Thursday 31 May 2012

My Mandrain Fish

One of the very unique fishes is the mandrain fish. It is one of the challenging fish. It is very dificult to get it to feed. Very very slow eater. Its movement is so graceful and the color is incredible beautiful.

I have one Green Mandrain fish since last year december. It have been with me for coming to 7 months.

I am not sure what it eats. Every morning, I put one cube of mysis shrimp and one cube of brine shrimp into the pico tank plus some pellets. I only feed pellets at the evening. I did saw it pecks on some pellets and shrimps.

Hope next time I try to take a video when the fish is feeding....







Thursday 24 May 2012

DIY Hailea Chiller with External Temperature Probe/Sensor


In this few weeks,the weather is very hot, my chiller keeps on turn on and off very frequently and nowadays the electrical cost per KWh is also rising. As the coming few months will be also very hot, I decided to look for ways to reduce the kick in of the chiller, hoping reduce the cost of electrical bill.

I found a DIY to connect an external temperature probe to Hailea chiller. The pictures are from a forumer named gryphon in www.arofanatics.com.  He wrote a very detail method of connecting a external temperature probe to a Hailea chiller. I summarised the steps.

1. Buy a NTC based plastic temperature probe/sensor from Sim Lim Tower (shop near the escalator that sell FOX temperature controllers) I think about 2 - 3 meters is the best. There are different types of temperature probe. Make sure it is NTC type.

Picture from gryphon in www.arofanatics.com

2. Remove the front panel by pulling from the bottom of the panel

Picture from gryphon in www.arofanatics.com

 3. Use your finger to reach and press down the two tabs that hold the display panel of the chiller


Picture from gryphon in www.arofanatics.com


Picture from gryphon in www.arofanatics.com

Tabs refer to the circled one:


Picture from gryphon in www.arofanatics.com

4. See the pair of red and black thin wire, that is the wire connect to the internal temperaure sensor in the chiller.

Picture from gryphon in www.arofanatics.com

5. Disconnect and solder or connect to the external temperature probe. (there is no polarity you need to follow)

6. Calibrate your chiller to match your tank's temperature by pressing and hold the Up and Down arrows together.

For more information and show of appreciation to the author please go to the link below and thanks the author:

http://www.arofanatics.com/forums/showthread.php?t=470139

Sunday 20 May 2012

Jellyfish Lake at Palau

Jellyfish Lake in Palau is a very interesting place to go see the Jellyfish without strings. If you have money. should visit this place. Not sure in Singapore, any LFS import fishes from there......





More information about the golden Jellyfish:

http://animals.nationalgeographic.com/animals/invertebrates/golden-jellyfish/


Beside the Jellyfish, there is many more nice underwater fishes:








Friday 18 May 2012

Pico Tank updated as at 18 May 2012

A few changes are made,  the high-fin (blue lips) angel have been transfered to bigger tank, a clarkii clownfish is added, it is from the 2 feet tanks.

A number of fishes have been sold and given away to my friends. My present Pico tank is now have

a) 1x common clownfish
b) 1x Pink skunk clownfish
c) 1x green Chromis
d) 1x yellowtail damsel
e) 1x Banggai Cardinalfish
f) 1x Singapore angel
h) 1x Green Mandrain
h) 1x clarkii Clownfish

Pico Tank as at 18 May 2012:



Saturday 5 May 2012

My triggerfishes

Triggerfish is one of the hardy fish to keep in the aquarium, it can adapt well in the tank. Initially, it will hide that is why the tank need to provide ample hiding place. Through time, it will start to move around. As for food, it will take some times before it starts to eat pellets. It likes market pawn more than pellets.

I have three different types of triggefishes in my tank. Each have its own characters.

1. Niger Trigger (now around 3 inches)
I got it a very small size (less than 1 inch), it is a easy going character that does not bored about other fish in the tank. It does not attack other fish at all. Do not like to move rocks. The colour of the fish changes from day to day between purple, blue and blue/green.

2. Picasso Triggerfish (now around 3 inches)
I got it a very small size (less than 1 inch). It is an interesting one, like to run 100m dash from the side to side non-stop for many times. Like Niger Trigger, never like to bore other fishes in the tank. It have a unique pattern in the body, that is why I brought the fish.

3. Undulate Triggerfish (now around 4 inches)
Indeed one of the aggressive fish in the tank, like to attack the Picasso trigger. Also like move the small rocks around initially. But now, it stop moving the rocks after realising I keep putting back the rocks to the original positions.. Like to hide in his territory area. Always alert and his eyes fellows around with you without moving his body. Very intelligent fish. I got it at round 2-3 inches about 9 months ago

Niger Trigger





Picasso Triggerfish