Hello There! It’s been a couple of weeks. So its time for some updates on my pearlscale goldfish – Baluku. In case you don’t understand what Baluku means, it means a bump. And how do you use this word?
Used in a sentence: “I have a baluku on my forehead because I walked into a glass door.” – Taken from The Smart Local
So as you can see, Baluku does seems to have a bump on its head, therefore the name for it. 😂🤣
So, we brought Baluku to vet some 2 weeks ago. With the hope that it would recover from possibly swim bladder issue. I read from some articles that goldfish with swim bladder problem will last a few days, weeks, months and maybe even years. But most of them won’t survive long.
Beecroft Bird & Exotics Veterinary Clinic located at Upper East Coast I, myself. was surprised that there is a vet for pet goldfish. So we decided to bring him down to get some advise.This is the radiograph taken for Baluku. This is really cute.And a sponge was attached to Baluku to aid him swim. Unfortunately, we were told that he’s got cataract on his left eye, and that means, he’s kinda blind. And worse was, it will never regain its eye sight. 😢On the first day after the sponge was sew onto him, he could only float on top of the tank.Then on the 3rd day onward, he was able to swim freely in the tank. Watching him swim around the tank and not on his side was a happy thing for us.We were given antibiotics for him. And this whole vet thingy, came with a hefty price tag; $340. Initially, we were thinking of leaving him at the clinic to receive injection, but it costs more than what we can afford – $40 per night + $50 per injection. So we decided to bring him home. And gave him water treatment with the antibiotics given.About a week later, the sponge came off and he’s back to the original state. When we found him, he was at the corner of the tank. But now, he’s more active. But… still on his side. There are a couple of times, I saw him trying to swim normally which last for a couple of seconds. I know, he is trying his best. We are too.
A short clip on his road to recovery. We hope.
Enough of that. I saw there are many shrimps in my goldfish tank too! And I am pretty sure, they are striving pretty well. But the thing is, I think I have monster goldfish.. they were biting my plants away which means, I need to head down to local pet store to get more plants for my shrimps. Else, they do not have hiding place.
And there are new spawn in my shrimp tank! I am so excited!
Not sure if you can see, but that’s the baby shrimps on the rock.My cherry shrimps and blue shrimpThat’s the pregnant blue shrimp.
Hi there! I am going to share more updates on my goldfish, Baluku. If you have been following my previous posts, I have wrote about him having some swim bladder problem. I have started the pea treatment the moment I found him floating on top of the tank. And I am glad, he’s recovering. Not fully, but slowly. I have also reduced the food intake for them. I did not place him in a quarantine tank, because the last time I did, the other pearly I had did not survived.
This was previous Sunday I found him. I was really horrified to find it in this kind of condition. I will not forgive myself if he dies.
Now he looks better, with all the redness gone. Just swimming upside down. I spoon feed him for a couple of days to make sure that he did have some peas. After that it was quite impossible for me to do so since now he’s at the bottom of the tank again. And I was making sure, he have chances to eat the peas too.
I am kinda sad today. Because I have death in my shrimp tank. I woke up and saw at least 10 shrimps died at the bottom of the shrimp tank. I am a bit lost, and not sure what went wrong? Was the crayfish being aggressive? I am not sure. I am pretty sure the crayfish ain’t eating too. I need to go and buy new food for them. Damn atas. I think they dont wanna eat the cheap (still hikari brand) food.
Staring at the food. And not eating it.
I hope I will be able to find the cause of the shrimps death. And I guess, before my shrimp colony can grow, I will have to buy new shrimps for my shrimp tank. 😭
My poor little Baluku! I hope you get better. I will be feeding them peas every night. And I hope this will improve the current situation. It hurts me to see the redness on his little body. Please hang in there!
As you all know, Singapore’s DORSCON yellow have turned Orange as of 07 Feb 2020. 😣 And I heard, everyone was in the panic mode, stocking up food (esp can food, maggie mee, rice etc) and even toiletries (esp toilet paper rolls, hand wash and tissue papers are sold out everywhere). All I saw was post and post of Singaporean’s kiasu-ness online. But since I went to Don Don Donki to buy some meat for steamboat gathering on Saturday, I didn’t get to see the exaggerating reaction from fellow Singaporeans. That was Friday.
So it was Saturday yesterday, and I still need to buy some food (fresh food items, and lucky these cannot keep for long. Otherwise I dont think I stand a chance to buy since I only head to the supermarket at 3plus in the afternoon) for the steamboat. The queue for payment was extremely long. What was disheartening to see is, seeing baskets and baskets of food (which includes food item from the freezer, fridge) lying around on the floor. I wanna buy a small can of luncheon meat also don’t have. WHY ARE YOU PEOPLE DEPRIVING PEOPLE LIKE ME FROM GETTING FOOD? I don’t store food at home, just so you know.
Baskets lying around, Rice section only left brown rice. And some more premium rice.
I mean, you guys are adults. Have some common sense please? There is no need to stock up food because life still goes on during DORSCON Orange. It doesn’t mean it’s the end of the world. It doesn’t mean you cannot go out. It doesn’t mean hawkers, wet markets, supermarkets, shopping malls are closed during this period of time. And, WHY do you wanna create more work for those working in supermarket? It’s not an easy job since everyone is rushing to stock up food at home, and they have to keep restocking items on the shelves for you selfish and kiasi idiots, and now they have to walk around and put back all those stuffs that YOU IRRESPONSIBLE PEOPLE left behind in basket or trolley. You all seriously buay paiseh one meh?
Do you think that 2019-nCoV only affects you? ANYONE could have gotten it. ANYONE. If you have been reading news, you should know that there are cases whereby people are tested positive with 2019-nCoV even without going China or have any close contacts with those affected. So stop acting like it only affect you. Please don’t create unnecessary panic amongst us. Please don’t do stupid things like this. You know 2019-nCoV can be cured. I just don’t know if stupidity can. Even if you don’t die from 2019-nCoV, maybe you will die from eating too much unhealthy can food. 😑
Just want to remind everyone, you just need to have good hygiene practice. Wash hands with soap, reduce unnecessary hand shake, dont go touching your face, eyes and nose after touching something, take note of your personal temperature and don’t report to work if you are unwell. Wear a mask if you are unwell (if you are at home, no need to wear mask you know right? Just isolate yourself, don’t waste mask) and there is a need to go out; to see a doctor. Everyone has a part to do. Right? Protect others = Protect yourself.
Enough of the 2019-nCoV. Lucky for me, I was able to buy some prawns (to make prawn paste). But I realized, it’s more expensive now. Considering the current food situation. I bought 10 tiger prawns (around 400g) for SGD$11 on Tuesday, the same prawn I bought on Saturday cost me SGD$13 for 8 tiger prawns (around 380g). 😣
This is how my final product looks like. Around 380g of tiger prawns. Added ingredients: salt, pepper, sesame oil, and Tobiko (this time I have forgotten about adding corn flour😆) I gotten my partial recipe from this youtube video. In the video, they also added egg white, shao xing wine and ginger juice (which I can’t find). So I only add the basics. It still taste very nice lah. 😊
And I am glad we managed to pull a feast for our 元宵 party last night. And I am excited because my friend gave me some black, blue and wine red shrimps as well as some crayfishes. 😊 It’s really nice to have friends who happened to have same hobby!
My 2nd family and my ‘Laogong’s’ friend, Melvin and Daphne.
Thanks for coming over and help me fix my gundam! And giving me shrimps and crayfish! 😘 And pardon for my ugly look, because who wears makeup at home? 😅
The shrimps in my main tank seems to be striving pretty well, and we see quite a bit of baby shrimps coming out for food. And each time I watch them, my heart was pumping very fast because the fishes are always so close to them.
And now that my Pearlscale goldfish, Baluku, seems to have swim bladder problem, we started giving it salt water treatment and hopefully it will get better. The last pearly I had, died from it. 😭 And just now I checked, he’s gotten red tummy. And I think probably because the tummy is sticking outside water. I hope he get well soon. Cause, I really love him.
Listen to my heart beat 