More Aquaria Adventures

Sunday is usually a day of housework followed by rest. This Sunday started off no different from the others but then ...

We wanted to buy groceries from Sheng Siong Supermarket at 10-Mile Junction but the place was packed, despite the heavy downpour. The 3 levels of FREE PARKING were full and cars were waiting everywhere with their hazards on. Went IN, UP, DOWN and OUT before all the cars were deadlocked inside the carpark. So we decided to go to Fajar Shopping Centre (in Bukit Panjang) for lunch and groceries.

Part 1
Lunch and grocery shopping weren't that interesting, but at Fajar market, I bought a bag of live shrimp (Meant for feeding large fishes, I think they are called Ghost Shrimps). S$2 for about 100 of them. My idea was to see if I can keep a couple of them in the tank with the other fishes. Interesting creatures cos you can see right through them. (i.e. what they are eating, or just ate ... if they are carrying any eggs, etc.)

At home, decided to let nature take its course. Added the shrimp slowly (the big ones first) one by one to the tank. None of the fishes were interested except for the 2 bullies (the 2 angelfish, which have grown pretty large). The larger shrimps managed to survive but several smaller ones got nipped to death. In the end, I guess its survival of the fittest. As of now, there are still quite a number of them still alive. Oh yeah, they have quite a unique (desperate) way of escaping predators. They jump out of the water and stick onto the glass walls of the tank. They will drop back in (via a second jump) when the coast is clear, or when they get become more dry and just drop back in naturally.

Part 2
My pregnant guppy (which I have been observing for a few days) have decided to give birth today! Was observing her in the evening when I spotted her staying very close to the moss wall for the first time. Immediately put her into the "delivery ward" and about 15 minutes later, the first of the fry came out! It took about 30-45 minutes for her to deliver all her fry. One was stillborn and another got sucked out by one of the angelfish through the net! Managed to save the rest. (Check out the picture on the bottom right and count the number of babies!) Fish_