Yellow Shrimp

When there is a dream, there is a mission that sparks the process to achieve that dream. I have done that. My final color of shrimp - yellow - has swam into my community shrimp tank. Years ago, I thought such dream will never be possible due to the complexity of care and tank setup needed to have shrimps as pet. The success of my first cherry shrimp has dispersed the myth of the difficulty & challenge faced. Thereafter, it led to my crave to try keeping other types of dwarf shrimps while monitoring their behaviour and mortality rate. When I noticed they are easy going with my pocket, I added new color or variety and waited to see how they were doing in my tank. The final verdict, all shrimps are happy with cool and clean tank and a lush "forest" to live in, regardless of your tank sizes.

Organising the Jungle

After my previous post, I have decided to spend my sunday organising my jungled tank. I tie the messy Thai Java Moss on the rock, anchor my petite nana on the ornament bridge which will allow both plants more room to expand as they grow. I have also added another pretty candy green spikey aquatic plant....hmmm. My tank should look more reasonable now - not quite near the amazon forest, but much better than the prevous setup with new flora and more hiding places for shrimps & shrimplets.

Jungled Tank

Side of the tank

Front View of the tank

Usually I do not like to shift my plants. They should be left untouched except when they need trimming which explain why they remain healthy. Yesterday, I love at first sight with very fresh Fissiden and "underwater banana" from LFS. I decided to make space in my tank for them without needing to shift my other plants. Hope my new acquisition prosper. My tank is now a jungle but it still has a lot of space for my shrimps to move freely on the ground during feeding. Hey, my snowball is pregnant again and the newly acquired blue shrimp came with berried female which is good excuse to provide more hideout for them. Or am I the one craving to live in the jungle with varied flora - a dream away from citylife every night by the aquarium

Mr Brown

In a bag of blue shrimps, I saw a single brownie in there. It is the odd one in the sea of blue.

Malayan Blue Shrimps

I was shopping for fissiden on a normal lazy afternoon which soon turned out to be a great surprise. I saw BLUE SHRIMPS!!!! To add to my joy, a bag of blue was sold for rediculously low price. Cheaper than many of my other shrimps. It was the last bag which I picked up in the afternoon. They are no ordinary minted or pale blue, it has deep ocean or indicolite color away from light, aquamarine body under bright light. One or two pieces almost resemble those very expensive blue tiger. Again pictures speak louder than words for what I've got today....enjoy!

Amano enjoying a good massage

It is no wonder people said Otto and shrimps are good companion in a shrimp community tank - one serving the other literally. See how my amano keeping very still allowing the otto to glaze along its body from left, right, center and head to tail? It lasted couple of minutes before the otto called it a day while the shrimp remained still, hoping for a 2nd round.