You buy 5 beautiful Guppies. You have a filter. You have plants. You feed them premium pellets. But within a week, their fins look clamped shut. They stay in one spot, shaking and wiggling but not moving forward. Then, they die. You test the water: Ammonia is 0. Nitrite is 0. You are confused. “My […]
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Most fish swim away from danger. Channa don’t. They launch. If you’ve kept Channa long enough, you’ve probably heard at least one horror story— a sudden thud in the night, a lid slightly open, and a powerful fish lying on the floor the next morning. This isn’t bad luck. This is instinct. Channa jumping is
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Let’s be honest. The worst part about having an aquarium is cleaning it. It’s Saturday morning. You’d rather be sleeping in or at a mamak, but instead, you are carrying heavy buckets of water back and forth across your living room, spilling water on the floor. Many beginners think, “My filter is running, so the
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You spent RM200 on a tank, filter, and beautiful fish. But then you feed them the cheapest RM2 bag of bright red pellets from the pasar malam. Think about it: Would you feed your cat nothing but cream crackers every day? No. So why do we do it to our fish? Feeding your fish high-quality
Best Fish Food in Malaysia: Are You Feeding Your Fish “Junk Food”? (Pellets vs. Flakes) Read More »
It’s a sad story every Malaysian parent knows. You buy a goldfish for your child on Saturday. By Sunday morning, it’s floating upside down. Why does this happen? Is the fish shop selling sick fish? Usually, no. The killer is coming from inside your house: Your Tap Water. Malaysian tap water is safe for humans
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If you read aquarium guides from the UK or USA, they spend paragraphs talking about “Heaters.”In Malaysia, we laugh at that. Our tap water comes out at 28°C. By 2:00 PM, your tank water can easily hit 31°C or 32°C.While your Discus might think this is a spa day, your expensive Crystal Red Shrimps and
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It’s 11:30 PM. You are scrolling through Shopee and you see a canister filter for RM150. The exact same model costs RM220 at your local fish shop (LFS). Do you click “Buy Now” to save RM70? Or do you drive to the shop tomorrow to support the Uncle and get it instantly? This is the
If you ask any Penangite where to buy fish, they will automatically say “Chew Thean Yeang” (CTY). But CTY isn’t the only player in town. In fact, for certain hobbies like Saltwater tanks or specialized Aquascaping, other shops might actually be better (and cheaper). Whether you are an Island boy or living in Butterworth, here
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We all have that one friend who bought a RM200 tank setup, only for their fish to die in two weeks. It makes people think: “Fish keeping is expensive and hard.” Today, I am going to prove them wrong. I am taking on the RM50 Aquarium Challenge. The Rules: Must include a tank, water conditioner,
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