps! and boy, have they grown! 

This is a mix of YFS and Cherry, look at how big they are now, couldn't get a side view yet and I will try to get one later. Their brown pigment have intensified and look a lot better than before.

Grade B CRS strolling by the garden.

This Male Cherry have been in my tank for a really long time. Chilling on top a Mineral rock.

Grade A CRS by the filter mash, I guess the best foods are all found on the intakes :)

And lastly 1 of my bigger BDS. Just love the awesome brown color on them.

I will do more updates once I get organized and I will take more pictures of the new happenings around my tank. Including another berried YFS. Stay tuned!

[Kevyn]