Some Neocaridina heteropoda var in Aquarama 2011

So the famous Neocaridina heteropoda or Red Cherry Shrimp also have many variants or colour variety just like the famous Crystal Red Shrimp,  Caridina sp. Here are some of the Neocaridina heteropoda var. I saw in Aquarama 2011.

For better viewing experience, please click on the photos to enlarge...

Ok, this is the popular Neocaridana heteropoda, but this is the Fire Red Shrimp variety

Next is the Yellow shrimp...Yellow Fire Shrimp to be exact =.="

I wonder why they give such a funny name, I can't relate fire with yellow...lolz

The best close up I can get.....fire? yellow?...tell me if you can relate fire with yellow, haha

Another funny name Chocolate shrimp....Chocolate?!?! Well at least I can relate brown and chocolate :D

There...Chocolate shrimp...another variety of the Neocaridina heteropoda

Taste like chocolate?

And finally, this variety of the Neocaridina heteropoda caught my eye, the Glaze shrimp. And funny, I did a Google search on the term "Glaze Shrimp" you know what turn up? A dish called Glaze shrimp...lolz!

Glaze shrimp...looks like a CRS huh 

Glaze shrimp with eggs

More glaze shrimp...

Even more glaze shrimp...aha, pic almost the same as above

Tank full of Glaze shrimp!

After I came back from Singapore, and visited one of the LFS here in my place, I found out that the Glaze shrimp is available for sale! 

Well that's it for now....~ Cheers

Aquarama 2011 Discus Grand Champion

Phew~ This is one stunning discus fish, and definitely deserve the Aquarama 2011 Discus Grand Champion title. Check out the photos...for better viewing experience, please click on the photos to enlarge...

Trying to woo the champion so that I can get a side shot

Ooops, a little too much over to the right...but a champion is a champion, and worth the wait :)

Finally a side shot that's worth the long wait :D

There's more pics to come, I will post them up slowly, as I didn't bring my laptop along...too bad :(....and I'm still in Singapore by the way, and have to borrow someone else pc to go online. When I have the opportunity, I will update again.....well let me know what you think about this fish ~Cheers!

Aquarama 2011 - Singapore

The 12th International Ornamental Fish and Accessories Exhibition or Aquarama 2011 Singapore will be held from 26th - 29th May.

Here's a little info about Aquarama 2011:

Aquarama is one of Asia’s biggest international ornamental fish and accessories exhibition for the aquatic fish industries and its related sectors. Slated for 26 – 29 May 2011 in Singapore, Aquarama will incorporate Pet Asia 2011 that will add on to the spectacular settings of the dynamic event.


Aquarama is an all-encompassing event that offers boundless business opportunities to its targeted market segments. Industry players from all over the world choose Aquarama as their definitive meeting place and channel for growing their businesses – whether it is for sourcing new products, setting new industry standards or simply learning of the latest technology and industry developments.

Based on the latest FAO data, Singapore is once again the number 1 ornamental fish exporting country, accounting for 20.71% of the world’s total ornamental fish export value in 2007 (US$319.093 million). The economic outlook for the aquatic fish industries are set aglow with the vast business opportunities in Singapore and Asia. Discover the potential of the global markets and drive success to your business in the vibrant ornamental and aquatics fish industries.

--- cited from Aquarama 2011---

For more information about the venue visit here: Aquarama 2011 venue

...and about me myself, sorry for not updating this blog for so long, been juggling with life and work :(....anyway, back to Aquarama 2011, I will be visiting this event :D.....I will be goin to Singapore on the 27th May. So if any of you guys goin to the event, well I see you there :D

Takashi Amano Workshop in Malaysia

For more details click on the poster above

A once in a lifetime opportunity to meet Takashi Amano aka King of Nature Aquarium in Malaysia.

This workshop is held in conjunction with Aquafair Malaysia 2010. Here's the particular...

Date	26 November 2010
Time	2:00 pm – 6:00 pm
Venue	Exhibition Hall 4, Kuala Lumpur Convention Centre Kuala Lumpur
Fee	RM 150.00 / USD 50.00 per participant
Speaker	Mr Takashi Amano – King of Nature Aquarium

*For more information about this event, please visit here

*Alternatively you can also download the registration form here 
 
I'll be attending this workshop so if any of you guys attending, then I'll see you there :D

And by the way, I heard rumors that the date of the workshop was brought forward to the 27th November 2010 by popular request because it falls on Saturday which I think is much convenient to the local hobbyist.

If in any case it is true, then for those flying down to Kuala Lumpur, please make sure you are staying here extra longer, coz you don't want to be flying home on the 27th. Just to be safe, be there till the end of the aquafair event which is till the 28th November 2010.

So I guess that's about all, and for your info I'll be flying down on the 25th November, so till then see you there and see me live in real person too....haha :D

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Announcement!
This post was re-edited on 16 April 2011

I had to remove the link to Aquafair Malaysia due to some technical glitch. Contact me if you want the link to the website.

Sorry for the inconvenience,
Thanks :D

Java moss carpet

Quite sometime ago I created a foreground carpet using moss I collected from the wild. I guess it's java moss, because of it's form. The pic below shows the wild moss I collected a while back.

wild moss, I'm certain it's java moss because of the structure of it's strand...I can be wrong though :(

Check out the links below, you can read more about my moss collecting trip in my older blogpost:

http://borneosucker.blogspot.com/2009/11/left-my-camera-battery-at-home.html

http://borneosucker.blogspot.com/2009/06/collecting-moss.html

So back to the moss carpet story...this is the result of using the above moss to make moss carpet...check out the pics...and pardon me, pics are blurry because I capture using a handphone camera :(

Java moss carpet, they grow in the form of individual strand like dwarf hairgrass :D This was taken on 2nd July 2010

Pic taken on 29th July 2010, just within few weeks, it became so dense :D...time for some trimming though

And if you ever wonder how I started growing this moss, how I tie it....here it is...

Yeap, this is how I started growing the moss. Just tie on some pebbles or small rocks. And arrange it where you want the carpet to be :D

There you have it, my simple technique to creating a java moss carpet :D

~Cheers! 

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