My New Shrimp Tank

Ok so i moved away from big pinchy lobsters and now im keeping shrimps. I think a good thing abt shrimps is that u dun get so emotionally attached to one so if/when they die, you don't feel so bad. Main BAD point about shrimps are that they are so expensive! I'm trying to grow plants/moss inside the tank too coz i heard they love them. Never ever in my life did i see myself growing plants....well just goes to show u never really know...just like how i never saw myself being a businessman.













Setup
- 2 ft x 1ft tank
- Jebo 825 Cannister (1st tray: Ceramic Rings, 2nd tray: Biohome, Jap Mat, 3rd tray: cotton wool)
- Redsun CL200 Chiller (currently set at 24 C)
- CO2 Cannister (currently set at 1 bubble per 4 secs)
- CO2 diffuser
- Normal inert black gravel substrate
- 2ft 36W eBallast PL light (currently on for 12 hours a day)

Life Forms
- 15 Crystal Red Shrimps (C grade and lower)
- Misc Snails
- 1 lone surviving Malayan shrimp
- Frog spawn
- Spikey Moss
- Taiwan Moss

Here are some pics for u to enjoy:

My 1st Crystal Red Shrimp (CRS)












My 1st Cherry Red Shrimp












All the CRS have been successfully transferred over to the tank already. now i just hope everything is ok and they'll live happily :) I even went to buy another 6 cherry reds to add to the collection.

Eve of Dawn

Even when dreams go by
Even when tears run dry

Even if we lose something dear
Or if our world crumbles in fear

No one will shed a tear
No one will call us dear

We go on coz we must we must
step by step and yes we trust...

In our hearts to do wat we can
In our minds to make the final stand

I want to be happy, yes i do
So get away from me if u don't want me to.

Ugly Bride

Can u ever tell a bride shes ugly
Is that something impossible to say
Perhaps said out of jealousy or envy
then is it ok?

Or maybe appearances matter too much
is beauty measured by its weight
Is that what will make a girl happy
or is it just an act of fate

The world spins so strongly
We are powerless to resist
Thus we smile so kindly
and give the ugly bride a kiss

Limits of My Patience

Naruto has finally launched its Shippuuden series after what was about 100 episodes of crap. For the uninitiated, Naruto is actually a anime series which i follow quite closely. Basically it started off well but degraded for the past 100 eps or so. I was just watching it coz it was so good at the start and well maybe i just couldnt let go.

Then after they released the latest series...it was simply fantastic! It was like their true colors once again in all its glory.

This made me wonder how come they din just show the good stuff and kept feeding us crap. Then it dawned on me that they could have been doing it on purpose. I mean, the IDEAL anime from a biz perspective is to earn the most amount of money right? so if they had 100 more crap eps of 'earnings' at the risk of losing their fan base. But if the cards were played well, the release of their latest series would not only revitalize the fan base but also encourage ppl to watch the all 220 of their prev eps.

This kinda links to the Transformer movie...where it completely disappointed fans HOWEVER according to the director, it was intentionally targeted at a different market - the people who have no idea wat transformers is. Basically the fans will watch the show and buy the stuff no matter what...so their demand is inelastic (won't change) so u should just focus on the rest ya?

Its quite sad coz does really everything revolve around money? is everyone selling out? and those who don't...will they ever be rewarded?

Sounds like a good plan ya? I mean those fantastic 1 eps anime (Hoshi No Koe) or brilliant short anime series like Cowboy Bebop, Evangelion and Trigun were at most 24 eps. So they probably din earn too much.

Well im glad i stuck wif them coz aft all the shit the put me through, its like finding a diamond.