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...