My New Hobbies - Guppies (Part 2)

I didn't realise it then but after I started keeping the triops (and seeing it lonely digging around in its tank), I thought it would be nice if I could have an aquatic community that I could admire in times of stress/distress...

However, considering my wife isn't particularly fond of animals in the home (excluding our two monkeys), having such a tank at home was out of the question. Yet, in the spur of the moment, I bought a tank from Daiso and got a red betta for the home (more details on this in my next post).

 Having scoured the Web for more info, I decided that my little aquatic community would constitute of triops, bettas, guppies and shrimps. As such, I went to locate fish shops close to my office that would sell the stuff I needed.

During this period, I bought 2 males and 5 females to populate my 1-foot tank, yet somehow the guppies did not seem to thrive as all the females died within a week of buying them. Only the 2 males survived past the first week (and they're still alive now).

As my main tank has been allocated for betta breeding, the males have been moved to the secondary shrimp tank to avoid being attacked by the male during breeding.

Below are the pictures of my office main tank (brand new, with the male guppies and after one week) and the secondary tank (guppies and shrimps).

 

My New Hobbies - Triops (Part 1)

Wow, it's been more than 3 months since I last posted. 

This post (and the next few ones) outlines the journey that I took over these few months and the new hobby I indulged in: Raising Triops, Guppies and Bettas.

In August, in the midst of a particularly challenging period due to a project with its tight timeline, I bought a box of Triops from a local store (Pet Lovers Centre). Planning to teach my kid a little about responsibility by letting him take care of some animals. However, being the kiasu parent I am, I thought that I should try hatching them in office first to make sure that I got the steps right to avoid disappointing the little one.

Contrary to what people shared over the Net, it wasn't easy hatching them. I only managed to get less than 5 hatchlings for every batch. Out of 4 batches, I could only get 2 of them to start laying eggs for the next generation.

Here are some photos that I took during the period when I had the triops.
 

 

The triops died sometime in October (most likely of old age), but I've kept the substrate and left it to dry (hopefully with eggs laid by the first gen triops) so that I can try again in January next year. 

In the meantime, I decided to try something new: raising bettas and guppies...

Nokia Asha 210

My new phone.

Saw this at Newton, are we finally getting a three-rail system?

Love Boat

Lazarus Island Getaway

Nature Documentary in super HD

Bright morning sun

View from Hotel Equarius

Luminous Reds

Office

Goodbye grandma, will always remember your "nagging" to drive slowly. See you in a few decades time.

Plan B

Old skool cooking set

Sunset at Sentosa

It's the start of the year again...

As part of my company's benefits, I have $500 to spend.

Although I just got my E7 and N8, somehow I still feel that my experience is not optimised yet. However, when comparing the N8 and E7, I feel that the N8 has fallen short of my expectations of it as the ex-king of smartphone cameras.

My pet peeves are the red focusing light that I can't turn off, during both low-light and video, as well as the general lack of apps from Nokia Store. Whilst I was aware of the poor app environment, the red light detracted the experience that I had with the N8.

As I am enjoying the use of the keyboard on the E7 more, I think I will be looking to upgrade my N8 to something else. But the challenge is to which device.

With a few devices getting obsolete, I'm considering the Sony Acro S, WX100, Samsung ST200F, Tab 7 and Optimuses as potential candidates to replace my Archos 70h, Sony TX5, N8 and Fujifilm F30.

Whilst I think the Note would fit in terms of its features, I find it a little too expensive at this time.

Decisions...