The New Residents in my home - My Aquarium!

last SG · 2008-10-10T16:04:49+00:00

what nonsense, no bonusmight as well flip tableWe don't have year-end bonuses like in Singapore. But I'm not flipping the table because I have salary packag...

elindra SG

Haha

There was this guy who posted his turtle

First thing I asked was " How come so skinny >.<" Do you even feed it"

Seriously that is the skinniest turtle I have ever seen

Somemore he post after me so it's like kinda obvious ><

youyayu SG

i still remember when i was a kid.. always making noise for father to byu me this fish and taht then put in pond and watch them die..

cos i last time don't know wad is sea creatures and fresh water creatures ><

i actually buy a nemo and put in the pond.. after few mins it float up

elindra SG

-_-

Rhonda SG

i still remember when i was a kid.. always making noise for father to byu me this fish and taht then put in pond and watch them die..

cos i last time don't know wad is sea creatures and fresh water creatures ><

i actually buy a nemo and put in the pond.. after few mins it float up

Oh dear!

Actually, when I was a schoolkid, I remember things weren't so complicated. We just trooped down to the 'fish shop' in the wet market in the neighbourhood, and bugged mom or dad to buy this fish, that fish, then just throw them all into the same tank, see who eats who, who survives or not.

When I was in primary school, guppies were like SG$2.00 one huge bag and angel fishes and swordfishes were like 30-40 cents each. Biangz... I'm like sooooo lao liao!

Rhonda SG

Haha

There was this guy who posted his turtle

First thing I asked was " How come so skinny >.<" Do you even feed it"

Seriously that is the skinniest turtle I have ever seen

Somemore he post after me so it's like kinda obvious ><

Maybe, his turtle is 'fit' and yours is 'morbidly obese'? Don't forget that yours is fertilised hor!

elindra SG

Oh dear!

When I was in primary school, guppies were like SG$2.00 one huge bag and angel fishes and swordfishes were like 30-40 cents each. Biangz... I'm like sooooo lao liao!

You cans till get a bag of guppies at $2.00 a bag

Yes colourful ones too

These days you can get swordfishes at $2.00 a bag and platies too coz no one keeps them these days in Singapore I think. They always end up as feeders

I'm not sure bout those cheap angels anymore ... never liked Angel fishes

elindra SG

Maybe, his turtle is 'fit' and yours is 'morbidly obese'? Don't forget that yours is fertilised hor!

Nay his turtle is underweight

Looks like a skeleton with a shell

Other ppl said he better start pumping it up too haha

Piggy is slightly plump not morbidly obese

Rhonda SG

You cans till get a bag of guppies at $2.00 a bag

Yes colourful ones too

These days you can get swordfishes at $2.00 a bag and platies too coz no one keeps them these days in Singapore I think. They always end up as feeders

I'm not sure bout those cheap angels anymore ... never liked Angel fishes

I didn't like them either... but in my time, we didn't get much choices. There were only guppies, black mollies, all manner of goldfishes, guppies, carp and angel fishes. That was it. I'm talking about the '70's.

Black mollies are cute... everytime I stuck my finger into the tank, they will come 'kiss' it... soooo ticklish!

deathwish SG

Oh dear!

When I was in primary school, guppies were like SG$2.00 one huge bag and angel fishes and swordfishes were like 30-40 cents each. Biangz... I'm like sooooo lao liao!

I like rearing gold fish in pri sch

elindra SG

Black mollies are cute... everytime I stuck my finger into the tank, they will come 'kiss' it... soooo ticklish!

I'm not even around till almost end 70s hahaha

Then again I'll be too young to understand

Rhonda SG

Nay his turtle is underweight

Looks like a skeleton with a shell

Other ppl said he better start pumping it up too haha

Piggy is slightly plump not morbidly obese

I was kinda thinking of myself... Back in SG, I was apparently "morbidly obese" according to my BMI. Here, I'm average! Hallelujah!!

elindra SG

I like rearing gold fish in pri sch

In Primary school I had too many pets

I think I had :

3 dogs
1 canary
4 hamsters
4 frogs
2 3 feet tankful of fish
2 Salamandars (not illegal then)
2 terrapins
1 soft shell turtle
2 rabbits
2 chickens

Rhonda SG

I'm not even around till almost end 70s hahaha

Then again I'll be too young to understand

I like the '70's where nobody knew too much about anything and things therefore were much less complicated. When we cleaned fish tanks last time, we caught all the fishes into a separate bucket which was used to clean floors, and gave the tank a good scrub, then dumped the fishes back in. No fishes died as a result.

These days, must change only 10-30% of the water every 1-3 weeks lah, age the water with a water ager lah, test pH of the water lah, test ammonium levels etc lah, blah blah blah. Last time, we never did such things and the fishies all survived.

Rhonda SG

I like rearing gold fish in pri sch

Gold fishes are easy... they grow fat easily cause they tend to overeat. They won't stop even when full... t hey'll just eat and eat till they burst! A friend of my brother's actually reported seeing the sides of his goldfish get a bloody red 'bleed' after the goldfish ate non-stop!

honeymouse SG

On Thursday, 9 Oct 2008, after MONTHS of planning for and shopping around and reading, I FINALLY set up a humble little aquarium!

I love Bumble Bee Fishes and once I realised that they do import them over here, I was so gleeful I wanted to keep them. Me and the Bumble Bee Gobies go a long way, back to when I was in Pri / Sec Sch.

I couldn't find a tank that was small enough because the smallest was already 38 litres! Besides, they didn't come cheap over here because a heater is also needed to maintain the water at 25-27 deg C for the tropical fishes. Actually, everything aquarium is expensive here, compared to back home, so I had to wait and shop around a bit first...

I got my wee little 5.7 L tank for just A$40 and it comes complete with a (weak) LED light and a pump + filter.

I wanted three bumble bee gobies and when I went to the neighbourhood aquarium, they had three left! So, the gobies all came home with me and became happy residents! Look how permanently grumpy they look! Harharhar! I LOVE them because they are forever grumpy-looking!

I got three snails free. You can see one of them clinging to the side of the tank above.

I saw one other aquatic creature that really caught my interest - Crystal Red shrimps! They are apparently 'rare' here and I really balked at the price - blardy A$40 each!! After hassling the staff to be sure that the gobies won't make expensive snacks out of them, I got the two largest Crystal Red shrimps they had.

They are sooo tiny! Hopefully, they will eat a lot and grow large fast. There's no way of telling if they are a male-female couple or not but I sure hope they are and that they will breed!

Apparently, they really love moss, so they can kinda 'hide' in it and makan from it too. It's quite cute how they are always nestled in the entangled mess of moss!

Like so...

I kept observing the residents in the tank and yelling out to the bee fish gobies that they are NOT to makan the shrimps! I held my breath each time they got close to each other, but hmm... today's the first morning post aquarium set-up and all residents are at home so I guess nobody kena'd makan! No casualties reported! Hehe!

Heng ah... the bee fish gobies simply swim by the shrimps each time their paths cross! Phew!!

Oh.... you finally did it!!!! Yay.....

Rhonda SG

In Primary school I had too many pets

I think I had :

3 dogs
1 canary
4 hamsters
4 frogs
2 3 feet tankful of fish
2 Salamandars (not illegal then)
2 terrapins
1 soft shell turtle
2 rabbits
2 chickens

I lived in a tiny 2-bedroom HDB apt so I only had fishes and tortoises.

I loved it when mom sliced up cabbage / lettuce and dumped them all on the tortoises and then you couldn't see them, but you could hear them crunching away at the lettuce and then suddenly, you see them after they've eaten away the top layers!

Rhonda SG

Oh.... you finally did it!!!! Yay.....

The whole exercise cost me almost AUD $300!! Bloody hell!!

Rhonda SG

Say, honeymousey... SL's coming over to visit me in late Nov. Paul's also been nagging at me to clean up my place so I can invite him over. I guess my target is before SL arrives so I can invite all of you over... but be prepared... there's only one chair and one futon couch that's a double bed in the living room. I can sit on the top rung of a ladder I have and the rest of you ... well, will just have to figure out where you wanna sit!

cassie SG

The whole exercise cost me almost AUD $300!! Bloody hell!!

wow! expensive hobby!

Rhonda SG

wow! expensive hobby!

And worse, you don't get bang for your buck here, unlike in Singapore...

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