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Water Parameters the Hard and Soft values

Water Parameters Hard Value I split water parameters into two different large category namely the Hard and Soft parameters. This post is a follow up of the previous one where i touch on water parameters. This will help to provide a clearly picture of what it meant to have both hard and soft water parameters and the importance of it. Hard water parameters are those that most of us use test kit to measure, this is where the hard values are tested and indicate a value corresponding to either acidic, dissolved solids etc.

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Staying the course even when you don’t see results

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Tips on when to reset your tank

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How to keep the fire burning

Breeding, Shrimp, Tips

The All New: Kallax Ball

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Simplicity in Shrimp Keeping result in better shrimps

While i have been talking to a few local and overseas breeder, it appears that for those breeders that have been in the hobby for some time understood the meaning of simplicity. Simplicity in Shrimp keeping is really tough and difficult…

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Should information be shared??

Today i had a couple of newly acquired friends where i had the chance to share shrimp keeping information first hand to them. Till today, i still believe in this. Information should be shared openly and as accurately as possible regardless…

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Shrimp Breeding Tips (Shrimp Food Edition – Lubao included).

There are a lot of factors influencing the shrimp ability to breed from water parameter to food to shrimp genetics. However, today i would like to touch on a fairly common topic on Shrimp Food. The first question i get asked frequently is…

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Can my tank be too small for shrimp breeding?

The bigger the water volume, the less fluctuation happens in an aquarium compared to one with a smaller water volume. This is certainly true as a general rule for all aquarist. However, does it mean that everyone need to have big tanks to keep…

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Step by Step : Lubao.

A breeder shared with me his analogy and i really like it as it matches to my other blog post Michelin Star. In other words, in the hands of a Chef/Painter they are able to create outstanding food/painting but not everyone given the same set…

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Benefits of feeding quality food

There are a myriad of different type of food available in the market and also plenty of home made recipe that shrimps consume as well. However, what really is important is providing good quality feed for your shrimp. if you are currently feeding…

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Microorganism Food aka Lubao.

The last 6 months was a total train wreaked with my work schedule however i still make it a point to have Google meet with overseas shrimp hobbyist! A shout out to those who we have met face to face on Google meet. Sharing has always been me,…

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Water Change and Reminerizing

I have got some questions regarding how i do my water change and how do i reminerize. In this short post i'll share with you how i do mine the easy and effective way. There are other ways to do water change, i just want to ensure they are the…

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Boa Shrimp: Starting 2021 on the right track!

A shoutout to those out there who have given me very good feedback on the post and i'll continue to pen down my thoughts. Ben enjoys spending time browsing through online restaurant reviews and take down notes on which restaurant he like…

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Shrimp Breeding Tips (Genetics – BackCrossing and OutCrossing)

This is often overlooked when it comes to shrimp breeding because if a hobbyist keep them in a large colony and "Hope" for the best results will often be disappointed. The history of Caridina you see today with multiple colors and pattern are…

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Michelin Star

Sorry did i write the wrong title for this post? Isn't it supposed to be Shrimp related, why is this talking about the Michelin Star? This analogy was shared to me after a discussion with a breeder in Singapore such as what are mass market shrimp…

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Shrimp Breeding Tips (Shrimp Food Edition – Lubao included)

https://youtu.be/mLaKL158tk0 The video for this series There are a lot of factors influencing the shrimp ability to breed from water parameter to food to shrimp genetics. However, today i would like to touch on a fairly common…

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Weaving through the nets.

It is difficult to ignore the fact that this topic on Shrimp net is often very overlooked and often undermentioned. Reason i say this is because most of the time hobbyist will get any net and use it for ages! I am one of them until i met a…

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Trying out vlogging

Had a great support to go ahead with vlogging, not something i thought about doing but certainly a good way to improve myself in many areas. Like one of the comments shared with me "You Only Live Once". Not the best but getting the first…

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Hwa Shipment Mid October 2020

This feels like the kid that goes into a candy shop or a toy store, the butterflies in the stomach. Due to Covid it has been some time where i can purchase Taiwan shrimp directly and ship it legally into Singapore. With all the help from friends…

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PRL – Part 3 Flowerhead

Now this is a big controversy when it comes to PRL with Crown or flowerhead pattern, it is undoubtedly being discussed for many years and at length. Is flowerhead considered PRL? Yes and No.What kind of an answer is this? Maybe…

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PRL – breeding

Pure red line (PRL) are really good shrimp to start on your shrimp breeding journey. One of the reason is because they are really hardy and can take quite a wide range of water parameters. I have friends who kept them up to 800 tds almost…

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PRL – Part 2

What is my preference in terms look for PRL? This is my own guidance for selecting , so the below will be the ones that i will not consider as my stock shrimp for that particular line. for example if i am going to keep 2 or 3 distinct line…

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Pure red line (PRL) shrimp

One of the more commonly seen and easier to keep shrimp are the Pure Red Line. There has been a lot of documentation on this shrimp with a history of how they come about. However, I will be touching on more about keeping and breeding this shrimps. One…

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Feeding technique

With so many different type of shrimp food available in the market, they are in all kinds of shapes and sizes. In my opinion most of the food size do not cater to our shrimp size and a good method will be to feed An amount that they are able…

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Shrimp dying

This is as simple as it get, why are my shrimp dying? What are the main causes of shrimp death? Water Parameters This is the first reason that your shrimps are dying by the numbers - 1-2 per day or weekly. Why is water parameters the number…

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Lesson learnt

During this period of unknown certainly where businesses are slowing down and some come to a grinding halt. It is unfortunate some of the Companies globally fall short of their required revenue to keep them afloat. An increase in bankruptcy…

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The Ugly Duckling

Took me sometime to think of a title for this and this is one of the more commonly asked question and also one interesting fact about this. In this post, I’m going to share with you something that is usually not known to many and would probably…

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Plants in shrimp tanks?

I get this question quite a bit, can we have both planted tank and shrimps together? Sure why not. Anyway if the objective is a planted tank, then by all means go ahead and do a planted tank, paludarium, terrarium or any type and then add shrimps…

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What is really necessary for shrimp breeding?

Have you wondered with a myriad of products in the market what do you really need to purchase to breed successfully ?frankly the lesser you use the better, in this case the necessary items is needed. What is necessary? From all my blog…

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What I focus and why…

Thanks for all the support to the blog and as I continue to pen down my experience and thoughts, please keep those replies coming. For those who have supported me through “virtual coffee” really appreciate it. So in this entry, I will touch…

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The 4 main elements to good shrimp keeping

I wish someone told me this with conviction before I start shrimp keeping which would have reduced a lot of unnecessary investment and effort to re do some of the things I did. I did quite a bit of research extensively but I didn’t get to…

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Visit to Germany part 2

It has been quite some time since I last visit Germany again. This time I was fortunate to be back in Germany to meet my good friends Kuzey and his family! This blog entry will bring you in a journey together with me to uncover the interesting…

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Water Change

This blog post is written because an avid reader had requested for it and made a donation to support the writing cause. Thank you! you know who you are. As easy as it may sound, doing water change is one of the utmost important step in shrimp…

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Breeding stock

When you venture far enough to start thinking about breeding good shrimps, there will come a time when breeding stock comes to mind. Why is breeding stock so important ? One of the most important reason is the genetic of the shrimp lineage. One…

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All about breeding tanks part II

Now that you know breeding one line of shrimp is all about having more tanks or a minimum of 3. So in this Part 2 of "all about breeding tanks", I'll be touching on what goes inside the breeding tank for selective breeding. Selective breeding…

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All about breeding tanks

Have you wondered how many tanks is required to breed a single line? A minimum of 3 but having more is always good. Pardon my drawing and here is the break down. Tank 1 is shrimplet tank Tank 2 is breeding tank Tank 3 is selective…

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Molt

Every shrimp molt as part of a growing/breeding process but molting can be difficult for some shrimp and they normally die during molting. We term them fail molt.

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Ninja warrior!

There have been many confusion of what is a Super black crystal, panda and black ninja. Are they all the same shrimp? No. If anybody say they are one and the same then you are in for a ride. Reason being is very simple, a Super black is a…

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Breeding and feeding…

I see this question many times on what kind of feed to use to get my shrimps to saddle and berry eventually. Actually shrimps are not very fussy eater, as Long as we provide a diet of plant and animal diet that will be sufficient. The misconception…

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My feeding routine

I primarily like to keep things simple when it comes to food. Since there are a huge range of food products available in the market but what will be an ideal feed? Shrimps unlike animal and fishes keeps feeding constantly due to their small…

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Shrimp trend in Singapore

Thank you for the recommendation avid readers! Please keep them coming so that I can keep writing topics that are of interest. For this blog post, I’ll be touching on the trends of Shrimp keeping in Singapore and you can be the judge on how…

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The Magic Bullet in shrimp keeping…

Do you believe there is a magic bullet in shrimp keeping? Apparently after much observation I haven't found someone or any brand for that matter to have good products and competition grade shrimps. The reason is simple, line breeding requires…

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Black fancy tiger grading part 2

Made a video to share [wpvideo ZdPr2x9s ] Selectively bred outcome of this Black fancy tiger is superior in terms of Color and grading.

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A learning perspective…

Recently there has been a discussion around learning and how do we determine if we have learn and progress? To many learning is all about trying different setup, powder, food, water etc but with their current shrimp. There is absolutely nothing…

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Shrimp tank setup part 2

On the first part of shrimp tank setup there wasn't a step by step on how to do the setup. With the recent expansion a fellow hobbyist suggested that I share how it was done. Siesta UGF UGF cut to size and add in black foam above the UGF.…

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Revisiting Taiwan Shrimp Master – Hwa

If you haven't heard of his name in the shrimp industry then you got to trace back his accomplishments and history. I held back this post for the longest time because I wanted to validate and be sure if he is what others claim he is. Apparently…

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Water stability

Water stability What constitute to water stability? Every time I get a question asking why would my shrimp die? There are a range of possibilities to that question but we can be sure for one we will need water stability. First off, the bigger…

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For the weekend hobbyist

Personally I always wanted to look for a methodology that will help busy people not to lose faith in shrimp keeping hobby. It is difficult to ignore the fact that shrimp hobby in itself requires some form of engagement to keep it running. Feeding,…

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Sharing the Joy!

One of best part in shrimp keeping for me is about sharing knowledge and successes with other fellow hobbyist. The urge to share true information is fundamentally being twisted by many sellers to their advantages. However, if it wasn't a reputable…

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Taking shrimp pictures using Mobile phone

There are any ways to take a good picture. I picked up photography when I was young and spent countless hours in the field taking macro photography. Certainly it will be great if everyone can afford a DSLR a macro lens etc to get the perfect…

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Shrimp food

Just pointing you to this shrimp good guide will be an easy way out for this post. https://www.practicalfishkeeping.co.uk/gear/buyers-guides/articles/2016/7/21/the-big-shrimp-food-test When I look through all the Brand that were tested there…

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Top 5 myth (part 1)

1. Myth: shining strong light on your shrimp will make it look nicer ✓ Fact :no matter how much light you shine will not make your shrimp look better. You might as well cook it. 2. Myth: buying culls and slowly trying to breed and get good…

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My breeding tank setup

Some of you have asked me to share about my breeding tank setup. It really is pretty straight forward. Picture worth a thousand words. I learn from Taiwanese breeder on the setup and modified a little but in general works the same. Here…

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Black fancy tiger 6 (price)

New post right after Chinese New Year. For those who have been requesting me to write on some topics. These are for you. Sharing some of the black fancy tiger picture with you. Is the shrimp price bubble that will burst eventually. This…

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Black fancy tiger 5 (grading)

This section will discuss on grading Particularly the black fancy tiger but can generally use it as a methodology for grading. One of the reasons for sharing this article really is about how grading is done from a judge and seller perspective.…

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Black fancy tiger 4 (Breeding graded shrimps)

What is the key to success in breeding these black fancy? Can we attribute to luck and close our eyes to randomly breed hoping something good may appear? In line breeding, luck plays a small part. So what is the critical success factors? There…

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Black fancy tiger 3

Let us dig a little deeper to understand what goes behind the scene when breeding black fancy tigers. According to the Taiwan shrimp book, there is a short paragraph mentioning about a reputable breeder who did a test between pure black…

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Visit to Germany

A warm invite to visit an overseas home breeder in Germany is really exciting. The thoughts of having to see the Number of tanks is like sending a kid into a candy store. Turkish coffee with the newly acquired friends! The boss catching…

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Black Fancy Tiger Part 2

Information about these elusive shrimp called the black fancy tiger does appear to be lacking and after speaking to various breeders in Taiwan and Germany, i have learnt quite a few new things. Breeders normally breed something that would…

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Black Fancy Tiger journey

It wasn't Long before I got the order to keep black fancy tiger. Apparently being new to the shrimp hobby I wasn't aware that black fancy tiger is relatively new in the shrimp keeping hobby. The high price tag on the black fancy tiger ranges…

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Mosura Wine Red

One of the easier to breed shrimp that has the deep wine red is really captivating. It is important that water quality is key for continuous breeding. Water parameters: pH:6.0 Kh:3 GH:2 TDS:110 Ammonia, nitrite and nitrate :0 Mosura wine…

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Filter media

PowerHouse. That is what I would like to share in this post. Being one of the most sought after filter media, there is currently no distributor in Singapore. The reason is that due to the high prices for the media, not many customers are willing…

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