I ran and ran, walked and walked, ran and walked. I ended up taking a detour to explore new territories and running routes and suddenly an idea hit me. I had wanted to find a shop for the last month or so but didn't really get down to it. And so, I ran round a small part of the Tampines estate trying to find it. Turned out it was relatively easy to find. :)
CRS Haven is a specialty store selling shrimps. Yup, small little shrimps that you rear as pets, definitely not to end up as "heh bee" in your glutinous rice dumpling or what. Here's their site --> www.crshaven.com
They have this special tank about 15-18cm tall, 8-10cm lengthwise and 7-8cm wide. some are cylindrical but of similar width and height. Each of these tanks houses about 3 or 4 volcanic shrimps which are pale orange in colour. Each tank also contains substrate, decorative items for the shrimps to cling onto or hide under, and about 2-3 small balls of algae as food for the shrimps.
This tank apparently requires very low maintenance. You technically don't need to feed the shrimps as they can last for months and years (or so the brochure says) feeding off the algae balls and the other microscopic materials in the specially treated water. But if you want them to be healthier, you can supplement their food source with one food pellet per week.
I saw the pellets. They are exceedingly small with each being less than 1mm in diameter. It's amazing how much (or little) these shrimps eat!
So anyway, these tanks can be placed in an office environment as well, just out of direct sunlight.
I want to buy a tank for myself. :) Something else to care for in addition to my plants and (occassionally) the pregnant tabby below my block.
The tanks I like are about $78 each. Will pop by there one of these days or maybe over the weekend. Whee!
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