i found 1 in my tank also
will it split?

masa untuk menjual! sell to me a bit.. 1 ka 2 ka 3 ekor ka..

they are mostly 3mm to 6mm length,

sell some to me too..

if planning to sell remember PM me ya...

aww. so many ppl looking for cherry shrimps.
*hide*

time to let some of them go

Do you guys/gals know if it is possible to buy custom LED aquarium lighting that I can simply cut into the exact lenght? It needs to be 18,5cm wide...

custom LED for aquarium is quite hard to get, but if u from KL, u can try to looking for it jalan pasar...

are you planning to replace them for your aquarium light?
they are not suitable for planted aquarium, unless you know how to DIY 1W or 3W LED light.
i had read several forum about DIY LED for planted tank. most of them doesnt get good result compare to T5HO.

those LED sold in length can be easily found in those DIY light shop. Jalan pasar would be cheaper.

Thanks for the replies! Greatly appreciated.

The main thing is; I need aquarium lights. I have a Fluval 3D tank, the light died on me. I want to replace it, but Fluval Malaysia is not responding to my calls/mails. I think buying a whole new tank to strip the lighting from it is a bit too much (plus, the tank is about RM400). They do not sell separate lights. All aquarium shops in KL used to sell the Fluval 3D Edge, but apparently not anymore.

This is why I was looking into cheap and easy DIY, but of course only when it is with the same good effect as normal lighting. I also don't mind actual aquarium lamps, but the size of the hole directly in contact with open water is only 18,5x18,5x9cm (WxLxH).

Any suggestions?

i guess most of fish shop stop selling because the respond is bad?
first of all the design is really bad, with small opening, you will have less oxygen dissolve in water and heat are being trapped.

if you could take a picture of the old light bulb then maybe we could help you to find it.
if the light bulb is really not available in malaysia, i think the only choice is to replace with LED. you need to make sure that connection are really good or single splash would short circuit.

Or you should just get another set of new aquarium

You are right. The aquarium looks really neat, but is a b**** to maintain proper. The opening is very limiting and besides heat being trapped and such, it is also difficult to clean proper.

But still, I have it, would be a shame to don it...so hopefully I will find a solution to the light problem...

hi desmond,
i am keeping them in a standard 3feet aquarium.
i dont think 1.3feet can hold up to 100 adult shrimps. shrimplets are 3mm to 1.5cm. Those adult shrimps in my aquarium are about 2cm.
even my current 3feet also i think maximum can hold about 300-500 adult shrimps.
if you feel they are over population then it is the time to share this happiness by selling them.

Make sure that you keep a lot of mosses for shrimplets to hide. sometimes adult will hunt for shrimplets if there is not enough food.
Shrimps are omnivores.

This post has been edited by weijie: Dec 22 2011, 12:34 PM

shrimps can mix with fish. but dont put too much expectation to see shrimplets swimming la~ lol....

if cherry mama's egg dissapear then maybe you will see shrimplets later on? hehehhe...

you having same situation like me last time. i kept guppies and cherries because i like them both. but they ended up fighting and cherry won the war. now all survived guppies is moved to my 2feet aquarium which has no shrimps. 3feet tank already dominated by cherry army.

Eating youngsters are wild animal survival instinct. They are forced to feed on the weak for their species to survive. i planning to take some food timer from supplier for this purpose. Hopefully can get it about Rm30-Rm40. Whenever i go outstation, my cherry population decrease. i guess the main reason would be population are big and there is no food for few days. Since i changed to food timer in my cherry tank, i dont have to feed them manually everyday, just set feeding time at 8pm then i will see cherry having buffet when i reach home. no worries too for my xmas 7days trip

weijie can you post some images, i want to see red army!

better diy to change the bulb socket so that easier to maintain later on

Does anyone know where can I find Egeria Densa or Najas near PJ or Damansara? Tried a few shops and none have it.

Thx.

i just bought food timer at jalan pasar this morning, it only cost me rm38 and it work just fine, i set it at 8am and 8pm everyday

my favourite ram.... season greeting to all of you!