Okeanos E-aquarium: 2013

Tango Orange & Heart Pink

Introducing two new sand colour, Tango Orange and Heart Pink! Add them to your Marimo collection today!

Get a 10% discount for Snails Vivarium and Good luck Marimo Pair when you select any one of these sand colour, discount valid until 15/12/13 only!

Guppy and Marimo

Guppies are great companion for Marimo as they help to keep ugly bugs/worms such as mosquito larvae away from your Marimo. Moreover, guppies are hardy fish that do not need aeration as long as you only keep few of them in your Marimo container. However, guppies could not survive in chlorinated water; you will need to treat the water with anti-chlorine which can be bought cheaply in most fish stores.

Year End Sales Released!

Check out our annual Year-End sales on Offer section! Up to 50 % discount of marimo and many more special offers!

Limited Edition Nano Marimo Container!

Home Bred Rabbits

We are now selling a batch of home bred rabbits at only RM20 each; available for COD at Penang only!

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Octobers Offer!

It is already half way past October, have you checked our October's Special Offer? Save up to 15% on Giant Marimo, API Leaf Zone and aquarium thermometer!

Fertilizer for Marimo!

We offer two kinds of fertilizers that provide a better living condition for your pet Marimo!

Marimo Enhancer

Marimo Enhancer is a high quality aquarium plants' food that contains essential nutrients. It encourages healthy, well-balanced plant growth and also intensifies the greenishness of Marimo. It is non toxic to fish and other aquarium inhabitants.

Dosage: Add one milliliter for every five liters of water (or two to three drops to treat a small tank of marimo) each time after changing water.

Price: RM6 (30ml)
RM10 (60ml)

Marimo Booster

Price: RM6 (30ml)

RM10 (60ml)

Marimo Booster supplies a concentrated source of carbon in two forms: CO2, as well as simple, orgnic carbon compounds. It can be used alone or with a CO2 system. It is safe for use with freshwater fish and is recommended if you are keeping a large number of Marimo together.

This product is an irritant and should be avoided from contact with skin, eyes, and other body parts.

Dosage: Add one milliliter for every 12 liters of water (or one to two drop(s) to treat a big tank of marimo) each time after changing water.

Calcium Supplement for Snails?

Shell corrosion is one of the major problems faced by aquarium snail keepers. We have tested several methods to overcome this problem and would like to share about our findings here!

Weekend Food Block

Weekend food block is a kind of fish food that melts overtime, and commonly used by fish keepers when they are going to be absent for some time. Besides frozen dried tubifex worm, brine shrimp, daphnia, and mosquito larvae, weekend food block also contains calcium sulfate and magnesium which help in strengthening snail shells. We recommend using weekend food block as an easy method to provide calcium to your snails, but keep in mind that it takes some time for snails to recover from shell corrosion.

Our red ramshorns feeding on a food block

Calcium Concentrate

Another way to overcome the shell erosion problem is by adding in calcium concentrate solution directly. This product could be found in some fish stores, especially those that sell marine fishes. Calcium concentrate is actually made for marine aquarium's snails,corals, and other invertebrates. Nonetheless, we have tried this method with freshwater aquariums and apparently it works for freshwater snails as well. Yet, there is no guarantee that every kind of calcium concentrate will work in freshwater tanks; some may contain chemicals that are only suitable for marine tanks.

Water changes

Changing water frequently is very crucial in tackling shell corrosion problem as it replenishes minerals in the water that are used by snails to form their shells. We recommend you to change your aquarium water twice a week (at around 30% to 40% of water each time).

Snails' population

We have conducted an experiment by opening two different tanks with different amount of snails in each tank. Tank A contained 10 red ramshorns while tank B contained around 30 ramshorns. We did not change the water for two weeks. Shells of ramshorns in tank A did not show any sign of corrosion but this was not the case for those in tank B. Therefore, we could conclude that keeping a non-overcrowded population of snails in each tank is essential to prevent the calcium in water from depleting quickly.

Black Ramshorn Snails available now!

Black Ramshorn Snails is now on sell! All undergoes selective breeding, only RM1 per piece, a must have for aquarium snails lover!

Puff-Faced Freshwater Snake for Sale!

SOLD

Cute juvenile Puff-Faced Water Snake (a.k.a. Banded Water Snake) around 25cm to be sold at RM70 (COD Penang) ! Easily identifiable by the pattern on its head (Baker, 2013), Puff-Faced Water Snake is a tame and non-venomous (Toxinology, n.d.; Weinstein et al, 2011) snake that rarely bites people. In the wild, this species inhibits freshwater ponds and stream, but you can keep them in fish tank with shallow water. It feeds on live crustaceans, frogs and fishes. Contact us if interested, first come first served!

Around 25cm

VIDEO

Interesting fact:
All 14 species of freshwater snakes in Malaysia are harmless to human but the opposite is true for all 22 species of saltwater/sea snakes (Lim, 1990). Nonetheless, disinfection is advisable as for any animal bite.

Sources:

1. Baker, Nick. (2013). "Puff-faced Water Snake". Ecology Asia. Retrieved from www.ecologyasia.com/verts/snakes/puff-faced_water-snake.htm as at 7th August 2013.

2. Toxinology. (n.d.). Homalopsis buccata. Retrieved from www.toxinology.com/fusebox.cfm?fuseaction=main.snakes.display&id=SN1536 as at 7th August 2013.

3. Weinstein, Scott A.; Warrell, David A.; White, Julian; and Keyler, Daniel E. (2011). "Venomous" Bites from Non-Venomous Snakes: A Critical Analysis of Risk and Management of "Colubrid" Snake. Elsevier Insights.
4. Lim, B.L. (1990). "Venomous land snakes of Malaysia". Snakes of medical importance (Asia-Pacific region). Venom Toxin Res Group 1990, pp. 387-417.

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Update on Snails Breeding!

In the last few months, we have tried to breed the Sulawesi orange snails and Assassins snails , and here's some of the baby snails' photos!

Sulawesi Snails' baby

Assassins snails' egg

Preparing the Good Luck Marimo Pair!

The New Revolution in Aquarium Filtration System!

Okeanos e-aquarium proudly introduce you the Bactercel System Rotor's series aquarium filter! Bactercel System Rotor's seires aquarium filter is an submersible bio filter that come with compact design, the filter rotates when connected to an aquarium air pump and efficiently collect waster materials of the aquarium, it has three layer of filtration material including sponge, rock and a layer of compressed wire sponge, all are removable for cleaning.

Bactercel System Rotor's series aquarium filter is a product made in Japan, it come in two size, the smaller version "Rotor S" is suitable for tank below 39 cm while the "Rotor M" is suitable for tank between 39 cm to 60 cm.

Set Up Procedure:

1) The Rotor System will look like this once remove from the box, there are no other accessory in the box.

2) Remove the air stone which is located at the back of the system, put it aside first as it will only be use later.

3) Remove the black joint stick which connect the rotation wheel and the main body. To remove the black joint stick, gently squeeze the end of the joint stick and push it from the back to remove it.

4) After removing the joint stick, you can easily remove the rotation wheel. The rotation wheel itself can also be open to clean the sponge inside. The sponge can be replace by other sponge too.

5) Next, separate the main body to put in the air stone mentioned earlier.

6) The main body will look like the picture below after separation.

7) Put in the air stone and combine all the parts back. Lastly, connect the Rotor system to an air pump.

Our Discus and Angel fish's outdoor tank!

We would like to share some pictures and video of our angelfish tank with all of you! Angelfish are fascinating fish and they will come to greet you in front of the glass once they recognized you! They require large tank to thrive and variety of diet to ensure healthy growth! We feed them the Sinkable Discuss Food as staple diet and occasionally tubifex worm and water flea.

A true beauty among the fish!

This pair had bred in the past.

Feeding Time's Video

June's Megamall Exhibition's Photos

On June, we have been invited by Megamall Penang to attend their Mega Street launching on 8/6/13 and 22/6/13! We were very happy to have the support of those clients who came to visit us , thanks!

Program List

Setting up the stall

The Team!

New Marimo in sock!

Okeanos E-aquarium Exhibition in Pacific Megamall,Penang!

Okeanos E-aquarium will participate in an exhibition at Megamall, Penang this 8th of June! There will be various booths and events such as Colouring Contest and Talk Show, come join the fun at Megamall at Seberang Perai, Penang!

We will exhibits various kinds of snails including Nerite snails, trumpet snails, apple snails, red ramshorn snails, Sulawesi orange snails and more! There will also be AWESOME offers for our Marimo product that day, come visit us!

Last but not least, we will launch a new Marimo design that day, the Merry Marimo Set! This new design comes with a unique glass bottle, two Nano Marimo and mixed colour sand (white and red) that brings out the joy during a festival or special occasions! Limited stock available, come early and grab fast!