Arrival of new SAE

The black brush algae in our Guppy Tank is growing profusely and with no one eating them, it will just be in a matter of time that they will overtake the tank:

That was why we decided to buy a SAE (Siamese Algae Eater) on 2nd May 08 for the Guppy Tank, as the one in [...]

Dwarf Chain Loaches Spawning Behaviour?

We are supposed to have a total of 7 Dwarf Chain Loaches (Y. sidthimunki) since I bought another 5 (see Arrival of the new Loaches) on top of the existing 2 we had. However, the highest count we could do at one time was only 4, so we couldn’t help but wondering if the missing ones [...]

Main Tank Updates

New fishes and plants have been added recently, with slight adjustments in the setup too.
We have just bought two Garra Flavatra at S$2.50 each (a drop in price from $5.00 a year back) as Cat loved Garra a lot. Though we are unable to revive the Garra we both liked, this is as much as [...]

Pregnant Mum & Daughter

Since a few weeks back, we have placed one of Pretty’s daughters into the main planted tank. She was hand-picked from the many other female guppies in the Guppy Tank, as she was the fastest growing fish there. Her pleasant appearance of course added to her chance of being chosen too.
Until recently, I’ve noticed the [...]

Dwarf Loach – Botia Sidthimunki

Went down to Qian Hu this afternoon in search for Zebra Loach (Botia Striata) to help keep the snail population in check, but unfortunately they did not have any stock of them.
Fortunately, we found an alternative — Dwarf Loach, also known as Botia Sidthimunki. It is the smallest loach in the Botiine loach group and is [...]