Imagine if you could buy a doctor for your aquarium. A tiny specialist that sets up a clinic, waves a sign saying “Open for Business,” and waits for sick fish to come to him. This actually exists.Meet the Skunk Cleaner Shrimp (Lysmata amboinensis). With their bright red-and-white stripes and incredibly long white whiskers, they are […]
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You have Green Hair Algae taking over your rocks. You have Bubble Algae popping up in the corners.You look at the price of a Yellow Tang (the classic algae eater), and it is RM200 – RM400 because of the Hawaii export ban. You need a worker that is cheaper, hardier, and hungrier.Meet the Foxface
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You have a planted tank. Everything is going well. Then, you see it. Tiny tufts of black, fuzzy hair growing on your driftwood and Anubias leaves. Black Beard Algae (BBA). You try to scrape it off. It won’t move. You try to poison it. It comes back. You go to the shop and ask for
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You have algae on your glass. You have algae on your plants. You go to the shop and ask for an “Algae Eater.” The uncle points to a long, grey fish sucking on the glass. “Chinese Algae Eater. RM3. Very hardworking.” Do not buy it. That fish will grow to 6 inches, stop eating algae,
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Most snails are boring. They sit on a rock, move 1 inch, and sleep. But there is one snail that has “Main Character Energy.” Meet the Mystery Snail (Pomacea bridgesii). They are big, they come in crazy colors (Purple, Blue, Ivory, Magenta), and they are genuinely hilarious to watch. They don’t just clean your tank;
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We have the Malayan Tiger. We have the Malayan Tapir. But did you know the most famous aquarium snail in the world is also named after our country? Meet the Malaysian Trumpet Snail (or MTS for short). If you ask a fish shop uncle about them, he might scrunch his face and say, “Aiya, that
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If you tell an old-school fishkeeper that you bought Ramshorn snails, they will laugh at you. “Why you pay? I have 1,000 in my filter. You want? I give you free.” For years, the Ramshorn Snail was public enemy number one. They hitchhiked on plants, took over tanks, and looked like ugly brown specks. But
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You bought a nice pot of aquatic plants. You put it in your tank. It looked great. Two weeks later, you turn on the aquarium light and see them: The Invaders. Tiny, round snails crawling on the glass. First there were 5. Now there are 50. These are usually Bladder Snails or Pond Snails. They
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You feed your fish. Your fish poop. The poop turns into algae. You scrape the glass. Repeat. It’s the endless cycle of fishkeeping. But what if you could hire someone to do the cleaning for you? Enter the Cleanup Crew. In Malaysia, we are lucky. We have access to some of the best freshwater shrimp
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